PART-B

1. Determine the shape functions N 1, N 2, and N3 at the interior

point P for the triangular element shown in fig.

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2. The nodal co- ordinates of the triangular element are shown in

Fig. At the interior point P, the x co-ordinate is 3.5 and N 1 =

0.4, Calculate N 2, N 3, and the y co-ordinate at point P.
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3. Determine the x and y co-ordinate of point P for the triangular
element shown in Fig. The shape functions N 1 , and N 2 are
0.2 and 0.3 respectively.

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4. For the constant strain triangular element shown in Fig.
assemble strain-displacement matrix. Take t = 20 mm and E =

2 x 105 N/mm2.

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5. Calculate the stiffness matrix for the elements shown in Fig.
The co-ordinates are given in units of millimetres. Assume

plane stress conditions. Take E = 2.1 x 10 5 N/mm2 , Poissions

ratio = 0.25, t = 10mm.
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6. For the plane stress element shown in Fig. The nodal
displacements are:
u 1 = 2.0 mm v 1 = 1.0 mm;
u 2 = 0.5 mm v 2 = 0.0 mm ;
u 3 = 3.0 mm v 3 = 1.0 mm ;
Determine the element stresses σ x ,σ y ,τ xy , σ 1 and σ 2 and
the principal angle Ø p Let E = 210 GPa , γ = 0.25 and t = 10
mm. All co-ordinates are in millimetres.

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7. A wall of 0.6 m thickness having thermal conductivity of 1.2
W/mK. The wall is to be insulated with a material of
thickness 0.06 m having an average thermal conductivity of
0.3 W/mK. The inner surface temperature is 1000C and
outside of the insulation is exposed to atmospheric air at 30C
with heat transfer coefficient of 35 W/ m2K. Calculate the
nodal temperatures.
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8. A furnace wall is made up of three layer, inside layer with
thermal conductivity 8.5 W/mK, the middle layer with
conductivity 0.25 W/mK, the outer layer with conductivity
0.08W/mk. The respective thickness of the inner, middle and
outer layer are 25 cm, 5 cm and 3 cm respectively. The inside
temperature of the wall is 600C and outside of the wall is
exposed to atmospheric air at 30 C with heat transfer
coefficient of 45 W/ m2K. Determine the nodal temperature.

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9. A steel rod of length d=2cm, length L=5cm and thermal
conductivity k=50W/m°C is exposed at one end to a constant
temperature of 320°C.The other end is in ambient air of
temperature 20°C with a convection coefficient of h=100 W/
m2°C.Dertermine the temperature at the midpoint of the rod.

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10. Calculate the temperature distribution in a one dimension
fin with physical properties given in Fig. The fin is
rectangular in shape and is 120mm long. 40 mm wide and
10mm thick. Assume that convection heat loss occurs from
the end of the fin. Use two elements. Take k = 0.3 W/mmC;
h = 1 x 10-3 w/mm2C, T =20C.

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