MAE 635 Advanced Mechanics of Materials

Fall 2014, V. R. Murthy, Assignment 1, August 26, 2014

Prerequisite Undergraduate Material
Due: September 9, 2014
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1. Draw axial force ( ), bending moment ( ) and shear force ( ) diagrams for the beam
problems, shown in SET 1, which are loaded in the
Express the loadings as
functions of . Write down the boundary conditions for the problems and also the
known conditions at the supports if they are not at the boundary. Write down the
( )
( ) The third problem in this set is a statically
equations for ( )
indeterminate problem and use two methods to solve this problem: i. Superposition
method, ii. Displacement method. Compute the maximum values of these internal
forces and their locations. Compute the maximum axial stress, , due to the axial force,
and max.
due to the bending moment, and shear stress, max
, due to the shear
force. And their locations. Note that the plane of loading is a principal plane.
2. Compute the deflection/displacement/deformation curves of the beam problems
shown in SET 2.
3. Consider a thin-walled closed cylindrical pressure vessel and compute the hoop stress
( ) and the longitudinal stress ( ) with the following data. Radius = 1000mm;
Thickness = 10 mm; Internal pressure = 0.8 MPa. What is the change in the diameter
given E = 200 GPa and Poissons Ratio = 0.25.
4. Consider the stepped shaft problem shown in SET 3 and draw torque diagram, torsional
deflection diagram(angle of twist), and compute the maximum shear stress ( ) in the
shaft.