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The document discusses strain energy methods and calculations related to structural analysis. It includes 14 example problems covering topics like cantilever beams, circular shafts, deflection of beams, impact loading, plastic deformation, tensile loading, and stress in simply supported beams.

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Theory of Structures I

Tutorial 1: Strain Energy Method

1. Two cantilever beams of same material are similar in every aspect except size, one having
all of its linear dimensions just 'n' times those of the other. What is the ratio of their strain
energies when they are subjected to their own distributed weights? Take energies due to
bending only. [Ans. 1: n5]

2. A solid circular shaft and a thin walled circular tube made of the same material and having
same weight are stressed in torsion to the same maximum shear stress, what is the ratio of
the amount of strain energies stored in the two shapes. [Ans. ½]

3. A rectangular beams 40 cm * 20 cm is simply supported on a span of 6 m and carries a


central load of 2000 kg. Neglect self-weight of beam. Take E=2*105 kg/cm2 and G= 0.85*
105 kg/cm2. Calculate the strain due to both bending and shear. K=1.2

4. For a cantilever of depth d and length L and carrying a vertical load P at the free end show
that the total deflection at free end due to flexure and shear is
PL3  3 E d2 
1  * * 2 
3EI  10 G L 
Compare the deflection due to bending and shear for L/d = 1 and L/d = 10 for the same
loading. Take E/G = 2.4 and K 1.2.

5. Find the instantaneous maximum deflection and bending stresses for the 50 mm * 50 mm
steel of 1 m span and simply supported when struck at the mid span by a 150 N weight
falling from a height of 75 mm above the top of the beam. Take E = 200 GPa. Also find the
maximum deflection and bending stress when the same load is suddenly applied. [Ans. 2.15
* 10-3 m, 129.1 PMa.]

6. A round, prismatic steel bar of length 2 m and diameter 15 mm hangs vertically from a
support at the upper end. A sliding collar of mass 20 kg drops from a height of 50 mm onto
the flange at the lower end of the bar. Determine the impact factor and the maximum strain
energy stored due to the impact. Take E = 200 GPa. [Ans. 96, 1.06 mm, 109 MPa, 105 Nm]

7. Two plastic bars as shown in the figure are to absorb the same amount of energy delivered
by axial forces. Neglecting stress concentrations compare the stresses in the two bars. [Ans.
2 = 1.265 1]
8. Calculate the elongation, stress developed and strain energy stored in a steel bars 5 m in
length and 1200 mm2 in cross section when a tensile load of 100 KN is gradually applied.
Take E = 2*105 N/mm2.

9. Two bars of same materials and same length are subjected to equal gradually applied tensile
loads. One of the bars is '2d' in diameter throughout and the other has diameter 'd' upto one-
third of its length and the remaining two-third has diameter '2d'. Compare the strain energies
of the two bars.

10. A lift carries a total weight of 4 tones downwards with a constant velocity of 1m/sec. What
is the maximum stress produced on the steel rope that supports the lift when its upper end is
suddenly stopped. The free end of the rope at the moment of stoppage is 30 m and the cross-
sectional area of the rope is 12 cm2. Take modulus of elasticity of the steel rope as 2 * 10 6
kg/cm2.

11. An unknown weight falls through 2 cm on a collar rigidly attached to the lower end of a
vertical bar 3 meters long and 7 cm2 in cross section. If the maximum instantaneous
extension is known to be 3 mm, what are the corresponding stress and the value of the
unknown weight? Take E = 2*106 kg/cm2.

12. Consider the two simply supported beams as shown in figure. Both are of rectangular cross
section and of equal width. The materials are identical. The first beam has constant height
along the length; the second has a small groove in the center, which reduces the height by
one fifth. The length of the groove along the axis is negligible. The maximum stress in each
bar due to the action of the central force P is the elastic limit of the material. Neglecting the
effect of stress concentrations, determine the ratio of internal strain energies in the two bars.
(Ans. U1:U2=0.512)
13. A simply supported beam is struck at its midpoint by a weight W = 1 KN falling freely from
a height of h = 100 mm above the top of beam. The beam is 5 m long and of circular cross
section 100 mm in diameter. Take E = 200GPa. Determine the maximum deflection of the
beam. [Ans.  = 25.9 mm]

14. Determine the maximum weight W that can be dropped 10 in onto the flange at the end of
the steel bar shown in figure. The bar is 1" * 2" cross-section and 6 ft in length. The axial
stress is not to exceed 20,000 lb/in2. E = 30* 106 lb/in2. [Ans. = 96 lb]

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