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TERMINAL EXAMINATION

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BT 3202 Strength of Materials B-Tech. Pass (Mechanical/Civil Technology) Summer 2011

This is a three-hour examination and consists of review questions and problems. You may attempt not more than a total of eight review questions and problems. Q.l Determine the largest weight Wthat can be supported by the two wires shown in Fig. below. The stress in either wire is not to exceed 30 ksi. The cross-sectiona! areas of wires AB and AC are 0.4 in. and 0.5 in. , respectively.
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Calculate the minimum wall thickness for a cylindrical vessel that is to carry a gas at a pressure of 1400 psi. The diameter of the vessel is 2 ft. and the stress is limited to 12 ksi. A steel rod with a diameter of 100 mm is stretched between two rigid walls. Determine the temperature change that will cause a tensile stress of 100 MPa. Assume a = l0/jm/m.C E = 2 0 0 GPa. and

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A uniform bar of length L, cross-sectional area A, and unit mass p is suspended vertically from one end. Show that its total elongation is S = pgL /2E. If the total mass of the bar is M, show also that S = MgL/2AE.
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Steel railroad rails 10-m long are laid with a clearance of 3-mm at a temperature of 1 5 C. At what temperature will the rails just touch? Assume CK= 11.7 um / m . C and E = 200 GPa. What is the minimum diameter of a solid steel shaft that will not twist through more than 3 in a 6-m length when subjected to a torque of 12 kN-m? What maximum shearing stress is developed? Use G = 83 GPa.

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Write shear and moment equations for the beam loaded as shown below. Also draw the shear and moment diagrams, specifying values at all change of loading positions and all points of zero shear.

30 kN

50 kN

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3m 2m Q.8 Show that the shearing stress developed at the neutral axis of a beam with circular cross section is
4/3(V /Tir ).
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Determine the maximum deflection Sin a simply supported beam of length L carrying a concentrated load P at its midspan. Write down the general slope (EIS) and deflection {Eld) equations for a cantilever beam with the following basic loads at its free end: (1) a moment A/(ii) a concentrated load P (iii) a uniformly distributed load w and (iv) a triangular load with maximum ordinate w .
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Compare the maximum stress in abend rod '/a in. square, where the load-P is applied Vi in. off the centre with the maximum stress if the rod were straight and the load applied axially. In a reinforced concrete beam, b - 300 mm,d= 500 mm, As- 1500 mm , n = 8. Determine the maximum stress in the concrete and steel produced by a bending moment of 70 kN-m.
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