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L-2ff-2/ME Date: 01110/2022

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2ff -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ME 243 (Mechanics of Solids)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Assume reasonably any missing data. Symbols indicate their usual meaning.
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION-A e

There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

1. (a) Three elastic posts support a beam. Assume the horizontal beam to be rigid and
supports the distributed load as shoWn in Fig. for Q. I(a). Determine the angle of tilt of
the beam after the load is applied. Each support consists of a wooden post having a
diameter of 120 mm. Take Ew = 12 Gpa. Neglect the self-weight of the beam and the

column effect in the posts. (18)

(b) A rod consisting of two cylindrical portions AB and BC is restrained at both ends as
shown in Fig. for Q. I (b). Portion AB is made of steel (Es = 200 GPa, a = 11.7 x 10-6oC)

and portion BC is made of brass (Eb = 105 GPa, a = 20.9 x 10-6oC). Knowing that the
rod is initially unstressed, determine the compressive stresses induced in AB and BC
when there is a temperature rise of 50°C. Diameter of portion AB is 30 mm and portion

BC is 50 mm. (17)

2. (a) The engine of the helicopter is delivering 600'hp to the rotor shaft AB when the blade
is rotating at 1200 rpm as shown in Fig. for Q. 2(a). Determine the minimum diameter
required of the shaft AB if the allowable shear stress is 200 MPa and the angle of twist of
the shaft to 0.05 rad. The shaft is 0.6 m long and made from alloy steel (G = 80 GPa). (18)
(b) Stresses are recorded at the center and comer points of an ultra-thin microprocessor
component. The two in-plane principal stresses have been found at the center as -250 MPa
and -200 MPa. At the comer point, the following stress state has been found: O'x = 100 MPa,

O'y= -100 MPa, and 'xy = 50 Mpa. Determine which point is critical if (i) normal stress is
considered, (ii) shear stress is considered. Ignore the out of plane stresses developed in
this ultra-thin component. (17) .

3. (a) A ship propeller shaft is to be subjected to a compressive load of 5 kN and torsional

load of 10 kN-m. The shaft is made of steel material having the yield strength of 250 MPa.
Determine the safe diameter of the shaft according to the maximum shear stress theory. Use
a factor of safety 2 in your calculation. (18)
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(b) A strain rosette is mounted on the surface .of the wing .of an airplane as shown in Fig.

for Q. 3(b). The following readings are obtained from each gauge: E. '= 650 x 1O-{j,

Eb = 300 x 10-{j, Ec = 480 x 10-{j.Determine, (i) the in-plane principal strains and (ii) the

maximum in-plane shear strain. (17)

4. (a) A thick walled cylindrical pressure vessel having 200 mm ID and 240 mm OD is
made .of steel material with shear yield strength as 120 MPa. Determine the maximum
internal pressure that can be applied to this cylinder so that the shear stress limit will not
, ,
be exceeded. (18)
(b) A solid aluminum shaft (G = 55 GPa) having 50 mm diameter and 500 mm length is
subjected ta a tarsianallaad af5 kN-m as shawn in Fig. far Q. 4(b). At the center .of the

shaft, determine the deflectian .of a paint an the surface fallawing the strain energy

technique. ? (17)

SECTION -8
There are FOUR questians in this sectian. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) An axially laaded, fixed-hinged Al calumns has ta fulfill fallawing design data:

Cross-sectian is as shawn in Fig. far 5(a), E = 69 GPa, unsupparted length = 1000 mm. (20)
(i) Calculate the maximum bending stiffness, buckling laad and slenderness ratia.
With freehand sketches show followings:
(ii) buckled shape .of the calumn
(iii) buckling directian wrt ta cross-sectian
(iv) the laad-deflectian curve of the calumn.
(b) Far an eccentrically laaded,calumn, the mid-span transverse deflectian can be given by,
0= e sec 0.5 d(PIEl),
,
where symbals carry their usual meanings. Using the abave equatian, (i) explain haw the
buckling laad can be determine (ii) derive the expressian .of maximum campressive stress

in the calumn. (15)

6. (a) Is the beam shawn in Fig. 6(a) statically determinate? Justify yaur answer with

necessary equatians. " (10)

(b) Draw the shear farce and bending mament diagrams far the beam shawn in Fig. 6(b).

