Subject : FINITE ELEMENT METHODS MID – 1 (III – II Mechanical)

Objective
1)Dof’s or degrees of freedom of a FEM model means ( )
a) All forces b) All Displacements c) All stresses d) All strains
2) The accuracy of the result obtained by FEM increases as the number of elements ________....( )
a) Decrease b) Decrease or Increase c) Increase d) None of the above
3) The process of modeling a machine member into finite elements is called________............. ( )
a)Discretization b) Division c) Nodulation d) Reduction
4) The relationship between stress, strain and young’s modulus is given by the equation…………. ( )
a) σ = Е Є b) Є = σ Е c) Е = Є σ d) Є / E = σ
5) The element body force fe vector is given by ……………… ( )

a) fe = 2 {}
Ae le f 1
1 b) fe = 2 { }
Ae le f −1
1
Ae f 1
c) fe = le 2 1 {} d) fe =
E Ae le
2
{11}
6) The element traction force vector is given by ………………. ( )

a) Te = 2 {}
Ae le f 1
1 b) Te = 2 { }
T le −1
1
T f 1
c) Te = 2 1 {} T le 1
d) Te = 2 1 {}
7) Which of the following method is a weighted residual method…………….. ( )
a) Rayleigh Ritz Method b) Galerkin’s Method c) Potential Energy method d) None of these
8) The element stiffness matrix ke for a bar is given by …………………. ( )
Ee Ae 1 −1 Ee Ae −1 −1 Ee Ae 1 1 Ee Ae 1 −1
a) ke = [ ] b) ke = [ ] c) ke = [ ] d) ke = [ ]
le −1 1 le −1 −1 le 1 1 2 −1 1
9) The number of degrees of freedom in a bar element is …………………. ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
10) The number of degrees of freedom in a beam element is …………………. ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
11) The number of degrees of freedom in a beam element is …………………. ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
12) The number of nodes in a beam element is …………………. ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
13) The number of nodes in a truss element is …………………. ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
14)The order of element stiffness matrix of a beam element is ................. ( )
a) 2X2 b) 1X1 c) 3X3 d) 4X4
15) The order of element stiffness mtrix of a bar element is ................. ( )
a) 2X2 b) 1X1 c) 3X3 d) 4X4
16) The element strain – displacement matrix B is given by…………. ( )
1 1 1 1
a) B = 𝑥 −𝑥 [ 1 -1] b) B = 𝑥 −𝑥 [ 1 0]c) B = 𝑥 −𝑥 [ -1 -1] d) B = 𝑥 −𝑥 [ -1 1]
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
17) The stress in a truss element is found using ………………… ( )
𝐸 𝐸 𝐸 𝐸
a) 𝐿 [ -1 1 -1 1]{q} b) 𝐿 [ -l m - l m]{q} c) 𝐿 [ -l -m l m]{q} d) 𝐿 [ -l - m - l - m]{q}
18) The expression for stress σ is given by ……………. ( )
a) σ = E q b) σ = E B q c) σ = B q d) None of the above
19) The boundary condition is called as homogeneous if the displacements at the support is …… ( )
a) Zero b) Non zero c) unknown d) known
20) The boundary condition is called as non-homogeneous if the displacements at the supports are all ….
( )
a) Zero b) Non zero c) unknown d) known
SET1
Descriptive:
Answer any three of the following
1) Derive an expression for Stress Equilibrium for a three dimensional body. Use neat diagrams
wherever necessary.

2)Consider the bar shown in Fig. An axial load P = 200 X 103 N is applied as shown. Determine
a. Nodal displacements
b. Stress in each material.
c. Reaction Forces.
Use Penalty approach method

A1= 2400 mm2 A2= 600 mm2

E1= 70 X 109 N/m2 E2 = 200 X 109 N/m2
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3)In the fig load P = 60 X 10 N is applied as shown in fig. Determine the displacement fiels stress and
support reactions in the body using penalty approach method. Take E = 20 X103 N/mm2. A = 250 mm2

4)For the two bar truss shown in figure find the displacements of node 1 and the stresses in all the
elements.Take E = 70 GPa and A = 200 mm2 for both elements.

5) What is a space truss? Derive the element stiffness matrix for a space truss element.

SET2
1) Derive the stress strain equations for a 3D elastic body.
2) Derive the governing differential equation for steady state heat transfer with convective boundary
conditions.
3) A simply supported beam is subjected to uniformly distributed load over entire span. Determine
the bending moment and deflection at mid span by using Rayleigh Ritz method.

4) For the three bar truss shown in figure below, determine the displacements in node 1 and the
stress in element 3. Take A = 250 mm2, E = 200 GPa.

5) Derive the element stiffness matrix for a 1-D bar element.

SET 3

1) State the properties of a Global Stiffness matrix and Element stiffness matrix
2) An aluminum rod tapers uniformly from 50 mm diameter to 25 mm in length of 0.5 m fixed at one
end. Find the stress in the bar if it is subjected to an axial tensile load of 10 KN at the free end. Idealize
the bar in two elements. ( Take E = 70 GPa)
3) What are weighted residual methods. List the methods and define each of them briefly?
4) Find the displacements, reaction forces and stresses induced in the axially loaded stepped bar
shown in the Figure. Take E = 2.1 x 105 N/mm2. A1= 50 mm2 A2=30 mm2.

5) A beam AB of span ‘L’ simply supported at the ends and carrying a concentrated load ‘w’ at the
centre ‘c’ as shown in figure below. Determine the deflection at the mid-span by using Rayleigh-Ritz
method. Use a suitable trigonometric trail function.