06CV33

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Third Semester B.E. Degree Examination, June/July 2013

Strength of Materials
Time: 3 hrs.

Max. Marks:100

Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.
2. Any revealing of identification, appeal to evaluator and /or equations written eg, 42+8 = 50, will be treated as malpractice.

Note: Answer FIVE full questions, selecting

at least TWO questions from each part.

PART A
a. Draw stress-strain diagram for structural steel subjected to axial tensile force and explain the
salient points.
(06 Marks)
b. A conical bar tapers uniformly from a diameter of 15 mm to a diameter of 40 mm in a length
of 400 mm. Determine the elongation of the bar under an axial tensile force of 400 kN.
Take E = 0.2 MN/mm2.
(04 Marks)
c. A member ABCD is subjected to point loads P 1, P2, P3 and P4 as shown in Fig.Q1(c).
Calculate the force P2 necessary for equilibrium, if P1 = 10 kN, P3 = 40 kN and P4 = 16 kN.
Take E = 205 GPa. Determine total elongation of the member.
(10 Marks)

Fig.Q1(c)
a. Define (i) Poissons ratio (ii) Rigidity modulus (iii) Volumetric strain.
(06 Marks)
b. Show that thermal stresses are independent of the dimensions of the body.
(04 Marks)
c. Calculate the modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus of a cylindrical bar of diameter 25 mm
and of length 1.2 m, if the longitudinal strain in a bar during a tensile test is four times the
lateral strain. Also find the change in volume when the bar is subjected to a hydrostatic
pressure of 120 N/mm2. Take E = 1.2105 MN/m2.
(10 Marks)
a. Derive Lames equation for the radial and hoop stresses for thick cylinder, subjected to
internal and external fluid pressure.
(06 Marks)
b. A thin cylindrical shell has an internal diameter of 300 mm and is 5 mm thick. It is subjected
to an internal pressure of 4 MPa. Estimate (i) circumferential stress (ii) longitudinal stress.
(04 Marks)

c. An element is subjected to stresses as shown in Fig.Q3(c). Determine (i) Principal stresses

and principal planes (ii) Maximum shear stress and its plane.
(10 Marks)

Fig.Q3(c)
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a. Derive the relation between rate of loading, shear force and bending moment.
(06 Marks)
b. Define (i) Shear force (ii) Bending moment.
(04 Marks)
c. Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams for the loaded beam shown in Fig.Q4(c).
Also locate point of contraflexture.
(10 Marks)

Fig.Q4(c)

PART B
a. Show that the maximum shear stress for a rectangular section is 1.5 times the average shear
stress.
(06 Marks)
b. State the assumptions made in the theory of simple bending.
(04 Marks)
c. A beam with an I-section consists of 200mm 20mm flanges and a web of 300 mm depth,
20 mm thickness. It is subjected to bending moment of 100 kN-m and a shear force of
50 kN. Sketch the bending and shear stress distribution along the depth of the section.
(10 Marks)
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a. Establish the relation EI d y M with usual notations.

(06 Marks)
dx 2
b. Define (i) Slope (ii) Deflection (iii) Elastic curve.
(04 Marks)
c. A steel beam of length 10 m with uniform section is simply supported at its ends A and B
carries two concentrated loads of 120 kN and 60 kN at points C and D which are at a
distance of 3 m and 7 m from left end (A) respectively. If the moment of inertia of the
section is 160107 mm4 and E = 205 GPa. Calculate the deflection of the beam at loaded
points.
(10 Marks)

a. Derive an expression for the strength of a solid circular shaft.

(06 Marks)
b. State the assumptions made in developing torsional equation.
(04 Marks)
c. A shaft transmits 300 kW power at 120 rpm. Determine
(i) the necessary diameter of solid circular shaft.
(ii) the necessary outer diameter of hallow circular section such that the inner diameter
being 2/3 of the outer diameter.
Take allowable shear stress as 70 N/mm2
(10 Marks)

a. Using Eulers theory, derive an equation for the crippling load of a column hinged at both
ends.
(06 Marks)
b. Explain the differences between long and short columns.
(04 Marks)
c. Compare the crippling loads given by Eulers and Rankines formulae, for a hallow circular
column of 2.5m long, having outer and inner diameter 40 mm and 30 mm respectively
loaded through hinged ends. Take yield stress as 320 N/mm2, Rankines constant = 1/7500
and E = 2105 MPa.
(10 Marks)
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