1.

What do you mean by uniqueness of any problem and how do you ensure
the same in case of any structural system?
2. What do you mean by strain compatibility conditions? Why these
conditions are required? How do you tackle the case in fracture mechanics
problem?
3. Explain plane stress and plane strain problem. What is generalised plane
stress condition?
4. Is Griffith energy is only related to brittle problem? Draw the crack
resistance curve for brittle and ductile materials? Explain the pattern of
the curves.
5. What is the change in strain energy of the system with propagation of
cracks? Does always Strain energy get released when cracks start to
propagate?
6. What is Rayleighs quotient? Proof that Rayleigh quotient is stationary in
the neighbourhood of mode shapes?
7. What do you interpret from modal orthogonality?
8. Write the biharmoic equation of linear elasticity problem?
9. The biharmonic description does not content any material parameters.
Does it mean that the response is also independent of material properties?
10.Why do you opt for stress function approach in linear elasticity problem?
Does always stress function approach is beneficial?
11.Do strain compatibility equations always ensure the uniqueness of the
solution in linear elasticity problem?
12.What is the problem in determining the true stress in practical cases? How
do you tackle the problem?
13.Draw the engineering and true stress strain diagram of mild steel. From
which point the changing in cross section takes place?
14.Write the governing equations of beams on elastic foundations? Write
down the solution of problem. Write the constants that become zero for
imposing the displacement boundary condition. How do you determine
sub-grade reaction practically?
15.Draw the variation in bending stress for plastic hinge case. Draw the same
for isotropic hardening case.