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Examination December (2019 2020

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Course Code: CET201

Course Name: MECHANICS OF SOLDS
Max. Marks: 100 Duration:3 Hours
PART A
Answer oll questions Each question currics 3 mmks Marks
\ I With help of stress-strain diagram, briefly explain Hooke's Law. (3)
2 Define Factor of Safety. Calculate the working load on a cantilever beam if it (3)
carries an ultimate load of 100 kN with a factor of safety of 2.

3 Use neat sketches to illustrate the concept ofshear stress and shear strain. (3)
4 Define Poisson's ratio. Also state the relationship between the elastic constants. (3)
5 Define Bending moment and Shear force. (3)
6 What do you mean by point of contraflexure? State its significance. (3)
7 Write the equation of simple bending and state each term involved in it. (3)
8 Using the case of a simply supported beam with constant width, illustrate the (3)
concept of beams of uniform shength.

9 Define the terms: Principal sfress and principal planes. (3)

- 10 What is slenderness ratio? State its sisnificance. (3)
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Answer ony onefull questionfrom each module Each question canies 11 marks
Module I
1l The steel bar shown fig:l has the following dimensions: (14)
Total length - 2400mm; 18 mm diameter for half the length and 12 mm
diameter for the remaining half.
(i) If the bar is subjected to a tensile force of 22.5kN, Calculate the normal
stress and normal strain in the segment AB and BC respectively.
(ii) Also find the total extension of the bar ryhen it is subjected to a tensile
force of22.5kN
(iii) What would be the extension of a steel bar of uniform diameter havine
the same length and same volume when subjected to ttre same tensile
force?

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Take E:200GPa
D1= 18mm n1 - lJmm
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Figure I
t2 A rigid beam AB of length 2.4mis hinged at A and supported by two steel wires (14)
as shown in frg:Z. The steel wire CD has a length 6m and diameter 12mm
supports the beam at distance(AD) 0.6m from hinge A; the steel wire EF has a

length 3m and diameter 3mm supports the beam at distance@F) 0.6m from end
\ B.. If the beam supports a concentrated load of 2.25kN at the end B, Calculate:

D The tension in each u'ires

ii) The stress in each wires
iii) Deflection of beam at points D, F, & B.
Take E:200GPa.

25kN

Figure 2
.. Module 2
l3 A steel rod AB of length 900mm and diameter 25 mm has a bronze sleeve BC (14)
of length 30omm and extemal diameter 30 mm securely bonded to it as shown
in fig:3. For a rise in temperature of 200 degree.Celsius, calculate:
i) Stresses in steel rod and bronze sleeve respectively.
ii) Compressive force developed in bronze sleeve.
iii) Elongation of bronze sleeve
iv) Total elongation of steel rod
Take Es:200GPa , Es:l00GPa & c5:l .2 x l0-5 per "C , ca:2.03 x l0-s per "C

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900mm
Figure 3
l4-a what is strain energy? Derive expression for strain energy developed in rod (4)
subjected to axial loading only.
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b A thick cylinder of internal diameter 400mm and extemal diameter
600 mm is (10)
subjected to an external pressure of 4 Mpa.

i) sketch variation ofradiar pressure across the thickness ofthe wall.

ii) sketch variation of hoop stress across the thickness of the wall.
iii) Find the internal pressure that can be applied for a limiting hoop stress
of 15 Mpa.

Module 3
15 A horizontal beam ABCD has a total length of lOm and carries uniformly (14)
distributed load of 0.t8kN/m over the entire rength of the
beam. The beam arso
carries a concentrated load of 0.2kN at the left end A.
The beam is supported on
two points (B & C) 7m apart such that each support carries the total load
equally. Calculare:
i) The length of the overhanging portions AB & CD.
ii) Draw the Shear force diagram and Bending moment diagram.

o.2kN

Figure 4

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16 Analyse the overhanging beam shown in fig:5. Draw the shear

force diagram (14)

and bending moment diagram shown all salient points including point of

contraflexure.

10kN
OkN/rn

Figure 5

. Module 4

A simply supported beam AB of 5m span is carrying a uniformly distributed

(14)
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load of 20kN/m. The beam is made up of rectangular cross section
dimensions 300mm x 450 mm.
Draw the bending stress distribution at the critical section for
bending'
i)
ii) Draw the shear stress distribution considering the critical section for
shear.

iii) Also calculate bending stress and shear stress on layer located 50mm

above the neutral axis on the cross section at the mid-point

of the

beam.

Assess whether the beam can safely carry the loads

given the allowable
iv)
stressesinbendingandshearare8MPaand0.T5MParespectively.
Derire the expression for strain eners/ due to bending deformation.
(4)
l8-a
For the simply supported beam shown in fig:6, calculate the
total elastic strain (10)
b
€nerS/ due to bending.

2kN/m
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Figure 6

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Module 5
l9 A rectangular element ABCD of an elastic material is subjected to a shear stress (14)
of 17.5 MPa. The planes at right angles carry tensile stress of 70 MPa and
compressive stress of 35 MPa respectively.

Determine:
i) The magnitude of the principal stresses.
ii) The direction of the principal planes.
(. iii) The magnitude of maximum shear stress.
iv) The orientation of the plane of maximum shear stress.
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35M P

17.5MPa
B

17.5MPa
70MPa
70MPa
17.5M P

17.5MPa

Figure 7
20.a A short column having a length of 0.5 m and made of solid aluminium rod of (8)
25mm diameter is pinned at both the ends. Determine the Euler's critical load
for the column. If in order to reduce the weight of the member by 25%o, the
cross section is changed to hollow circular section of 25 mm extemal diameter,

determine the critical load of the modified column. Also determine the
percentage reduction in critical load due to cross section modification. Take E :
72.8GPa.
b A hollow circular shaft of 30 mm outer radius transmits a power of 180 kW (6)
while rotating at a frequency of 25 Hertz. Find the thickness of the circular shaft
if the allowable shear stress is 60MPa.
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