MEENAKSHI ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Meenakshi University

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SECOND YEAR B.E – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MODEL EXAMINATION MAY – 2011

Strength of Materials
Subject Code : ME 404 Date : 27 – 05 – 2011

Time : 3 Hours Total : 100 Marks

Answer all Questions

PART – A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

1. The strain induced in an M.S bar of rectangular section having width equal to twice the depth is 2.5 x 10-5.

The bar is subjected to a tensile load o f 8000 N. Find the sect ion dimensions of the bar. Assume the value for

Young’s modulus. Highlight the assumed young’s modulus value.

2. Find the instantaneous stress produced in a bar of cross sect ion area 2000 mm2 and 4000 mm lo ng by the

sudden applicat ion of a tensile load o f unknown magnitude, if the instantaneous extensio n in 0.0025 m. Also

find the corresponding load. Take E = 250 Gpa.

3. Draw the shear force diagram for a cantilever beam of span 6.4 m and carrying a po int load of a po int load of

75 KN at a midspan.

4. Sketch a.) The bending stress distribut ion, b.) Shear stress distribut ion for a beam o f rectangular cross sect ion,

and also state the relat ion between shear force and bending mo ment.

5. Compare open co iled helical spring fro m the close coiled helical spring and state the type o f stress induced in

each spring due to an axial load.

6. Considering shear stress for the solid shaft find the minimum diameter of a shaft required to transmit a torque

of 29820 Nm if the maximum shear stress is not to exceed 45 N/mm2.

7. Find the crit ical load of an Euler’s column having 4 m length, 50 mm x 100 mm cross sect ion and hinged at

both the ends. Take E = 200 KN/mm2.

8. Define slenderness ratio and equivalent length of column.

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 9. Find the thickness o f the storage tank if the internal diameter 280 mm is subjected to an internal pressure o f

2.5 Mpa. Circumferent ial stresses and longitudinal stresses are 75 Mpa and 45 Mpa respect ively.

10. What is the use o f Mohr’s circle? In case o f equal like principal stresses, what is the diameter of the Mohr’s

circle?

PART – B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a). A steel rod of 30 mm diameter passes centrally through a copper tube of 60 mm external diameter through
a copper tube of 60 mm external diameter and 50 mm internal diameter. The tube is closed at each end by
rigid plates of negligible thickness. Calculate the stress developed in copper and steel when the
temperature of the assembly is raised by 60oC.
Take E for steel = 2 x 105 N/mm2
E for copper = 1 x 105 N/mm2
α for steel = 12 x 10-6 / oC
α for copper = 18 x 10-6 / oC 16 Marks
(Or)
11. (b). A weight W falls a distance h before beginning to stretch a bar of length l and a cross sectional area A.
Derive the expressio n for the maximum stress induced in the bar when,
a.) The maximum extensio n is negligible when co mpared with h.
b.) The maximum extensio n is same of the same order as h.
c.) A bar 2000 mm lo ng, 60 mm diameter hang vert ically and has a co llar securely attached to the lower
end. Find the maximum stress induced.
d.) When a weight of 2000 N falls by 20 cm on the collar.
e.) When a weight of 20,000 N falls by 25 mm on the collar.
Take E = 2.1 x 105 N/mm2. 16 Marks

12. (a). A horizontal beam 20 m lo ng is carrying a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m. The beam is supported
on the two supports 12 m apart. Find the posit ion of the supports, so that bending mo ment on the beam is
as small as possible. Also draw the shear force and bending mo ment diagrams. 16 Marks
(Or)
12. (b). Two beams are simply supported over the same span and have the same flexural strength. Compare the
weights of these two beams, if one of them is solid and the other is ho llow circular with internal diameter
half of the external diameter. 16 Marks

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 13. (a). A shaft PQR of 0.6 m length and 0.050 m external diameter is bored, for a part of its length PQ to a
0.025 m diameter and for the remaining length QR to a 0.035 m diameter bore. If the shear stress is not
to exceed 70 N/mm2, find the maximum power that the shaft can transmit at a speed of 150 rpm. If the
angle of twist in the length of 0.025 m diameter bore is equal to that in the 0.035 m diameter bore, find
length of the shaft that has been bored to 0.025 m and 0.035 m diameter. 16 Marks
(Or)
13. (b). An open co il helical spring is made of 10 mm diameter wire and of mean diameter 90 mm had 15
coils, angle of helix being 15o. Calculate the deflect ion under an axial load of 425 N and a maximum
intensives of direct and shear stresses induced in the sect ion of the wire. If the axial load of 425 N is
replaced by an axial torque of 10 N-m, Calculate the angle o f rotation about the axis of the coil and
the axial deflect ion. Take E = 2 x 105 N/mm2 and C = 0.84 x 105 N/mm2. 16 Marks

14. (a). A horizontal beam AB is simply supported at A and B, 12 m apart. The beam is subjected to a
clock wise couple of 600 kN-m at a distance o f 8 m fro m the left end A. If E = 2 x 105 N/mm2 and
I = 2 x 108 mm4. Determine, using Macaulay’s method, (i). The deflect ion at a point where couple is
acting. (ii). The maximum deflect ion. 16 Marks
(Or)
14. (b). A simply supported beam o f length 8 m is loaded as shown in the diagram. Calculate the slope and
deflect ion at each point by the fo llowing methods.
(i). Double integration.
(ii). Macaulay’s method.
(iii). Moment area method.
(iv). Conjugate beam method. 16 Marks

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 15. (a).A cast iron pipe 300 mm in diameter, 10 mm length and 10 mm thickness is closely wound wit h one
layer of 5 mm steel wire under a tensio n of 40 N/mm2. Calculate the radial stress which may be exerted
on the inside wall o f the pipe if the stress in the pipe sect ion due to water pressure is 8 N/mm2.
Calculate also the stress in the steel wire. Take E for steel = 2 x 105 N/mm2 and E for cast iron =
1 x 105 N/mm2. Poissio n’s ratio = 0.3. 16 Marks
(Or)

15. (b). (i). The stresses at a point in a strained material is px = 200 N/mm2 and py = – 150 N/mm2 and
Q = 80 N/mm2. Find the principal plane and principal stresses using graphical method and verify
with analyt ical method. 8 Marks
(ii).Two planes AB and AC which are right angles carry shear stress intensit y 17.5 N/mm2 while
these planes also carry a tensile stress of 70 N/mm2 and a compressive stress of 35 N/mm2
respectively. Determine the principal planes and the principal stresses. Also determine the
maximum shear stress and planes on which it acts. 8 Marks

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