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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

ME - SEMESTER– I (OLD)• EXAMINATION – SUMMER - 2018

Subject Code: 710901N Date: 07/05/2018

Subject Name: Theory of Elasticity
Time: 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) Explain stress components on an arbitrary plane. 07

(b) Discuss Generalized Hook’s law for homogeneous, linearly elastic materials. 07
Q.2 (a) Derive the equation for cubic dilatation in three dimensional Cartesian coordinate 07
system.
(b) The state of stress at a point is such that σx = σy = σz = τxy = τyz = τzx = ρ. 07
Determine the principal stresses and their directions.
OR
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(b) Consider the displacement field u x = y (10 ), uy = 3yz(10-2) and uz = (4 + 6x2)(10-2) 07
What are the rectangular strain components at the point P(1,0,2)?
Q.3 (a) At a point in a body σx = 10000 Mpa, σy = -5000 Mpa, σz = -5000 Mpa, τxy = τyz 07
= τzx = 10000 Mpa. Determine the normal and shearing stresses on a plane that
is equally inclined to all the three axes.
(b) Explain plane state of stress with its mathematical expressions. 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Derive expression for normal and shear stress acting on octahedral plane. 07
(b) Explain plane state of strain with its mathematical expressions. 07
Q.4 (a) What is Airy’s stress function? Discuss its importance in plane elasticity. 07
(b) Explain Mohr’s circle for the two-dimensional state of stress. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain Menabrea’s theorem. 07
(b) What do you understand by axisymmetric problems and how it is analyzed for 07
stress and strain.
Q.5 (a) Discuss Castigliano’s first theorem. 07
(b) Explain Kirchhoff’s theorem. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain second theorem of Castigliano. 07
(b) Explain Maxwell reciprocal theorem. 07

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