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MMCV312 Final Exam Paper - 2022

This document is a 7-page final examination for the course MM/CV312: Solid Mechanics 2. It contains 10 compulsory questions in Part A worth 40 marks total and 6 optional questions in Part B worth 60 marks total, with the exam worth 50% of the overall course grade and a minimum passing mark of 40/100. Students have 10 minutes of reading time and 3 hours for writing their answers. Non-programmable calculators are allowed and each question should begin on a new page.

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MMCV312 Final Exam Paper - 2022

This document is a 7-page final examination for the course MM/CV312: Solid Mechanics 2. It contains 10 compulsory questions in Part A worth 40 marks total and 6 optional questions in Part B worth 60 marks total, with the exam worth 50% of the overall course grade and a minimum passing mark of 40/100. Students have 10 minutes of reading time and 3 hours for writing their answers. Non-programmable calculators are allowed and each question should begin on a new page.

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MM/CV312: Solid Mechanics 2

School of Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics

Final Examination
Semester 1 2022

F2F and Online Mode

Duration of Exam: 3 hours + 10 minutes


Reading Time: 10 minutes
Writing Time: 3 hours

Total marks: 100

Instructions:
1. This exam has 10 questions in section A, ALL are compulsory and 6
questions in section B, do ANY 4 out of 6.
2. There are 7 pages in this paper including this cover page.
3. Start each question on a new page in your answer booklet.
4. Show all necessary working. Partial marks will be awarded for partially correct
answers.
5. Only non-programmable calculators are allowed.
6. This exam is worth 50% (both for face-to-face mode and for online mode) of
your overall mark.
7. The minimum passing mark is 40/100.

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PART A (Answer ALL questions = 40 marks)

1. Explain the plane stress assumption with at least one example? (3 marks)

2. How can we obtain the state of stresses at one point using strain rosettes?
(4 Marks)

3. Why is it important to study plasticity and plastic behaviour of the materials?


(4 Marks)

4 Modern day composite materials are widely used in the sports and aviation
industry, list at least two examples of composite materials used in the sports and
aviation industries. (5 marks)

5. List at least 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of using composite material over


pure metals/materials in construction work. (5 marks)

6. List 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of using FEM (finite element method) to


solve/analyse structural engineering problems. (4 marks)

7. List at least 2 refinements and 2 errors in FEM? (4 marks)

8. What is the difference between true stress and engineering stress, and give the
equations to calculate true stress and engineering stress. (3 marks)

9. What do you understand by the term “Stress Cycle” under Drucker’s Postulate for
associated and non-associated flow rule in plastic deformation of materials?
(5 marks)

10. What is the difference between elastic yielding and plastic yielding? (3 marks)

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PART B (Answer ANY 4 Questions x 15 marks = 60 Marks)

Question 1 (15 Marks Total)


A beam is subjected to the loading as shown in figure Q1. Determine the principal
stresses in the beam at point A.

Figure Q1 A beam subjected to loads.

Question 2 (15 Marks Total)


A thin cylindrical shell with a thickness of 6 mm, and an internal diameter of 25 cm is
subjected to an internal pressure of 5 MPa. It is made from steel plates that are welded
along the 45o seam as shown in figure Q2. Determine (a) the increase in internal
diameter and (b) the normal stress σn perpendicular to the weld and the shearing stress τnt
parallel to the weld. (E=200 GPa, ν=0.3). (15 marks)

Figure Q2. A pressure tank.

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Question 3 (15 Marks Total)

A space pin-jointed frame is shown in the figure Q3. Determine the internal forces
carried by members DE, BE, and AE, and state if the member is in tension or in
compression. (P=500 N, b=50 cm) (15 marks)

Figure Q3. A space Pin jointed frame.

Question 4 (15 Marks Total)

(a) In a chemical plant, a thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel made from a titanium
alloy is subjected to occasional surges in internal pressure of up to 10 MPa.
During a routine inspection a 2 mm long crack oriented perpendicular to the hoop
direction is found in the cylinder bore. Should the cylinder be taken out of service
immediately or can this crack be tolerated? The internal radius of the vessel is 10
cm while the wall thickness is 5 mm. KIC =106MN m-3/2 (8 marks)

(b) A bracket of a hydraulic press has been subjected to a cyclic load. A scratch of
0.12 mm exists on the surface of the bracket and the bracket will fail if the crack
length reaches 4.09 mm. If the bracket has to be in operation for a minimum of
2000 cycle, what is the maximum stress that the bracket can be subjected to? Use
C = 4 x10-11, m = 3.54, Kic = 41MNm-3/2, and Y = 1.13. (7 marks)

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Question 5 (15 Marks Total)

A beam shown in Figure Q5a and Q5b is made of steel (E = 205 GPa, α = 11.9 x 10 -6K-1,
σall = 20 MPa). The beam is 8 m long and has a cross section of 20 mm x 60 mm.
Knowing that the temperature is constant along the length, the bottom surface has
temperature of 20ºC, determine;
(i) the temperature at the top surface, (5 marks)
(ii) the maximum shear stress, and (5 marks)
(iii) displacement at point H (x = 2.5 m and y = 15 mm). (5 marks)

Figure Q5a. A beam subjected to thermal stress.

Figure Q5b. A beam cross section.

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Question 6 (15 Marks Total)

The compressed air tank AB is shown in the figure Q6 below. The inner diameter of the
tank is 450 mm and the wall thickness of 6 mm. If the gauge pressure in the tank is 1.2
MPa and the tank is made of aluminium alloy (σyt = 260 MPa), calculate;
a) The maximum normal stress and maximum in-plane shearing stress at point a.
b) The factor of safety at point a using von-mises stress criteria and maximum shear
stress criteria.

Figure Q6. A compressed air tank.

Equations:

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End of paper.

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