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STRENGTH OF MATERIAL
4th Exam/Mech./RAC/Prod/Auto/T&DM/Aero/5309/May’19
Duration: 3Hrs. M.Marks:75
SECTION-A
Q1. Fill in the blanks. 10x1.5=15
a. The continuous deformation of material under steady load is known as_____
b. The change in unit volume of the body is called_______
c. M.O.I. of a triangle about base of height h and base width, b will be______
d. Unit of section modulus is_____
e. Beam support ____Loads.
f. B.M. will be maximum, where S.F. is_____
g. In a T-section, maximum shear stress will occur at_____
h. The shear stress at the top of a rectangular section is_____
i. The torque transmitted by a hollow shaft is ____times more than the torque transmitted by a
solid shaft.
j. If the pitch distance between two turns is very small, then spring is called _____

SECTION-B
Q2. Attempt any five questions. 5x6=30
i. Rivet hole 20mm diameter is punched in a steel plate 10mm thick. The shearing strength of the
plate is 350N/mm2. Find the compressive stress in the punch at the time of punching.
ii. Define the following: a) Compressive load
d) Poisson’s ratio. e) Volumetric strain.
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iii. What do you mean by point of contra flexure?
b) Strain c) Modulus of rigidity.

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iv. State assumption made in the theory of simple bending.

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v. What must be the length of a 5m diameter aluminum wire be so that it can be so twisted through

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one complete revolution without exceeding a shearing stress of 42 N/mm2. Let G=2.7X104 N/mm2.
vi. Define the following. a) Slenderness ratio b) Buckling.
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vii. Find the safe compressive load on a hollow C.I. column, one end rigidly fixed and other hinged, of

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with F.O.S. of 5 and E= 95KN/mm2.
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150mm external diameter and 100mm internal diameter and 10m in length. Use Euler’s formula

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Q3. Attempt any three questions.
a 3x10=30
a. A string 4 mm in diameter has original length 2 m. The string is pulled by a force of 200 N. If the
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final length of the spring is 2.02 m, determine: i) stress ii) strain
b. State and prove parallel axis theorem and perpendicular axis theorem.
iii) Young’s modulus

c. A hollow shaft is to transmit is to 400 KW power at 90 r.p.m. If fs = 74 N/mm2 and internal

diameter is 0.6 times the external diameter, then find both the diamers assuming the following
relations Tmax= 1.35 Tmean.
d. A laminated spring 600mm long is made up of plates each being 60mm wide and 8mm thick. Fing
the number of plates required to enable the spring to carry a central point load of 4000N if the
permissible bending stress is 120N/mm2. Also find deflection if E=200KN/mm2.