Lacate the paints .of the maximum bending mament and shear farce. Ignare self-weight. (25)

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7. (a) Using double integration method, find the maximum deflection and slope of the

elastic curve for the beam shown in Fig. for 7(a). Ignore self-weight. (18)
(b) Using area moment method, find the deflection and slope of the tip (free end) of the
elastic curve for the beam shown in Fig. for 7(b). Use separated moment diagrams to

solve the problems. Ignore self-weight. (17)

8. (a) Calculate the maximum flexural stress, maximum shear stress in the beam shown in
Fig. for Q. 8(a). Also calculate the radius of curvature at mid-span. Given, the beam has

40 x 40 mm solid square cross-section and E = 207 GPa. Ignore self-weight. (18)

(b) The Figure for Q. 8(b) shows cross-section of an RC beam designed for a moment M.
2 .
Also given, n = 8, d = 500 mm, As = 1000 mm , fs = 150 Mpa, fc = 8 MPa, where

symbols carry their usual meanings. Calculate, for balanced reinforcement: b and M. If

13 mm dia steel rods are used, how many steel rods are required? (17)
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L-2fT -21ME Date: 16/10/2022

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-21I -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ME 249 (Engineering Mechanics - II)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
Assume a reasonable value for any missing data.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

SECTION -A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.

1. (a) Packages are thrown down an incline at A with a velocity of I m1s as shown in Fig.
I(a). The packages slide along the surface ABC to a conveyor belt which moves with a
velocity of 2 m/s. The distance d =7.5 m and coefficient of kinetic friction )4; = 0.25
between the packages and the surface AB, 0.30 between the packages and the surface
BC, and 0.35 between the packages and the conveyor belt. Determine (i) the speed of
the package at C, (ii) the distance a package will slide on the conveyor belt before it

comes to rest relative to the belt. (17)

(b) The 10-kg sphere C is released from rest when B = 0° and the tension in the spring
is 100 N (when B = 0°) as shown in Fig. 1(b). Determine the speed of the sphere at the
instant B = 90°. Neglect the mass of rod AB and the size of the sphere. Solve the

problem by principle of conservation of energy. (18)

2. (a) A 60-g model rocket is fired vertically. The engine applies a thrust P which varies
in magnitude as shown in Fig. 2(a). Neglecting air resistance and the change in mass of
the rocket, determine (i) the maximum speed of the rocket as it goes up, (ii) the time
for the rocket to reach its maximum elevation. Solve the problem by principle of

impulse and momentum. (17)

(b) A sphere A of mass lilA = 2 kg is released from rest in the position shown and

strikes the frictionless, inclined surface of a wedge B of mass IllS = 6 kg with a velocity
of magnitude vo = 3 m1s as shown in Fig. 2(b). The wedge, which is supported by
rollers and may move freely in the horizontal direction, is initially at rest. Knowing that
B = 60° and that coefficient of restitution e = 0.8, determine the velocities of the sphere

and of the wedge immediately after impact. (18)

3. (a) A uniform rectangular plate has a mass of 5 kg and is held in position by three

ropes as shown in Fig. 3(a). KnoWing that B = 30°, determine immediately after rope

CF has been cut, (i) the acceleration of the plate, (ii) the tension in ropes AD and BE. (17)
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(b) A 1.5 kg slender rod is welded to a 5-kg uniform disk as shown in Fig. 3(b). The
assembly swings freely about C in a vertical plane. Knowing that in the position shown
the assembly has an angular velocity of 10 radls clockwise, determine (i) the angular

acceleration of the assembly, (ii) the components of the reaction at C. (18)

