Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Department of Structural Mechanics

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS II
Exam Applications
1. For the following compound steel beam:
a) Check the strength requirement for the maximum normal stress;
b) Check the maximum shear stress;
c) Compute the required throat thickness for continuous fillet welds;
d) Check the stiffness requirement (by a method of your choice);
e) Compute the elastic and ultimate loads.
wa

Given data:

L
N
N
; L 4 m ; E 2.1 105
;q 55
2
200
mm
mm

daN
daN
daN
daN
0 2100 2 ; y 2400 2 ; 0 1500 2 ; 0,w 1200 2
cm
cm
cm
cm
200 12

L/2

Sizes in
[mm]

UNP400

L/2
Fig. 1a

150

200 12

Fig. 1b

2. Plot the normal stress diagram on the lower section of the following block which rests on
soil, when:
a) P2 = 100 kN
Given data: P1 = 200 kN; =22 kN/m3
b) P2 = 200 kN
P1 = 200 [kN]

P2

1.5 m
y

1.0 m

3.0 m

Fig. 2b
Fig. 2a

Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services
Department of Structural Mechanics

3. Determine the critical load and the critical stress for a structural element fixed at one end and
free at the other end, 6 m in length, knowing that it is axially compressed by a load P and
having the cross section shown in Fig. 1b.
0 105
daN
Given data: a 3100 2
cm
daN
b 11.4 2
cm