The prismatic bar has a cross-sectional area
a. If it is subjected to a distributed axial loading that increases linearly from w = 0 at x = 0 to w = w0 at x = a, and then decreases linearly to w = 0 at x = 2a, determine the average normal stress in the bar as a function of x for a < x ≤ 2a.
[tex]sum fx=0\\
n=\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{w_{0}}{a}(2a-x)^2\\
n=\frac{w_{0}}{20}(2a-x)^2\\
angle is the normal shus\\
\sigma =\frac{N}{A}\\
\frac{\frac{w_{0}}{2a}(2a-x)^2}{A}\\
\sigma(x)=\frac{w_{0}}{2aA}[2a-x]^2[/tex]