4. (a) The 10-kg rod AB is pin connected at A and subjected to a couple of moment M =
15 N,m as shown in Fig. 4(a). If the rod is released from rest when the spring is
unstretched at B= 30°, determine the rod's angular velocity at the instant B= 60°, Note
that as the rod rotates, the spring always remains horizontal, because of the frictionless

roller support at C. Solve the problems by principle of work and energy. (17)
(b) A slender 4-kg rod can rotate in a vertical plane about a pivot at B. A spring of
constant k = 400 Nlm and of upstretched length 150 mm is attached to the rod as shown
in Fig. 4(b). Knowing that the. rod is released from rest in the position shown,
determine its angular velocity after it has rotated through 45°. Solve the problems by

principle of conservation of energy, (18)

SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) The elevator E shown in Fig ..5(a) moves downward with a constant velocity of 4
m/s. Determine (i) the velocity of the cable C, (ii) the relative velocity of the cable C
with respect to the elevator (iii) the relative velocity of counterweight W with respect

to the elevator. (17)

(b) Knowing that at the instant shown in Fig. 5(b) assembly A has a velocity of 0.2 mls

and an acceleration of 0, 15 m/s2 both directed downward, determine (i) the velocity of

block B, (ii) the acceleration of block B. (18)

6. (a) As shown in Fig. 6(a) the coefficients of friction between blocks A and C and the
horizontal surfaces are /ls = 0.24 and J1k = 0.20, Knowing that mA = 5 kg, mB = 10 kg,

and me = 10 kg, determine (i) the tension in the cord, (ii) the acceleration of each block. (17)

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(b) Two spheres, each of mass m, can slide freely on a frictionless, horizontal surface
as shown in Fig, 6(b). Sphere A is moving at a speed "0 = 5 m/s when it strikes sphere
B which is at rest and the impact causes sphere B to break into two pieces, each of
mass m/2. Knowing that 0.7 s after the collision one piece reaches Point C and 0.9 s
after the collision the other piece reaches Point D, determine (i) the velocity of sphere

A after the collision, (ii) the angle B and the speeds of the two pieces after the collision. (18)

7, (a) The nozzle discharges water at the rate of 1.3 m3/min as shown in Fig. 7(a), Knowing
the velocity of the water at both A and B has a magnitude of 20 m/s and neglecting the

weight of the vane, determine the components of the reactions at C and D. (17)
(b) At the instant as shown in Fig. 7(b), the angular velocity of rod AB is 15 rad/s
clockwise. Using the method of instantaneous center of rotation, determine (i) the

angular velocity of rod ED, (ii) the velocity of the midpoint of rod BD. (18)

8, As shown in Fig, 8, a straight rod PQ, 180 mm long, forms part of a mechanism, The
end P of the rod is constrained to move in a straight vertical path. The rod PQ slides in
a small block pivoted at a fixed point 0, At the instant shown P is situated 60 mm to the
left, and 45 mm above the point O. The velocity and acceleration of P are respectively,
0,816 m/s and 14.8 m/s2, both directed upward. Determine the velocity and

acceleration of Q. Draw necessary vector diagrams, (35)

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L-2fT -21ME Date: 20/10/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: ME 261 (Numerical Analysis)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.
Symbols have their usual meanings.

1. (a) Compare and contrast the following two methods of root finding: (18)
(i) Fixed-point iteration method
(ii) Newton-Raphson method
'Newton-Raphson method is superior to fixed-point iteration method' - Justify the
statement with necessary mathematieal proof.
(b) Compare the perfOlmances of fixed-point and Newton-Raphson methods to

eompute the square root of 10. (17)

Show the results of first five iterations and eomment on the results. Start iteration with
xo =10.

2. (a) The three-dimensional state of stress is given by the following matrix equation in

terms of the prineipal stress, ap. (18)

(aJ {x} = ap{x}

O"x O"xy 0"", -1

where, (aJ= ax)'

0"",
O"y

0")0
0"",
0",
=[~ ~1] 2
-1

Find the corresponding characteristic equation of principal stress ap and the (arl
matrix using Faddeev Leverrier's method.
(b) Find the smallest principal stress for the problem stated in Q2(a) and the
corresponding eigen vector using a suitable iterative method. Show the results of at

least three iterations. (17)

3. (a) With reference to least-squares curve fitting, write short notes on the following

three cases with suitable examples: (15)

(i) Multiple linear regression'
(ii) Weighted least-squares regression
(iii) Non-linear regression
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(b) Find the best linear least-squares fit to the following three sets of data points: (20)
(i) points (0,0), (1,1) and (2, I)
(ii) points (0,0), (I, I), (2, I) and (2, I)
(iii) points (0,0), (1,1) and (2,1), giving the last point double weight.
Comment on the results.

