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MECHANICS OF STRUCTURE

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(2019 Pattern) (Semester - III) (201002)

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Q1) a) A cast iron beam has an I-section with top flange 80 mm × 40 mm, web
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120 mm × 20 mm and bottom flange 160 mm × 40 mm. If the tensile
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stress is not to exceed 30 N/mm2 and compressive stress 90 N/mm2,
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a simply supported beam span 6 m, if the larger flange is in tension. [9]
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b) The unsymmetrical I-section has top flange 80 mm × 20 mm, web

200 mm × 20 mm and bottom flange 160 mm × 40 mm is subjected to
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shear force of 40kN. Draw shear stress variation diagram across the
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depth. [9]
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Q2) a) A simply supported beam is having 3.5 m long span. Find the maximum
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and 30 Mpa respectively. Draw a diagram showing the variation of stress
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over mid span section of the beam. [9]

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b) A steel beam of I section, 200 mm deep and 160 mm wide has 16 mm

thick flange and 10 mm thick web. The beam is subjected to a shear
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force of 200 kN. Determine the stress distribution over the beam section
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Q3) a) Calculate the maximum intensity of shear stress induced and the angle of

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twist produced in degrees in solid shaft of 100mm diameter, 10 m long,

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b) The stresses at point in a component are 150 Mpa and 50 Mpa both

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tensile. Find the intensities of normal, shear and resultant stresses on a

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plane inclined at an angle of 55º with the axis of major tensile stress. Also

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Q4) a) A solid shaft is subjected to a torque of 1.6 kN-m. find the necessary
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diameter of the shaft, if the allowable shear stress is 60 Mpa. The allowable
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b) At a point in a strained material there is tensile stress of 80 N/mm2 on a

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Determine the planes of maximum shear stress at the point. Determine
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Q5) a) Determine the buckling load for a strut of tee section, the flange width being
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100 mm. overall depth 80 mm and both flange and web 10 mm thick. The
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strut is 3 m long and is hinged at both ends. Take E = 200 GNm2. [8]
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b) A alloy hollow circular column of 200 mm external and 160 mm internal

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diameter is 5 m long and fixed at both ends. It is subjected to a load of

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120 kN at an eccentricity of 20 mm from the axis. Determine the maximum

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stress induced in the column section. Take E = 120 Gpa. [9]

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Q6) a) Find the Euler’s crippling load for a hallow cylindrical steel column of
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38 mm external diameter and 2.5 mm thick. Take length of the column as

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2.3m and hinged at its both ends. Take E = 205 Gpa. Also determine
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crippling load by Rankine’s formula using yield stress 335 Mpa and
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constant 1/7500. [8]

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b) A steel tube of external diameter 109 mm and internal diameter 100 mm

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is used as a column of length 5 m with both ends hinged. How much

axial load can it carry with a factor of safety of 1.75? In case the same
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load acts with eccentricity of 12 mm, determine the maximum horizontal

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deflection and the stress in the column. Take E =2 × 105 N/mm2. [9]
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18 kN at 4 m from the left support. Calculate : [9]

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Give E = 200 Gpa, I = 15 × 106 mm4 use Macaulay’s method

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Q8) a) A cantilever of beam AB of length L and fixed at end A carries UDL of

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intensity l0kN/m over the entire span 6m and point load at free end 40 kN.
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