ROMBLON STATE UNIVERSITY

Odiongan, Romblon
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: ____________________________________ Date:_______________ Score: ________________

Course/Year: ______________________________ Instructor:_________________________________

Multiple Choice: Choose among the choices and encircle your final answer. NO ERASURE
ALLOWED!
SET A
1. What is the stress produced whenever the applied loads cause one section of a body to tend to
slide past its adjacent section?
a. Shearing stress b. Bearing stress c. Tensile stress d. Compressive stress
2. It is the contact pressure between separate bodies.
a. Shearing stress b. Bearing stress c. Tensile stress d. Compressive stress
3. The longitudinal stress is ___ the value of the tangential stress of a thin-walled pressure vessel.
a. One half b. twice c. same as d. none of these
4. If the fracture in the cylinder is tangential, what is the stress produced?
a. Longitudinal b. tangential c. circumferential d. girth
5. The point at which there is an appreciable elongation or yielding of the material without any
corresponding increase of load.
a. Yield point b. elastic point c. proportional limit d. ultimate strength
6. The stress at failure.
a. Ultimate strength b. rupture strength c. yield strength d. elastic limit
7. The highest ordinate on the stress-strain curve.
a. Ultimate strength b. rupture strength c. yield strength d. elastic limit
8. The modulus of rigidity is more commonly called as,
a. Shear modulus of elasticity c. modulus of elasticity
b. Young’s modulus d. all of these
9. The component of internal effects that measures the pulling or pushing action perpendicular to
the section.
a. Axial force c. compressive force
b. Tensile force d. shear force
10. The condition under which the stress is constant or uniform.
a. Simple stress c. variable stress
b. Average stress d. shear stress
11. The ratio of unit stress to unit strain within proportional limit of a material in tension or
compression.
a. Poisson’s ratio c. modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of Elasticity d. All of these
12. The ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain for a given material subjected to uniform
longitudinal stresses within the proportional limit.
a. Poisson’s ratio c. modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of Elasticity d. All of these
13. A 2 in solid shaft is driven by a 36 in gear and transmits power at 120 rpm. If the allowable
shearing stress is 12 ksi, what horsepower can be transmitted?
a. 29.89 hp c. 38.89 hp
b. 35.89 hp d. 34.89 hp
14. A hollow shaft has an outer diameter of 0.035 m with 0.0125 m thickness. Determine the polar
moment of inertia of the hollow shaft.
a. 1.512 x 10-6 m4 c. 1.152 x 10-6 m4
-6 4
b. 1.215 x 10 m d. 1.125 x 10-6 m4
15. Calculate the stress in a thin walled sphere 100 mm mean diameter with a wall 2 mm. thick
when the inside pressure is 2 Mpa greater than the outside.
a. -25 Mpa c. 50 Mpa
b. 25 Mpa d. -50 Mpa
 16. What force P is required to punch a ½ inch hole on a 3/8 inch thick plate if the ultimate shear
strength on the plate is 289, 500 kpa?
a. 24,940 lbs. b. 24, 470 lbs. c. 24,960 lbs. d. 24,740 lbs.
17. The lap joint is fastened by three 20 mm diameter rivets. Assuming that P=50 kN, determine the
shearing stress in each rivet.
a. 159.154 Mpa b. 33.33 Mpa c. 53.05 Mpa d. 100 Mpa
18. What power would a spindle 55 mm in diameter transmit at 480 rpm. Stress allowed for short
shaft is 59 N/mm2.
a. 42.12 kW b. 96.88 kW c. 50.61 kW d. 39.21 kW
19. The amount by which a dimension of a body changes when the body is subjected to a load,
divided by the original value of the dimension.
a. Unit strain c. elastic limit
b. Proportional limit d. yield point
20. The lap joint of 25 mm thick is fastened by three 20 mm diameter rivets. Assuming that P=50 kN,
determine the bearing stress in each rivet.
a. 159.154 Mpa b. 33.33 Mpa c. 53.05 Mpa d. 100 Mpa

Problem Solving: Solve the problem correctly. Write only your final answer on the blank space
provided. NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. The steel shaft of a socket wrench has a diameter

of 8.0 mm. and a length of 200 mm (see figure). If
the allowable stress in shear is 60 MPa, what is the
maximum permissible torque Tmax that may be
exerted with the wrench? Through what angle (in
degrees) will the shaft twist under the action of the
maximum torque? (Assume G = 78 GPa and
disregard any bending of the shaft.) (5 points )
Ans. __________
__________

2. Four gears are attached to a circular shaft and

transmit the torques shown in the figure. The
allowable shear stress in the shaft is 10,000 psi.
(a) What is the required diameter d of the shaft if
it has a solid cross section?
(b) What is the required outside diameter d if the
shaft is hollow with an inside diameter of 1.0 in.
( for 10 points )
Ans. __________
__________

3. A rigid bar AB of length L = 66 in. is hinged to

a support at A and supported by two vertical
wires attached at points C and D (see figure).
Both wires have the same cross-sectional area
(A = 0.0272 in.2) and are made of the same
material (modulus E = 30 x 10 6 psi). The wire at
C has length h = 18 in. and the wire at D has
length twice that amount. The horizontal
distances are c = 20 in. and d = 50 in.
(a) Determine the tensile stresses C and D in the
wires due to the load P = 340 lb acting at end B
of the bar.
(b) Find the downward displacement at end B of
the bar. ( 10 points )
Ans. __________
__________
 ROMBLON STATE UNIVERSITY
Odiongan, Romblon
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE BODIES