4. (a) Give physical, graphical and mathematical interpretations of the following methods

for solving initial-value problems of first-order ODE: (18)

(i) Ralston's method
(ii) Third-order R-K method
(iii) classical fourth-order R-K method
(b)

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The lateral deflection at the free end of the cantilever beam shown in Fig. for Q 4(b), is
given by

PI.! wL'
y = ---+- (1)
3El 8El

where, 11' = uniformly distributed loading = 50 :t 2 lb/ft

L = Beam length = 30 :t 0: I ft
E = Modulus of elasticity = 1.5 x 108:t 0.0 I x 108 lb/ftl
1= Moment of inertia = 0.06 :t 0.0006 ft4
P = a concentrated load = 1000 lb
The value of concentrated load may be taken as an exact one.
Use a first-order error analysis to determine the sensitivity of the deflection prediction

in terms of both absolute and percentage error. (17)

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SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.
Symbols used have their usual meanings and interpretation.
Assume a reasonable value for any missing data.

5. (a) With necessary diagrams, describe. Forward Difference, Backward Difference, and
Central Difference approaches of numerical differentiation. Explain their applicability

and relative advantages/disadvantages in context to practical problems. (12)

(b) The rate of cooling of a body as shown in Figure for Q. No. 5(b) can be expressed
as

dT
_. =-k(T-T)
dt a ,

where, T is the temperature of the body (0C), T. is the temperature of the surrounding

medium (0C), and k is a proportionality constant (per minute). Thus, this equation
(called Newlon's law of cooling) specifies that the rate of cooling is proportional to the
difference in the temperature of the body and of the surrounding medium. If a metal
ball heated to 80°C is dropped into water that is held constant at T. = 20°C, the

temperature of the ball changes, as in (23)

Time, min 0 5 10 15 20 25
T,oC 80 44.5 30.0 24.1 21.7 20.7

Use appropriate numerical differentiation schemes to determine dT/dl at each value of

time. Plot dT/dl versus T - To and explain the best possible way to determine the
following:
(i) the value of constant k within the linear fit of dT/dl versus T - Ta,
(ii) the value of dT/dl at I = 12.5 min.
(iii) the value of dT/dl at I = 21.8 min.

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Figure for Q. No. 5(b)

6. (a) How can one improve the accuracy of numerical integration? Discuss. (9)
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(b) Show that the global truncation error associated with Simpson's 1/3 rule of

integration is - b;OQ h4f~~)(I;).Under what condition one can obtain the exact result

using this rule - discuss. (11)

(c) Water exerts pressure on the upstream face of a dam as shown in Figure for Q. No.

6c. The pressure can be characterized by (15)

p(z) = pg (D - z),

where p(z) is the pressure in Paexerted at an elevation z meter above the reservoir
bottom; p is the density of water, which for this problem is assumed to be a constant
103 kg/m3; g is the gravitational acceleration, and D is the elevation (in m) of the water
surface above the reservoir bottom. According to this equation, pressure increases
linearly with depth, as depicted in Figure for Q. No. 6c(a). Omitting atmospheric
pressure (because it works against both sides of the dam face and essentially cancels
ou!.), the total force Ji can be determined by multiplying pressure times the area of the
dam face (as shown in Figure for Q. No. 6c(b). Because both pressure and area vary
with elevation, the total force is obtained by evaluating
f)

j, = f pgw(z XD - z )dz,
o
where w(z) is the width of the dam face (m) at elevation z (Figure for Q. No. 6c(b»).
Use Simpson's rule to compute Ji.

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Figure [01' 0, No. 6c: Water exerting pressure on the upstream face of a dam (a) side
view showing face increasing linearly with depth, (b) front view showing width of dam
in meters.

