1. Draw stress-strain diagram for various materials?

(Mild steel,Glass,Brittle
materials Etc.)
2. Concepts of stress and strain. (Like What is stress? Stress unit?)
3. Stress-Strain behavior. (Elastic deformation, Plastic deformation. Etc)
4. What is Poisson’s ratio?
5. What is Hooke’s law?
6. Tensile Properties. (Ductility, Toughness and resilience)
7. What is True stress and True strain?
8. Theories Failure? (Max Principle stress theory, Distortion theory, Etc)
9. What is plane stress and plane strain?
10. Why Mohr’s circle are used?
11. All the Mechanical properties of materials
12. What is fatigue?
13. What is creep?
14. What is finite element analysis? Steps in FEM analysis?
15. What are the different types of Analysis?
16. What are the types of Elements used in FEA?
17. What is Volumetric strain?
18. What is SFD and BMD? Why it is used?
19. What is Moment of Inertia?
20. What is Torsion? Concepts of torsion?
21. Assumptions in Bending and Torsion theories?
22. What is stiffness matrix?
23. What is degree of freedom?
24. How to draw SFD and BMD for cantiliver beam? (Important)
25. Concepts of Heat Treatment
26. Which is first Stress or Strain?
27. Shear stress and Shear strain?
28. Concept of Elongation?
29. Types of support? (May be they will ask you to draw cantilever or Simply
supported)
30. Deflection theories?
31. What is convergence criteria in FEM?
32. What is Truss Element?
33. What is Natural frequency?
34. Draw bar element and write the stiffness matrix
35. What is dampener?
36. Difference between FEA and FEM?
37. Why FEA?
38. What is the approach of FEA?
39. There is a cantilever beam if i heat the beam to certain temp, how much
stress is developed in that body.
40. What is Pre-Processor and Post-processor? What is analysis stage?
41. Define node?
 42. Draw a typical three dimensional element and indicate state of stress in
their positive signs.
43. Write the standard form of finite element equation
44. Write the stiffness matrix for the plane truss element
45. Heat treatment concepts.
46. Name at least four FEA popular packages.
47. Is stress depends on material property?
48. how many natural frequencies and mode shapes can beam has? why?
49. what is the S-N curve?
50. Shell plate are having How many degrees of freedom ?
51. What is the shape function?
CAE interview questions mainly comes from

 Strength of materials
 Finite Element Method
 Engineering mechanics.