A 600-lb tensile load is applied to a test coupon made from 116-in.flat steel plate (E 5 29 3 106 psi, n 5 0.30). Determine the resultingchange (a) in the 2-in. gage length, (b) in the width of portionAB of the test coupon, (c) in the thickness of portion AB, (d) inthe cross-sectional area of portion AB.Fig. P2.61
Ch 14: The Federal Bureaucracy Politics in Action: Regulating Food bureaucracy depends on certain elements: It has a hierarchical authority structure, in which power flows from the top down and responsibility flows from the bottom up; it uses task specialization so that experts instead of amateurs perform technical jobs; and it develops extensive rules, which may seem extreme at times, but which allow similar cases to be handled similarly instead of capriciously. Bureaucracies operate on the merit principle, in which entrance and promotion are awarded on the basis of demonstrated abilities rather than on “who you know.” 14.1 The Bureaucrats Bureaucrats are typically much less visible than the president or members of Congress. A