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7, (a) The specific volume of superheated steam is listed in steam tables for various

temperature, For example, at a pressure of 3000 Ib/in2, absolute, (15)

T,OC 370 382 394 406 418

v, Lt3/kg 5,9313 7,5838 8,8428 9,796 10.5311

Determine vat T= 750°F using any suitable numerical technique.

(b) Classify and define Matrix Norms, How can you classify the condition of a system

of linear algebraic equation? Discuss graphically. (10)

(c) Mention the convergence criteria for Gauss-Seidel method used to solve liner
systems of equations, How does the Gauss-Seidel iteration method differ from the

Jacobi method? (10)

8. Idealized spring-mass systems have numerous applications throughout engineering. An

an'angement of four springs in series being depressed with a force of 2000 kg. At
equilibrium, force-balance equations can be developed defining the interrelationships
between the springs,
k2(>:2 - XI) = klxl
k3(X3 - X2) = k2(X2 - XI)
k4(X4 - X3) = k3(X3 - X2)
F = k4(X4 - X3)
where the k's are spring constants. kl through k4 are 150, 50, 75, and 225 N/m,
respectively.

(a) Solve the above problem using Gauss Elimination method, (20)
(b) Suppose now this problem needs to be solved using LV decomposition method,
Find the [L] and [U] matrices, Also, show how the solution vector {x} can be found

using [L] and [U] matrix (only show the matrix equations), (9)
(c) Can you solve this problem using iterative methods? Explain the justification of

using SOR (successive over-relaxation) to solve this problem. (6)

L-2ff-2/ME Date: 25/09/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2ff -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: MATH 263 (Complex Variables, Harmonic Analysis

and Partial Differential Equations)
Full Marks: 280 Time: 3 Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Symbols used have their usual meaning.
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION -A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.
I

I. (a) Let CR denote the upper half of the circle Izi = R for some R > I. Show that (11)

the equation sin z = 5. (12)

(c) Determine where the following functions are differentiable. (12)
(i)j(z) '" 2i + y + i(l- x) (ii)j{z) = z Im(z)
Hence discuss the analyticity of these functions.
(d) Given the transformation w = j{z) = i which lies in the area in the first quadrant of
the z plane bounded by the axes and circles Izi = 0 and Izi = b, (0 > b > 0). Discuss the
transformation in the w plane and check whether if it is a conformal mapping. (11 %)

2. (a) Write down Cauchy Riemann equations in polar form. Test the differentiability of the
8 8
functionj{z) = e- cos(ln r) + ie- sin(ln r), (r> 0, 0 < B < 21Z') in the indicated domain

and hence show that j'(z) = i j(z) .. (16 %)

z

(b) Show that v(x, y) = 2 X 2 + cosh x cos y is a harmonic function. Find an analytic
x +y

functionj{z) = u(x, y) + iv(x, y) and express j{z) in terms of z. (20)

(c) Evaluate r
-tz
.!:. dz along the curve x
.
= cos I, Y = sin I, 0:51:5 21Z'. (10)

3. (a) State Cauchy's integral formulas and evaluate

.
iz 2 Z
(z -
+2
I- i)
dz, along the indicated

closed contours: (i) Izi= I (ii) Iz - I- il = I. (15)

(b) Expand j(z) = (I ) in a Laurent series valid for I < Iz - 21 < 2. (15)
z z-I
z
.:
(c) Evaluate i( +e 'f dz
z2 IZ'2
by Cauchy's residue theorem, where the contour C is the

circle Izi= 4. (16%)

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L-2/T-2/NAME Date: 25/09/2022

BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: MATH 283 (Statistics, Partial Differential Equations and Matrices)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Symbols used have their usual meaning.
USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

I. (a) Form a partial differential equation by eliminating arbitrary functions from (10)
z = f(x + it) + g(x - it)
(b) Find the integral surface of the differential equation, 2y(z - 3) p + (2x -z) q = y(2x - 3)
which passes through the circle z = 0, i +/ = 2x. (12)
(c) Find the complete integral by using Charpit's method: (13)
(p2 + l)y = qz

