Strength of Materials

CONTINUOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT - III

PART A (9 x 2 Marks = 18 Marks) MARKS

1. Define torsional rigidity 2

2. Summarize the assumptions made in the theory of torsion. 2
Hollow circular shafts are preferred when compared to solid circular
3. 2
shafts : Demonstrate
Illustrate the expression for power transmitted by a shaft
4. 2

5. Compare short column and long column 2

List the relationship between actual length and effective length for
6. 2
column for different and condition.
7. Define slenderness ratio 2

8. Illustrate Rankine’s formula for buckling load for a column. 2

A cylinder of internal diameter 0.50m at a pressure of 7MPa, If the

9. maximum permissible stress induced in the material is 80MPa, 2
Predict the thickness of the cylinder.

PART B (2 X 16 Marks = 32 Marks) MARKS

10 i) Analyze the diameter of a solid shaft which will transmit 300kW
at 250rpm, The maximum shear stress should not exceed
30MPa and twist should not be more than 1degree in a shaft 16
length of 2m. C= 1X105 MPa.

11 ii) Calculate the change in diameter , length and volume of a

thin shell of 100 cm diameter , 1cm thick and 5m long when
subjected to internal pressure of 3MPa. 16
Assume E= 2X105MPa and Poisson’s ratio as 0.3