Mechanics of Solids.

QUIZ
1. Provide all answers in 2 decimal places.

2. Duration of this quiz is one hour.

3. There are 3 questions in this quiz. All questions must be answered.

1. The figure below shows a rigid member held in position by three steel (E = 200 Gpa) tie
rods. Each rod has an unstretched length of 0.75 m and a cross-sectional area of
150 mm2 .Determine the forces in the rods if the rod EF is shortened by 1.5mm.
(10 marks)

2. A steel pipe (G = 70 GPa) shown in the figure below has an outer diameter of 40 mm and
an inner diameter of 35 mm. It is tightly secured to the wall at A and three torques are
applied to it as shown.

i) Draw the torque diagram of the pipe,

ii) Determine the absolute maximum shear stress developed in the pipe.
iii) Determine the angle of twist at the end (B) of the pipe.
(10 marks)
3. Determine the shear force and bending moment equations and sketch the shear force
and bending moment diagrams for the beam shown in the figure below. (10 marks)

5 N/m
30 Nm
30Nm

5m 5m 5m