2. Solve the following PDEs:

1

(a) (D; -4D;Dy +5DxD; -2D;)z=(y+X)2. (10)

(b) (D; - DxDy - 2D; + 2Dx + 2Dy)z = e3x+4y + xy. (12)

(c) ~2 D; - xyDxDy - 2y2 D; + xDx - 2yD )z = IOg(~) - ~.

y (13)

.. [COS 2B cosBsinB]
3. (a) ProVe that the product of two matnces 2 and
cosBsinB sin B
2
cos .rp cos.rp:inrp] is zero when Band IjJdiffer by an odd multiple of 11 . (10)
[ cos rp sm rp sm rp 2

(b) For what values of J, and ,uthe following system of equations: (13)
x+y+z=6
x + 2y + 5z= 10
2x+3y+A.z=,u
has a unique solution. Also find the solution for A. = 8 and ,u = 8.
(c) Use elementary row operations to find the inverse of (12)

3 - 3 4]
A= 2 -3 4
[o -1 1

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4. (a) Find non-singular matrices P, Q so that PAQ is a normal form where (17)

2 I - 3 - 6]
A = 3 -3 .I 2.
[I I I 2

(b) Reduce the quadratic form xl + 2x~ -7xf - 4xlx2 + 8xlx3 to canonical form and

write down the corresponding transformations. Also find the rank, index and signature. (18)

SECTION-B
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE.

5. (a) Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem for the matrix A where (15)

A = -5
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(b) Determine Eigen vector of the matrix (20)

6. (a) An analysis of companies resulted in the foIIowing distribution (15)

Profit (lakhs) 10-20 20-30 30--40 40-50 50--60
No. of companies 18 20 30 22 10

Calculate first four moments about assumed mean. Convert the result into moments about

mean. Also find PI and Ih..

(b) An assembly consists of two mechanical components. Suppose that the probabilities
that the first and second components meet specifications are 0.95 and 0.98, respectively.

Assume the components are independent. (10)

(i) Draw a tree diagram to demonstrate all the outcomes along with probabilities.
(ii) Detemline the cumulative distribution function of the number of components in
the assembly that meet specification. Also calculate the standard deviation of that
random variable.
(c) Two baIIpoint pens are selected at random from a box that contains 3 blue pens, 2 red
pens and 3 green pens. If X is the number of blue pens selected and Y is the number of

red pens selected, find P [[X, Y] E A] where A is the region {(x,y): x + y:s; I}. (10) )
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7. (a) The probability that your call toa service line is answered in less than 30 seconds is

0.75. Assume that your calls are independent. (18)

(i) If you call 10 times, what is the probability that exactly 9 of your calls are
answered within 30 seconds?
(ii) If you call 20 times, what is the mean number of calls that are answered within
30 seconds?
(iii) If you call 20 times, what is the probability that at least 16 calls are answered in
less than 30 seconds?
(b) A computer terminal can pick up an erroneous signal from the keyboard that does not
show up on the screen. This creates a silent error that is difficult to detect. Assume that
for a particular keyboard the chance that this will occur per entry is 0.001. In 12000

entries find the chance that 3 silent errors occur. What about at least 2 silent error occurs? (17)

8. (a) Find the Karl Pearsons correlation coefficient between the sales and expenses from

.the data given below and interpret its value. (17)

Firm I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sales (Lakhs) 50 50 55 60 65 65 65 60 60 50
Expenses (Lakhs) II 13 14 16 16 15 15 14 13 13

(b) Prices of shares of a company on the different days in a month were found to be
66,65, 69, 70, 69, 71, 70, 63, 64, 68. Discuss whether the mean price is 65. Test at 5%
level of significance. Given I = 2.26 for 9 degrees of freedom. What type of error may

occur in this problem? (18)

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L-2/T-2/ME Date: 26/10/2022
BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, DHAKA
L-2/T -2 B. Sc. Engineering Examinations 2020-2021

Sub: MME 291 (Metallic Materials)

Full Marks: 210 Time: 3 Hours

USE SEPARATE SCRIPTS FOR EACH SECTION
The figures in the margin indicate full marks

SECTION-A
There are FOUR questions in this section. Answer any THREE questions.

