INS313E Advanced Strength of Materials Dec 25th, 2010

Midterm Exam 2 2010-2011 Fall

Problem 1. The frame in the figure is P

pinned at and roller-supported at .
Bending moment capacity is 2P
throughout the frame. The frame has Cross section
rectangular cross-section as shown. L
2c
(a) Determine the value of for plastic
collapse. b
L L
(b) Determine fully plastic moment
for a rectangular cross-section in terms of , and .
(c) Calculate the value of found in section (a) where

(a) Since the frame is statically determinate, only one

hinge is enough to create a mechanism. We consider two
plausible mechanisms as shown on the left, and apply
the virtual work argument in order.
L

L L

So, the first mechanism is the one to occur and the

L L
collapse load is .

c
(b)
x G G
c z
y
y
b

(c)
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Problem 2.
In the simply supported annular plate shown,
(a)Determine the support reaction line load at
in terms of and .
(b)Determine the circumferential stress ar
in terms of , and .

The solution can be found by superposing Case 6

and Case 7. The actual plate at does not
deflect, so the sum of the deflections for Case 6 and
Case 7 at should be equal to zero.

Axial force equilibrium in the actual plate:

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Problem 3.

The tank shown has a cylindrical top and a conical bottom. The tank
is supported by a structure (not shown) that applies only vertical
force around parallel AA. The tank is filled to depth H =2R with
water of weight density .
(a) Obtain expressions for and just above and just below
parallel AA.
(b) Thickness of the cylindrical shell is and the thickness of
the conical shell is . For what ratio do membrane
stresses provide the same maximum shear stress just above
and just below parallel AA?

Axial force equilibrium of the whole shell:

Axial force equilibrium of the shell section above parallel AA:

, and

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Axial force equilibrium of the shell section above below AA:

, and

Since both shells are asked to have the same maximum shear stress just above and just below parallel AA;