Chapter:

Columns-and-Struts

A HYSD steel bar is 400 mm long. The lengths of parts AB and BC of bar is 200 mm each. It is loaded as P1 = 2000 kg and P2 = 1000 kg. Take diameter of AB as 2 cm and BC as 1 cm. The ratio of stresses in part AB to stresses in part BC is ______