GE Interview Questions (Interviewer: Bhaskaran Bhuvarahavan on 24.05.

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1) What is your area of research?
2) School(X,X11,B.E, M.E,GATE Score, PhD)
3) Submission & Joining
4) Their area of workDo u fit in?(Air craft engines, thermal stresses, contact problems)
5) Nonlinearity ( different types)
6) Material nonlinearity (explain)
7) Geometric nonlinearity (explain)
8) Small deformation & large deformation ( Compare)
9) Iso-parametric elements
10) An infinite plate subjected to thermal stresses on all sides(What happens to Hookes
law)
11) Which element could be use for plate subjected to tension? Why?
12) Which elements for a plate with a circular hole and tension applied? Modelling
explain- Boundary conditions. Will there be any rigid body motion
13) Principle stress and principle planes explain
14) How will u assess from analysis results
15) Failure theories
16) Given ultimate tensile strength and performing elastic analysis .how to check whether
it has plastified anywhere
17) Rotating disc- annular cylinder which is spinned. Radial stress directions
18) DOF of plane stress element
19) Airys stress function
20) Courses in ME

21) stress concentration

22) SC in a hole in a plate
23) elliptical hole
24) stress distribution near a notch
25) FE Fundamentals
26) Iso parametric elements
27) Beam elements
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29) castigliano's theorem
30) Beam Bending
31) Shell elements convergence
32) Mesh shape checking parameters
33) Difference between stress concentration factor
34) stress intensity factors
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36) They will ask about your project.
37) Do you know which CoE (Department) of EACoE is conducting the interview.
38) They might be asking questions which are related to that particular CoE.
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40) Buckling Mode shapes
41) Mode shapes in free vibration
42) Solving for statically indeterminate structures
43) SF & BM diagrams
44) Stress distribution in a rotating disk
45) stress distribution in a cylinder with internal pressure
46) Combining torsional and bending stresses in a shaft etc
the things they asked me are about
stress concentration
SC in a hole in a plate
elliptical hole

stress distribution near a notch

FE Fundamentals
Iso parametric elements
Beam elements
castigliano's theorem
Beam Bending
Shell elements convergence
Mesh shape checking parameters
Difference between stress concentration factor
stress intensity factors
They will ask about your project.
Do you know which CoE (Department) of EACoE is conducting the interview.
They might be asking questions which are related to that particular CoE.
Buckling Mode shapes
Mode shapes in free vibration
Solving for statically indeterminate structures
SF & BM diagrams
Stress distribution in a rotating disk
stress distribution in a cylinder with internal pressure
Combining torsional and bending stresses in a shaft etc
SERC
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Principle of virtual work is used for

What is influence line diagram?
Explain plastic failure?
What is the purpose/advantage of spiral stirrups?
When two masses are connected by a spring, what will be the equivalent mass?
If damping is 5%, what will be the value of dynamic amplification factor?

7. How many stress components are required to define the stress-strain relation of
an orthotropic material?
8. Name the structure in which buckling will not lead to total failure? (not clear)
9. Value of stress concentration factor for a plate with a central hole?
10. Permissible shear stress in mild steel according to Von-Mices criteria?
11. What will be the cause of failure of a single angle column subjected to a point
load on one of the legs?
12. What will be the bending moment at the point of application of the load, in the
structutre given below?
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L/2

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Sum of shape functions at a node?

Sum of derivatives of shape functions at a node?
Why nonlinear analysis is more accurate?
Why is there creep in concrete?
What will be the deflected shape of an eccentrically loaded column?
What will be the stress at X in the following cases?
C/S area is A

P
X
C/S area is A
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PExpansion of the following abbreviations

X
1. CST Ans: Constant Strain Triangle
2. PDF Portable document format
3. TMT Thermo mechanically treated
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Why steel structures are more preferred in offshore?
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How corrosion of structures is prevented in offshore structures?
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What is the difference between offshore and onshore structures?

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Define semi-rigid connection?

Define High Strength Friction Bolts?
Derive the stiffness matrix of a 3-D beam element? (You dont have to learn this,
but it will be good if you can remember the stiffness coefficients for different loading
cases)