1. (a) Suppose you are analyzing it failed component of red alpha brass that operated in an
ammonia rich envirorunent and cracked after few days in service. What is.the possible
Phenomenon that occurred in this case? What are its reasons and how can it be

prevented? (18)
(b) Which type of cast iron is obtained by heat treating white cast iron? Explain the

mechanism of formation of its microstructure using appropriate diagram. (17)

2. (a) "Gray cast iron has low strength and almost zero ductility in tension but has better

properties in compression" explain the assertion with figure. (10) .

(b) Suppose you have to design a heat treatment cycle for a high alloy tool steel
component. During tempering of the component which factors can affect the hardness

and how they contribute depending on the tempering temperature? (12)

(c) "Despite having a little amount of alloying elements, high strength low alloy steels
(HSLA) display great mechanical properties." - explain the reason behind this

phenomenon. (13)

3. (a) "Iron making is reductive process, while steelmaking is an oxidative process" -

Justify the assertion with proper reasoning. (10)

(b) Describe steel making using the LD process. If LD process is so fast and efficient,

why is it not used in our country? (15) .

(c) Using necessary diagram, explain how you can remove the dust particles from blast

furnace gas. (10)

4. (a) In case of annealing of hypereutectoid steels, why heating above upper critical is
not done like hypo eutectic steels, even though both types of steels are heated to

austenite region in case of normalizing? (10)

(b) In case of normalizing of steels, what are the effects of faster cooling on: (15)
(i) proeutectoid constituents ..
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(ii) austenite transformation temperature.

(iii) fineness of pearlite.
(c) In carburizing process, after carburization heat treatment is necessary to get desired

hardness whereas in nitriding process, no such post treatment is needed - why? (10)

SECTION-B
There are EIGHT questions in this section. Answer any SIX.

5. Find out if the packing density of zinc is higher than that of chromium or not. Show the
detail calculation and list the closely packed crystallographic planes and directions for

both crystal structures. (17.!. )

2

6. Describe how a binary isomorphous phase diagram can be constructed using a series of
cooling curves. For a binary eutectic alloy, explain how coring structure is developed

and how this can be eliminated completely. (17.!. )

2

7. With the necessary diagrams explain the micro-structural change that take place during
cooling of steel once it crosses the upper critical temperatures and when this phase
transformations cease. Show how these temperatures vary as a function of the chemical

composition. (17.!. )
2

8. Evaluate the effect of crystallographic structure and bonding type on the ease of slip for
mechanical deformation along with the effect of temperature and stress. It is easier for

slip to take place in a single crystal than in polycrystal - argue this statement. (17.!. )
2

9. Two metallic bars of chromium were broken at 20°C and -200°C. Fracture surfaces for
both are shown in Fig. for question no, 9. Failure occurred at much lower strength at
the latter temperature. Compositional purity was the same for both the pieces. Predict
the most probable reason for the change in fracture behavior and describe how the

. predicted mechanism can be proved. (17.!. )

2

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10. Two alloys of a binary system, A-B, are cooled down to room temperature from high
temperature single phase alpha, which is a solid solution ofB in A. During cooling, the
alloys intersect the solvus line, and this results in a significant increase in yield strength
of both the alloys. However, the strength of alloy 1 was much higher than alloy 2
where cooling rates were different for the alloys of the same composition. Explain the
mechanism for the observed differential enhanced strength for alloys. 1 and 2 with

necessary sketches. (17~)

2

11. Fig. for question no 11 shows a stress-strain curve for the tensile test of an engineering
alloy - identify if the alloy is ferrous or non"ferrous and how yield strength along with
the modulus of elasticity can be determine from this curve. Relate the elastic and
plastic deformation behaviour with the aspects of bond stretching and plane shearing

for this alloy. (17~)

2

12. Fig. for question no. 12 shows the fracture surface of a broken metallic shaft, find the
reason of this brittle mode of fracture. List the features of the fracture surface that

suppoll your opinion and describe how such a failure can be prevented. (17~)
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