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: ____________________________________ Date:_______________ Score: ________________

Course/Year: ______________________________ Instructor:_________________________________

Multiple Choice: Choose among the choices and encircle your final answer. NO ERASURE
ALLOWED!
SET B
1. Calculate the stress in a thin walled sphere 100 mm mean diameter with a wall 2 mm. thick
when the inside pressure is 2 Mpa greater than the outside.
a. -25 Mpa b. 50 Mpa c. 25 Mpa d. -50 Mpa
2. A hollow shaft has an outer diameter of 0.035 m with 0.0125 m thickness. Determine the polar
moment of inertia of the hollow shaft.
a. 1.512 x 10-6 m4 c. 1.152 x 10-6 m4
b. 1.215 x 10-6 m4 d. 1.125 x 10-6 m4
3. A 2 in solid shaft is driven by a 36 in gear and transmits power at 120 rpm. If the allowable
shearing stress is 12 ksi, what horsepower can be transmitted?
a. 29.89 hp c. 38.89 hp
b. 35.89 hp d. 34.89 hp
4. The ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain for a given material subjected to uniform
longitudinal stresses within the proportional limit.
a. Poisson’s ratio c. modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of Elasticity d. All of these
5. The ratio of unit stress to unit strain within proportional limit of a material in tension or
compression.
a. Poisson’s ratio c. modulus of rigidity
b. Modulus of Elasticity d. All of these
6. The condition under which the stress is constant or uniform.
a. Simple stress c. variable stress
b. Average stress d. shear stress
7. The component of internal effects that measures the pulling or pushing action perpendicular to
the section.
a. Axial force c. compressive force
b. Tensile force d. shear force
8. The modulus of rigidity is more commonly called as,
a. Shear modulus of elasticity c. modulus of elasticity
b. Young’s modulus d. all of these
9. The longitudinal stress is ___ the value of the tangential stress of a thin-walled pressure vessel.
a. One half b. twice c. same as d. none of these
10. It is the contact pressure between separate bodies.
a. Shearing stress b. Bearing stress c. Tensile stress d. Compressive stress
11. The highest ordinate on the stress-strain curve.
a. Ultimate strength b. rupture strength c. yield strength d. elastic limit
12. The stress at failure.
a. Ultimate strength b. rupture strength c. yield strength d. elastic limit
13. The point at which there is an appreciable elongation or yielding of the material without any
corresponding increase of load.
a. Yield point b. elastic point c. proportional limit d. ultimate strength
14. If the fracture in the cylinder is tangential, what is the stress produced?
 a. Longitudinal b. tangential c. circumferential d. girth
15. What is the stress produced whenever the applied loads cause one section of a body to tend to
slide past its adjacent section?
a. Shearing stress b. Bearing stress c. Tensile stress d. Compressive stress
16. What force P is required to punch a ½ inch hole on a 3/8 inch thick plate if the ultimate shear
strength on the plate is 289, 500 kpa?
a. 24,940 lbs. b. 24, 470 lbs. c. 24,960 lbs. d. 24,740 lbs.
17. The lap joint is fastened by three 20 mm diameter rivets. Assuming that P=50 kN, determine the
shearing stress in each rivet.
a. 159.154 Mpa b. 33.33 Mpa c. 53.05 Mpa d. 100 Mpa
18. What power would a spindle 55 mm in diameter transmit at 480 rpm. Stress allowed for short
shaft is 59 N/mm2.
a. 42.12 kW b. 96.88 kW c. 50.61 kW d. 39.21 kW
19. The amount by which a dimension of a body changes when the body is subjected to a load,
divided by the original value of the dimension.
a. Unit strain c. elastic limit
b. Proportional limit d. yield point
20. The lap joint of 25 mm thick is fastened by three 20 mm diameter rivets. Assuming that P=50 kN,
determine the bearing stress in each rivet.
a. 159.154 Mpa b. 33.33 Mpa c. 53.05 Mpa d. 100 Mpa

Problem Solving: Solve the problem correctly. Write only your final answer on the blank space
provided. NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

1. The steel shaft of a socket wrench has a diameter of

8.0 mm. and a length of 200 mm (see figure). If the
allowable stress in shear is 60 MPa, what is the
maximum permissible torque Tmax that may be
exerted with the wrench? Through what angle (in
degrees) will the shaft twist under the action of the
maximum torque? (Assume G = 78 GPa and
disregard any bending of the shaft.) (5 points )
Ans. __________
__________

2. Four gears are attached to a circular shaft and transmit the

torques shown in the figure. The allowable shear stress in the
shaft is 10,000 psi.
(a) What is the required diameter d of the shaft if it has a
solid cross section?
(b) What is the required outside diameter d if the shaft is
hollow with an inside diameter of 1.0 in. ( 10 points )
Ans. ___________
___________

3. A rigid bar AB of length L = 66 in. is hinged to a support at A

and supported by two vertical wires attached at points C and
D (see figure). Both wires have the same cross-sectional area
(A = 0.0272 in.2) and are made of the same material
(modulus E = 30 x 10 6 psi). The wire at C has length h = 18
in. and the wire at D has length twice that amount. The
horizontal distances are c = 20 in. and d = 50 in.
(a) Determine the tensile stresses C and D in the wires due to
the load P = 340 lb acting at end B of the bar.
(b) Find the downward displacement at end B of the bar. ( 10
points )
Ans. _________
_________