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This document outlines Assignment 1 for CE 1222 Structural Mechanics I, issued on 17/10/2023 and due on 27/10/2023. It includes four questions related to beam mechanics, including calculations for bending moments, shear-force diagrams, centroid distances, and allowable bending moments for a hollow box beam. Submission is required in hard copy to the instructor's office.

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This document outlines Assignment 1 for CE 1222 Structural Mechanics I, issued on 17/10/2023 and due on 27/10/2023. It includes four questions related to beam mechanics, including calculations for bending moments, shear-force diagrams, centroid distances, and allowable bending moments for a hollow box beam. Submission is required in hard copy to the instructor's office.

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CE 1222 Structural Mechanics I

Assignment 1 – Intake 40

Issued Date- 17/10/2023

Submission Date – 27/10/2023 at 4.00pm

Submission Mode - Hard copies to instructor’s office

Q1) The beam ABCD shown in the figure has overhangs at each end and carries a uniform load of
intensity q. For what ratio b/L will the bending moment at the midpoint of the beam be zero?

(Prob. 4.3-7, Gere & Goodno,7e)

Figure Q1

Q2) The shear-force diagram for a simple beam is shown in the figure.

Determine the loading on the beam and draw the bending-moment diagram, assuming that no couples
act as loads on the beam.

Figure Q2

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Q3) Determine yt (distance from centroid to extreme top fibre), yb (distance from centroid to
extreme bottom fibre) and Ix (second moment of area about x-axis) for each of the areas shown in Fig.
Q3. (x is a centroidal axis).

Figure Q3

Q4) A hollow box beam is constructed with webs of Douglas-fir plywood and flanges of pine, as shown
in the figure Q4 in a cross-sectional view. The plywood is 24 mm thick and 300 mm wide; the flanges
are 50mm x 100mm (actual size).

The modulus of elasticity for the plywood is 11 GPa and for the pine is 8 GPa.

(a) If the allowable stresses are 14 MPa for the plywood and 12 MPa for the pine, find the allowable
bending moment Mmax when the beam is bent about the z axis.

(b) Repeat part (a) if the beam is now bent about its y axis. (Prob. 6.2-3 of Gere & Goodno,)

Figure Q4

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