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The document outlines various concepts in civil engineering, including definitions of elasticity, plasticity, stress, and strain. It includes problems related to the design and analysis of structural components, such as rods, columns, and trusses, focusing on stress limits and material properties. Additionally, it addresses calculations for axial loads, elongation, and deformation in composite materials.

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The document outlines various concepts in civil engineering, including definitions of elasticity, plasticity, stress, and strain. It includes problems related to the design and analysis of structural components, such as rods, columns, and trusses, focusing on stress limits and material properties. Additionally, it addresses calculations for axial loads, elongation, and deformation in composite materials.

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ADama Science and Technology University

College OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Department OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

1. Briefly explain or describe the following terms:


 Elasticity or elastic material
Plasticity or plastic material
What strength of material is about
Normal stress, normal strain
 Shear stress, shear strain
Stress strain diagram of materials
Internal actions in axially loaded members
Internal actions in beams
Torque and bending moments
What bending moment and shear force diagrams are
 Isotropic and anisotropic materials
What Hooke’s law is, Poisson’s ratio is
 Relationship between 𝐸, 𝜈, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺
2. Two solid cylindrical rods AB and BC are welded together at B and loaded as shown. Knowing
that the average normal stress must not exceed 175 MPa in rod AB and 150 MPa in rod BC,
determine the smallest allowable values of d1 and d2.

3. The safe stress for a hollow steel column, which carries an axial load of 2.1 x 10 3 KN is 125
MN/m2. If the external diameter of the column is 30 cm. determine the internal diameter
4. A steel rectangular plate is placed in between two copper rectangular plates each have same
cross-sectional area and length. They are rigidly connected together at the ends at a temperature
of 150c. When the temperature is raised to 350c the length of the plate is increased by 1.5 mm.
determine the stress in the plate and also determine the original length. Es = 210 KN/mm2; Ec
= 100 KN/mm2; αs = 6*10-6/0C and αc = 12*10-6/0C

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5. A steel column is 3m long and 0.4m diameter it carries a load of 40KN. E=200GPa.
a) Calculate the compressive stress, and determine how much the column is compressed?
6. Find the maximum allowable value of P for the column. The cross-sectional areas and working
stress 𝜎𝑤 are shown in the figure.

The concrete post in fig (a) is reinforced axially


7. A rod is composed of an aluminum section rigidly attached between steel and bronze sections,
as shown in Figure. Axial loads are applied at the positions indicated. If P = 30KN and the
cross-sectional area of the rod is 0.5 cm2, determine the stress in each section. E of
steel=103Gpa& E of bronze=70Gpa

8. An aluminum rod is rigidly attached between a steel rod and a bronze rod as shown in the
figure. Axial loads are applied at the positions indicated. Find the maximum value of P that
will not exceed a stress in steel of 140 MPa, in aluminum of 90 MPa, or in bronze of 100 Mpa
or a total deformation of 2.5mm.

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9. For the following steel structure truss if the cross-sectional area of each member of the truss is
50cm2 & elastic modulus of the material E=105Gpa, find the deformation of member ED?

10. Find the stresses in members BC, BD, and CF for the truss shown in Fig. Indicate the tension
or compression. The cross-sectional area of each member is 1600 mm2.

11. A plastic rod AB of length L= 0.5 m has a diameter d1 =30 mm (see figure). A plastic sleeve
CD of length c = 0.3 m and outer diameter d2 =45 mm is securely bonded to the rod so that no
slippage can occur between the rod and the sleeve. The rod is made of an acrylic with modulus
of elasticity E1 =3.1 GPa and the sleeve is made of a polyamide with E2 = 2.5 GPa.
 Calculate the elongation ΔL of the rod when it is pulled by axial forces P = 12 kN.
 If the sleeve is extended for the full length of the rod, what is the elongation?
 If the sleeve is removed, what is the elongation?














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12. A steel bar of length 2.5 m with a square cross section 100 mm on each side is subjected to an
axial tensile force of 1300 KN. Assume that E=200 GPa and µ = 0.3. Determine the increase
in volume of the bar.

13. A 2m long rectangular bar of 7.5 cm × 5 cm is subjected to an axial tensile load of 1000kN.
Bar gets elongated by 2mm in length and decreases in width by 10 × 10 – 6 m. Determine the
modulus of elasticity E and Poisson's ratio of the material of bar. Read

14. A 500 mm long bar has rectangular cross-section 20 mm × 40 mm. The bar is subjected to:
(i) 40 kN tensile force on 20 mm × 40 mm face. (ii) 200kN compressive force on 20 mm ×
500 mm face (iii) 300kN tensile force on 40 mm × 500 mm face. Find the change in
dimensions and volume, if E = 2 × 105 N/mm2 and poisson ratio = 0.3

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15. An aluminum rod is rigidly attached between a steel rod and a bronze rod as shown in
Fig. P-108. Axial loads are applied at the positions indicated. Find the maximum value of
P that will not exceed a stress in steel of 140 MPa, in aluminum of 90 MPa, or in bronze
of 100 MPa.

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