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The document is an exam paper for the subject Mechanics of Solids. It contains 5 questions covering topics like forces, stresses, beams, trusses and material properties. It provides figures and diagrams to supplement the questions. The questions include calculations of forces, stresses, moments of inertia, shear force and bending moment diagrams, stability of structures and material testing.

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Gujarat Technological University: Instructions

The document is an exam paper for the subject Mechanics of Solids. It contains 5 questions covering topics like forces, stresses, beams, trusses and material properties. It provides figures and diagrams to supplement the questions. The questions include calculations of forces, stresses, moments of inertia, shear force and bending moment diagrams, stability of structures and material testing.

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Seat No.

: _____

Enrolment No.______

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


B.E. Sem-I Examination January 2010

Subject code: 110010


Date: 12 / 01 / 2010

Subject ame: Mechanics of solids


Time: 11.00 am 1.30 pm Total Marks: 70

Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions. 2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary. 3. Figures to the right indicate full marks. Q.1 (a) Select appropriate answer from given options and rewrite the complete 07 sentence. (i) Moment is a ________ vector, whereas Couple is a ________ vector. (free, null, fixed) (ii) A truss is called perfect if m + r ____ 2j. (<, = , >) (iii) The ratio of direct stress to volumetric strain is called ____________ (Modulus of Elasticity, Modulus of rigidity, Bulk Modulus) (iv) At the point of cotraflexure ___________ changes its sign. (shear force, bending moment, axial force) (v) Impact test measures _________ of material. (Toughness, Hardness, Brittleness) (vi) Maximum possible value of Poissons ratio is _____ . (0.5, 0.75, 1.0) (vii) Shear stress on principal plane is _____ (maximum, zero, minimum) (b) A single purchase crab winch has number of teeth on pinion and spur wheel as 25 and 100 respectively. The diameter of effort wheel and load drum is 25 cm and 6.25 cm respectively. The load of 240N can be raised by 20 N. Determine (i) Velocity ratio (ii) Mechanical Advantage (iii) Efficiency (iv) Ideal effort (v) Frictional effort (vi) Ideal load (vii) Frictional load. (a) State laws of Dry friction. (b) Derive formula from first fundamental to determine extension L of uniformly tapering circular bar of diameter d1 at one end, d2 at other end, length L, Modulus of Elasticity E and subjected to axial tensile force P. (c) Fig. 1 shows a plane truss, check determinacy and calculate magnitude and nature of each member force and reactions for given loading on the truss. Tabulate all member forces showing their magnitude and nature. OR (c) A uniform ladder AB weighing 230 N and 4m long, is supported by vertical wall at top end B and by horizontal floor at bottom end A as shown in Fig. 2. A man weighing 550 N stood at the top of the ladder. Determine minimum angle of ladder AB with floor for the stability of ladder. Take co efficient of friction between ladder and wall as 1/3 and between ladder and floor as 1/4. (a) A system of four forces shown in Fig. 3, has resultant 50 kN along + X axis. Determine magnitude and inclination of unknown force P. Determine co ordinates of centroid with respect to O of the section shown in (b) Fig. 4. (c) Determine moment of inertia of a section shown in Fig. 5 about horizontal centroidal axis.

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OR A section of a beam shown in Fig. 6, has moment of inertia about neutral axis is 11.6 x 106 mm4. The section is subjected to shear force of 14.5 kN. Determine value of maximum shear stress on the section. Draw neat qualitative shear stress distribution sketches of following sections, indicating position of maximum shear stress. (i) H section (ii) Solid circular section (iii) L section (iv) I - Section A concrete member 90 mm wide X 120 mm deep and 3m long, has central axial longitudinal hole of diameter 30 mm throughout the length of member. A steel cable of 10mm diameter is passed through the hole end to end and fitted by nuts supported on rigid plates provided at the ends of beam, such that initially cable is stress free. Now the cable is tightened by turning the nuts, to reduce the length of the cable by 6 mm. Determine stresses in steel and concrete due to reduction in length of cable. Take Es = 210 GPa and Ec = 14 GPa. Determine moment of resistance of a section of a beam shown in Fig.7, if allowable bending stress is 230 MPa. Calculate shear force and bending moment at points A, B, C, D and E. for the beam shown in Fig. 8. Also plot neat shear force and bending moment diagrams indicating values at above points. Locate point of contraflexure from support B. OR Derive condition of reversibility of a simple lifting machine with usual notations. A thin cylindrical shell of internal diameter d, length and thickness t is subjected to internal pressure p. Derive formula for hoop stress and longitudinal stress. Determine magnitude, direction and perpendicular distance from O, of the resultant for the force system shown in Fig. 9. A wire is tied straight between two rigid poles 10 m apart has initial tensile stress 10 N/mm2 at 32 C. Calculate stress in wire if temperature reduces to minus 8 C. Take E = 75 x 105 N/mm2 and = 20 x 10 -6 / C. A square steel plate 50 mm x 50 mm and 20 mm thick is subjected to axial tensile force in horizontal and vertical direction 80 kN and 120 kN respectively as shown in Fig10. Calculate normal and tangential stresses on plane inclined at 30 to the plane carrying 80 kN force. Also calculate resultant stress and angle of obliquity. A rectangular block of size 300mm x 150mm x 100mm is subjected to forces as shown in Fig. 11. If E = 75 GPa and poissons ratio is 0.25, calculate (i) Change in volume (ii) Modulus of rigidity and (iii) Bulk modulus. OR Discuss briefly limitations of compression test on materials. A beam is loaded as shown in Fig. 12. Determine support reactions at supports A and B. Also identify type of beam. Calculate shear force, bending moment and axial thrust at points A, B, C and D for the beam shown Fig. 13. Also plot neat shear force, bending moment and axial thrust diagrams indicating values at above points.
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+Y 20 kN F E 20 kN D 15 kN 550 N B -X 2m 4m 200N -Y A Fig. 3 Que 3(a) 150N 60


O

100N
30

PN

+X

A 1.5 m Y 3m 6m

B 1.5 m

230N

Fig. 2 Que 2(c) OR Fig. 1 Que 2(c) 60 cm 12 cm 120 mm 10 mm

10 cm
Semi Circle

48 cm

10 mm

120 mm

1.5 m 1.5 m O 3m 3m 3m Fig. 4 Que 3(b) 150 mm

20 cm X 20 cm Fig. 5 Que 3(c) Fig. 6 Que 3(a) OR Ym 10 mm 60 N 12 kN/m 45 B 1.5m 5 4 3 2 1 240 kN 120 kN 150 kN
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10 mm

50 N 140 Nm

6 kN/m A 1m C 1m D 1m

12kN 30

10 mm

150 mm

Fig. 8 Que 4(b) Fig. 7 Que 4(a) 225 kN (Y)

60 80 N

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20 kNm

80 kN

50mm

80 kN

100mm 300mm

150 kN (X) 4 kN/m 150mm A

12kN
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50mm 120 kN

20mm

Fig. 10 Que 5(b) 5 kN/m A 1m 10kN 60 B 1m

240 kN (Z) 225 kN Fig. 11 Que 5(c) 10kN 5 kN/m 60 C 1m D

C 2m 3m

B D 1m

Fig. 12 Que 5(b) OR All above figures are not to scale. 3

Fig. 13 Que 5(c) OR

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