BE Civil II/I - Strength of Material

1. a. Find total, external and internal indeterminacy of the following 3

structure.

b. A spherical vessel of 1.5m internal diameter and 5mm thick is 6

filled with a fluid under pressure until its volume is increased by
250cm3. Calculate the pressure exerted by the fluid on the
vessel. Take E = 210KN/mm2, μ=0.3.
c. A bar of uniform thickness 't' tapers uniformly from a width of 7
b1 at one end to b2 at the other end in length L. Find the
expression for change in length of the bar when subjected to
axial force P.
2. Calculate principal centroidal moment of inertia and its direction for 16
the given section.

3. a. Draw shear force diagram, axial force diagram and bending 10

moment diagram of the following plane frame.

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b. Draw shear force diagram, axial force diagram and bending

moment diagram of the following frame.

4.
a) Find change in length of the given bar (circular) after the
application of load as shown in figure. Take E = 220KN/mm2

b) A beam of rectangular section of 80 mm to 120 mm carries a

uniformly distributed load of 40 KN/m over a span pf 2 m and
an axial compressive force of 10 KN. Calculate the maximum
fibre stress, fibre stress at a point 0.5 m from the left end of the
beam and 40 mm below the neutral axis.

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5. a. An infinitely small element consists of forces in two mutually 10
perpendicular plane as shown in figure. Determine the normal and
shearing stress on the inclined plane at an angle 30 0 with the
vertical. Also calculate principal stresses their directions and
maximum shear stress.

b. A column of timber is 5m long and hinged at one end and fixed at

the other end. Determine the crippling load and safe load for the 6
column. Take F.O.S = 2.5 and area of cross section is outside
dimension of 30 cm * 40 cm and inside dimension of 10 cm * 20
cm. Take E = 10 KN/mm2.

6. a. A cantilever steel beam of span 5 m is subjected to a 8

concentrated load of 10 KN at the free end and u.d.l. of 3 KN/m
in the whole span. If I beam of flanges 4 cm * 1 cm each and
web of 6 cm * 1 cm is used, find the maximum bending stress
induced.
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b. A hollow circular shaft 10m long is required to transmit 130kW

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shearing stress allowed in the shaft is 100N/mm 2 and the ratio of
inner to the outer diameter is 0.5, find the dimensions of the
shaft and also the angle of twist of one end of the shaft relative
to the other end. Take G = 80kN/mm2.

7. Explain any four from the following topics: 4*4

a. Relation between elastic constants
b. Flexure equation
c. Saint Venat’s principle
d. Mohr’s circle construction for general stress condition
e. Torsional equation
f. Variation of shear stress in a symmetrical I section