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Reg.

No.

Sitamarhi Institute of Technology, Sitamarhi


B.Tech (Mechanical), 4th semester examination
Subject- Strength of Materials (SOM)
Model Question Paper
Full Marks-70
Instructions:
i. There are 9 questions in this paper.
ii. Attempt 5 questions in all.
iii. Question No. 1 is compulsory.
iv. The marks are indicated on the right side of the margin.
v. Assume suitable data wherever not provided.

1. Attempt any seven of the following:


a. On principal plane the shear stress is.
i. Zero ii. unity
iii. Double the value of principal iv. Half the value of principal stress
stress

b. At point of contraflexure in beam subjected to:


i. Shear force is zero ii. Bending moment is zero
iii. Bending moment is maximum iv. Shear force is unity

c. When a circular shaft is subject to torque only, the torsional shear stress is:
i. Maximum at the axis of rotation ii. Maximum at outer surface and
and zero at outer surface. zero at axis of rotation.
iii. Uniform from axis of rotation to iv. None of the above
outer surface

d. The design of thin cylindrical shell is based on:


i. Hoop stress ii. Longitudinal stress
iii. Volumetric stress iv. Average of hoop and longitudinal

e. In a simple tensile test, Hook’s law is valid up to the:


i. Elastic limit ii. Limit of proportionality
iii. Ultimate stress iv. Breaking point
f. A composite bar made of copper and steel is heated to 120oC from room temperature.
If αc>αs, the stress induced in copper bar is:
i. No stress ii. Compressive stress
iii. Shear stress iv. Tensile stress

g. One end of a metallic rod is fixed rigidly and its temperature is raised, it will experience:
i. Zero stress ii. Ultimate tensile stress
iii. Percentage elongation iv. Percentage reduction in cross-
sectional area

h. Continuous beams are:


i. Statistically determinate beams ii. Statistically indeterminate beams
iii. Statistically gravity beams iv. None of the above

i. Property of absorbing large amount of energy before fracture is known as:


i. Ductility ii. Toughness
iii. Elasticity iv. Hardness

j. Poisson’s ratio is expressed as:


i. Lateral stress/Lateral strain ii. Longitudinal stress/Longitudinal
strain
iii. Lateral strain/Longitudinal strain iv. Lateral stress/Longitudinal stress

14 Marks
2. (a) Define the Ductility, Elasticity, Malleability, Toughness, plasticity and strength.
6 Marks
2
(b) The figure below shows a steel rod of 25 mm cross sectional area. It is loaded at
four points A, B, C, D. Assume E=200 GPa the total change in length of the rod due to
loading is:
8 Marks

3. (a) Derive the formula of elongation in tapered bar in axial loading case.
6 Marks
(b) A rigid beam of negligible weight is supported in a horizontal position by two rods
of steel and aluminium, 2 m and 1 m long, having values of cross-sectional areas
100 mm2 and 200 mm2 and young’s modulus of 200 GPa and 100 GPa, respectively.
A load P is applied as shown in the figure.
8 Marks
4. (a) A 200×200×50 mm steel block is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of 15 MPa. The
Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio of the material are 200 GPa and 0.3 respectively.
The change in the volume of the block in mm3 is:
6 Marks
(b) A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress of 300 MPa in one plane accompanied
by a simple shear stress of 200 MPa. The maximum shear stress will be:
8 Marks

5. (a) State that Rankine theory, Max distortion energy theory and Tresca theory.
6 Marks
(b) At a point in a material, the stresses on two mutually perpendicular planes are 50
N/mm2 (tensile) and 30 N/mm2 (tensile). The shear stress across these planes is 12
N/mm2. Using Mohr circle, find magnitude and direction of the resultant stress on a
plane making an angle of 350 with the plane of the first stress, find also, the normal and
tangential stresses on this plane.
8 Marks

6. (a) Find the maximum bending moment and the position from the support A and also
define point of contraflexure.
6 Marks

(b) In a simply supported beam loaded as shown in figure, the maximum bending
moment in N-m is:
8 Marks

7. (a) For the component loaded with a force F as shown in figure, the axial stress at the
corner point P is:
6 Marks
(b) A cylindrical storage tank has an inner diameter of 600 mm and a wall thickness of
18 mm. The transverse and longitudinal strains induced are 255×10-6 and 60×10-6 and
if G=77 GPa, the gauge pressure inside the tank will be:
8 Marks

8. (a) Write the bending stress equation and assumptions of the simple theory of bending.
6 Marks
(b) A shaft was initially subjected to bending moment and then it was subjected to
torsion. If the magnitude of bending moment is found to be the same as that of the
torque, then the ratio of maximum bending stress to shear stress will be:
8 Marks

9. (a)Derive the torsion equation for solid circular shaft. 6 Marks


(b) A rigid horizontal rod of length 2L is fixed to a circular cylinder of radius R as
shown in the figure. Vertical forces of magnitude P are applied at the two ends as shown.
The shear modulus for the cylinder is G and the Young’s modulus is E. The vertical
deflection at the point A is…. 8 Marks

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