Quiz 4

Multiple-choice questions on stress analysis

All questions have only one correct answer. All answers are rounded to 3 significant figures.
  1. The distance from the base to the neutral axis of a beam with the cross-section shown in Figure M4.1 is:

Φ 25
35

N A
35

40 BASE

NOT TO SCALE
DIMENSIONS
IN mm
Figure M4.1

(a) 30 mm  (b) 
40 mm  (c) 35 mm  (d) 45 mm  (e) None of these
  2. The second moment of area about its neutral axis, of a beam with the cross-section shown in Figure M4.1
is:
(a) 1.32 × 106 mm4 (b)  1.45 × 106 mm4 (c)  1.26 × 106 mm4
6 4
(d) 1.12 × 10 mm (e)  None of these
  3. The distance from the base to the neutral axis of a beam with the cross-section shown in Figure M4.2 is:

10

10

NA
80

10

50 BASE

NOT TO SCALE DIMENSIONS

IN mm
Figure M4.2

(a) 30 mm   (b) 40 mm   (c) 35 mm   (d) 45 mm   (e) None of these

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   4. The second moment of area about its neutral axis, of a beam with the cross-section shown in Figure M4.2
is:
(a) 1.17 × 106 mm4   (b) 1.29 × 106 mm4   (c) 1.35 × 106 mm4
(d) 1.41 × 106 mm4    (e) None of these
  5. The distance from the base to the neutral axis of the beam shown in Figure M4.3 is:
(a) 79.4 mm (b) 77.1 mm (c) 70.6 mm (d) 66.5 mm (e) None of these

90

20
NA
100

20
BASE
DIMENSIONS
NOT TO SCALE IN mm

Figure M4.3

  6. The location of the neutral axis (NA) of a tee beam is given in Figure M4.4. The second moment of area
of this beam about its neutral axis is:

70
10

NA
120
83.9

5
BASE
DIMENSIONS
NOT TO SCALE IN mm

Figure M4.4

(a) 1.67 × 106 mm4  (b)  1.22 × 106 mm4   (c) 1.05 × 106 mm4

6 4
(d) 1.48 × 10 mm    (e)  None of these

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   7. The maximum shear force on the light beam AB shown in Figure M4.5 is:
(a) 6.75 kN   (b) 3.0 kN   (c) 10.0 kN   (d) 3.67 kN   (e) None of these

1 0.5 1.5

4 kN 2 kN

A B

RA = 3.667 kN RB = 2.333 kN

NOT TO SCALE
DIMENSIONS
IN METRES

Figure M4.5

  8. The maximum bending moment on the light beam AB shown in Figure M4.5 is:
(a) 3.67 kN m   (b) 2.33 kN m   (c) 5.3 kN m   (d) 2.67 kN m   (e) None of these
  9. The maximum shear force on the light beam AB shown in Figure M4.6 is:
(a) 10.8 N   (b) 14.2 N   (c) 28.3 N   (d) 17.8 N   (e) None of these

1 2

10 N 5 N/m

A B

RA = 14.17 kN RB = 10.83 kN

NOT TO SCALE
DIMENSIONS
IN METRES

Figure M4.6

10. The maximum bending moment on the light beam AB shown in Figure M4.6 is:
(a) 29.3 kN m (b) 10.8 kN m   (c) 14.2 kN m
(d) 11.7 kN m (e) None of these

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 11. A drive shaft is made from a steel with a shear modulus of 76 GPa. The shaft is hollow and its external
diameter is stepped as shown in Figure M4.7. When the shaft is transmitting a torque of 285 N m the
maximum shear stress in the shaft will be:
(a) 13.3 MPa  (b)  58.4 MPa   (c) 33.2 MPa  (d) 22.7 MPa   (e) 26.6 MPa

300 400 DIMENSIONS

IN MILLIMETRES

NOT TO SCALE

50 30 40
DIA DIA DIA

Figure M4.7

12. Figure M4.8 shows the cross-section of a beam, together with the location of its horizontal neutral axis
relative to its base (0-0 shown in Figures M4.8).

NA
30

15

0 0
DIMENSIONS
20 IN MILLIMETRES
BASE
NOT TO SCALE

Figure M4.8

The second moment of area of this rectangular beam about its base, I00 is:
(a)  54000 mm4  (b)  160000 mm4  (c) 45600 mm4  (d) 45000 mm4  (e) 180000 mm4
13. A light beam AD carries a point load at B and a pure moment at point C, as shown in Figure M4.9. The
beam is simply supported and the reactions at A and at D are 30 kN and 10 kN respectively (both forces
acting upwards). The shear force acting on the beam at point C (i.e. when x = 2 m) is:

1m 1m 1m
NOTE:
The reactions
are given. 40 kN
B C
A D

10 kN m

Figure M4.9
−20 kN   (b) 
(a)  30 kN   (c) 20 kN  (d) −10 kN  (e) −40 kN

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 14. The free body diagram of a light beam AB subject to a load and a pure moment is shown in F
­ igure M4.10.
Using the reactions given, the bending moment at mid-span of this beam is:
(a) 7 kN m   (b)  16 kN m   (c) 21 kN m   (d)  12 kN m   (e) 9 kN m

1m 1m 1m
NOTE:
30 kN The reactions are given.

B
12 kN m NOT TO SCALE
RA = 14 kN RB = 16 kN

Figure M4.10

15. The free body diagram of a light beam AB s­ ubject to a uniformly distributed load is shown in Figure
M4.11 and the reactions at A and B are given. The value of x, measured from A, where the maximum
bending moment occurs will be:
 (a) 2.00  (b)  1.33 m  (c) 4.00 m (d) 2.20 m  (e) 1.00 m

2m 1m

3 kN/m

A B

RA = 4 kN m RB = 2 kN m
x

Figure M4.11

15. (b) 14. (c) 13. (d) 12. (e) 11. (c)
10. (d) 9. (b) 8. (a) 7. (d) 6. (a)
5. (d) 4. (d) 3. (b) 2. (d) 1. (c)

Answers

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