The document describes solutions to multiple problems involving calculating stress, strain, deflection, and elongation of rods and beams under various loads. The problems involve determining: (1) the elongation of a steel rod supported by a polystyrene cylinder and plate under a 3.2 kN load, (2) the total deformation of a composite steel and brass rod under separate loads, (3) the necessary force Q to make the deflection at the end of an aluminum rod zero under a 4 kN load P.