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CEE 4311 Final Question 2

This document is the final examination for a Mechanics of Solids I course. It contains 4 questions, and students must answer 3 questions. Question 1 and 3 are compulsory. Question 1 involves calculating reactions, drawing shear and bending moment diagrams for a loaded beam. Question 2 involves calculating reactions, shear forces, and stresses in an I-beam with a uniform load. Question 3 involves calculating allowable loads and moments and drawing bending moment diagrams for a beam with material strength properties. Question 4 involves calculating reactions, shear forces, and stresses at a section for a beam with a concentrated load.

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CEE 4311 Final Question 2

This document is the final examination for a Mechanics of Solids I course. It contains 4 questions, and students must answer 3 questions. Question 1 and 3 are compulsory. Question 1 involves calculating reactions, drawing shear and bending moment diagrams for a loaded beam. Question 2 involves calculating reactions, shear forces, and stresses in an I-beam with a uniform load. Question 3 involves calculating allowable loads and moments and drawing bending moment diagrams for a beam with material strength properties. Question 4 involves calculating reactions, shear forces, and stresses at a section for a beam with a concentrated load.

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in Civil Engineering Date: 21st September, 2021


3rd Semester Time: 11:00 AM–12:30 PM

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (IUT)


ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION (OIC)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Final Examination Winter Semester: 2020–2021


Course Number: CEE 4311 Full Marks: 75
Course Title: Mechanics of Solids I Time: 1.5 Hours

There are 4 (four) questions. Answer 3 (three) of them. Question 1 and 3 are compulsory. The symbols
have their usual meanings. Marks of each question and corresponding CO and PO are written in the
brackets. Note that, the value of y is the last two digit of your student ID.

OBE Assessment
(For teacher’s only)

Full Marks as
Marks per COs CO PO

1. The following beam is loaded and has the support


conditions as shown in Fig. 1. Consider the value of P is
20y kN and L is (2000+10y) mm. Answer the followings:
a. Identify the support types and construct the free-body 5.0 5.0 [1] [1]
diagram of ABCD beam.
b. Determine the reaction forces at support A, C and D. 5.0 5.0 [3] [2]
c. Draw the shear force diagram. 7.5 7.5 [4] [2]
d. Draw the bending moment diagram. 7.5 7.5 [4] [2]

L/2 L/2 L/4 L/4

Fig. 1.

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2. A simple I-beam supports a uniform load of intensity q =
3.0 k/ft on a span of length L=(10+y/10) ft (Fig. 2). The
dimensions of the cross section are h =10.5 in., b = 5.81
in., tf =0.51 in., and tw = 0.30 in. Answer the followings.

(a) Calculate the support reactions and draw SFD of the 5.0 3.0+2.0 [3,4] [2]
beam.
(b) Calculate the shear force at section A–A located at 4.5 2.5+2.0 [1,4] [1,2]
distance d = (2+0.01y) ft from the right end of the beam.
(c) Calculate the shear stresses at different levels (marked 10.0 10.0 [5] [4]
in red lines in Fig. 2b) of the cross-section A–A and draw
the stress distribution over the cross-section.
(d) Determine the maximum shear stress, τmax on cross 2.0 2.0 [5] [4]
section A–A.
(e) Calculate the shear stress τ at point B on the cross 3.5 3.5 [5] [4]
section. Point B is located at a distance a = (1+ 0.01y) in.
from the edge of the lower flange.

(a) (b)

Fig. 2.
3. Assume that a simply supported beam as shown in Fig. 2
(a) is 4 m long and carries a uniform load of intensity q
kN/m. The cross section of that beam is shown in Fig. 3.
If the beam is made from a material having an allowable
tensile and compressive stress of (σallow)t = (100+y) MPa
and (σallow)c = (100+2y) MPa, respectively, determine the
followings.
(a) Maximum allowable internal moment M that can be 7.0 7.0 [5] [4]
applied to the beam.
(b) What is the allowable load qallow? 2.5 2.5 [5] [4]
(c) Draw the BMD of the beam for qallow ? 5.5 3.5+2.0 [3,4] [2]

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(d) If the uniform load q kN/m is replaced by two point 5.0 [5] [4]
loads applied at one-third and two-third of the whole
length of the beam, respectively, determine the maximum
value of each point load, Pallow.
(e) Draw the SFD of the beam for Pallow ? 5.0 3.5+1.5 [3,4] [2]

Fig. 3.

4. A simply supported beam AB with span length L = 6 m


supports a concentrated load P = 10+(5y) kN acting at c
= (2+0.01y) m from the right-hand support. The beam is
made of steel and has a rectangular cross section of width
b = 75 mm and height h = 150 mm. Answer the
followings:
(a) Calculate the support reactions and draw SFD of the 5.0 3.0+2.0 [3,4] [2]
beam.
(b) Calculate the shear force at section A–A which is 2 m 4.5 2.5+2.0 [1,4] [1,2]
away from the left support.
(c) Calculate principal planes, principal stresses, and 15.5 2.5+7.0+ [5] [4]
maximum shearing stresses and corresponding normal 6.0
stresses at A–A section.

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