ES 13 Mechanics of Materials | Preparatory Examination | Honor and Excellence

Notes:
1] This examination is ideally answerable in 1 hour and 20 minutes
2] Submit this questionnaire together with your answer sheets.

[PROB 1] A point in a machine element is in a

state of plane stress such that the normal stress
is 20 MPa (T) and a shearing stress of 20 MPa
on a plane a-a shown in the figure below.
Knowing that the normal stress on a plane that is
45 degrees clockwise from a-a is equal in
magnitude to the normal stress on another plane
that is 45 degrees counterclockwise from a-a, use
Mohrs circle to determine:

a
20 MPa
a

20 MPa

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a. the principal stresses and the maximum shearing stress at the point, [70 pts]
b. the stresses on the horizontal and vertical planes. [30 pts]
[PROB 2] A point in a structural member has the state of stress as shown below.
a. If the member is made from a ductile material
(Y=200 MPa), determine the maximum tensile
stress using maximum-shear-stress theory
and maximum-distortion-energy theory. [70 pts]
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b. If the member is made from a brittle material
(U=150 MPa), determine the maximum tensile

stress using maximum-normal-stress theory.

20 MPa
[15 pts]
c. If the member is made from a brittle material

(UC=200 MPa, UT=150 MPa), determine the

maximum tensile stress using Mohrs Failure
Criterion. [15 pts]
[PROB 3] The bent circular shaft, shown in the figure below, has a diameter of 200
mm. Determine the maximum allowable force P that can be applied if the allowable
normal and shear stresses on the vertical plane at point x are 10 MPa and 50 kPa,
respectively.
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0.5 m

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