PRACTICE PROBLEMS

VOLUME 2

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND WRITE YOUR SOLUTIONS BELOW EACH PROBLEM IN A LONG BOND PAPER.

1. A solid circular brass 25 mm in diameter is subjected to an axial tensile force SITUATION 4 (NOS. 13-15) -A 6-meter simply supported beam is loaded with
of 50 kN. Determine the decrease in the diameter of the bar due to this triangular loading varies 20 kN/m at the right support to 0 kN/m at the left
load. For brass, E = 90 GPa and poisson's ratio = 0.28 support.
A. 0.008 mm B. 0.005mm
C. 0.0125 mm D. 0.002 mm 13. Compute shear force in kiloNewtons at the midspan.
A. 2.60 B. 3.00
C. 5.00 D. 6.00
SITUATION 1 (NOS. 2-3) - A 500-mm-long, 16 mm-diameter rod made of a
homogeneous, isotropic material is observed o increase in length by 300 mm 14. Compute moment value in kiloNewton-meter at the midspan.
and to decrease in diameter by 2.4 mm when subjected to an axial 12- kN load. A. 27.00 B. 36.00
C. 45.00 D. 21.00
2. Compute the modulus of elasticity of the material in GPa.
A. 99.50 B. 120.00 15. Compute the location of the maximum moment from the right support.
C. 88.40 D. 72.50 A. 0.54 B. 2.54 m
C. 3.46 m D. 0.46 m
3. Compute the Poisson's ratio of the material.
A. 0.21 B. 0.28
C. 0.25 D. 0.32 16. A 15-meter-simple beam is loaded with two concentrated loads P1 and P2.
P1 is applied 5 m from left support and P2 is located 7 meter from P1. If
P1 = P2 = 120 kN. Compute the slope at the left support.
4. Two shafts A and B transmit the same power. The speed of shaft A is 300
rpm and that of shaft B is 200 rpm. Which of the following is true.
A. 2531/EI B. 3796/EI
A. shaft A has greater dia. B. both shafts have equal torque
C. 2995/EI D. 2180/EI
C. shaft B has greater dia. D. shafts have equal shearing stress

SITUATION 5 (NOS. 17-18) - A 15-meter-simple beam is loaded with clockwise

SITUATION 2 (NOS. 5-7) - The homogeneous 1200-N plate is suspended from moment M at one of the supports. If M = 60 kN-m
three cables as shown in MTE-STAT-001, 17. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the location of the maximum deflection
5. Compute the tension of cable at A in Newtons. of the beam from the point of application of M if EI is constant (in meters).
A. 119.60 B. 128.60 A. 7.46 B. 5.76
C. 50.40 D. 90.80 C. 6.34 D. 8.66

6. Compute the tension of cable at B in Newtons. 18. Compute the maximum deflection (in mm) of the beam if its flexural
A. 684 B. 846 rigidity is 49 840 kN-m^2.
C. 648 D. 486 A. 18.60 B. 15.70
C. 17.40 D. 21.10
7. If the tensile stress of a 5 mm diameter cable at C is limited to 50 MPa
compute the maximum weight (in Newtons) of the plate.
A. 1954 B. 2456
SITUATION 6 (NOS. 19-20) - A 25 m. long girder of the bridge is simply
C. 1476 D. 1658
supported at the right end and at 3 m. from the left end.
Given: Highway live load
W1 = 19.6 kN
8. The buckling load will be maximum for column, if...... W2 = 78.4 kN
A. both ends are hinged Distance on center of wheels = 4.3 m.
B. one end is free and the other end is hinged
C. both ends are clamp 19. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the maximum shear in kiloNewtons.
D. one end of the column is clamp and the other is free A. 101.50 B. 107.50
C. 103.50 D. 105.50

SITUATION 3 (NOS. 9 - 11) - The entrance of a warehouse has a roof that 20. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the maximum shear in kN-m
supports a roof load w = 20 kN/m as shown in MTE-SOM-001. The A. 478 B. 498
supports B and C are considered as simply supported. C. 488 D. 458

9. Compute the vertical reaction at C in kiloNewtons.

A. 54 B. 36 21. A tee section is made up of a 30 x 150 mm flange and a 20 mm x 200 mm
C. 45 D. 75 web. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the location of NA above the
lowest fiber of the section in mm.
10. Determine the maximum negative moment at BC in kiloNewton-meter. A. 140.82 B. 140.82
A. 36 B. 24 C. 69.12 D. 160.88
C. 21 D. 40

11. Which of the following gives the location of the maximum moment from 22. A rectangular cantilever beam 60 mm wide by 100 mm deep is 2 m long
point A. and with E = 200 GPa. A 40 kg mass falling thru a height of 200 mm strikes
A. 4.25 m B. 6.25 m and sticks at the free end of the beam. Calculate the maximum deflection
C. 4.75 m D. 5.25 m
caused by impact. Neglect the weight of the beam.
A. 15.60 mm B. 26.90 mm
C. 32.50 mm D. 21.50 mm
12. The 4- mm diameter cable is made of a steel with E = 200 GPa. Knowing
that the maximum stress in the cable must not exceed 190 MPa and that
the elongation is limited to 6 mm, compute the maximum safe value of P
in kiloNewtons. Length of the cable is 7.58 meters.
A. 1.30 B. 2.30
C. 2.99 D. 1.99

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SET A

SITUATION 7 (NOS. 23-25) - Refer to the figure shown in MTE-SOM-002, the 37. A bar of cross-section 10 mm x 10 mm is subjected to an axial pull of 8000
hinged support at A is in double-shear connection while the support at B in N. The lateral dimension of the bar is found to be changed to 9.9985 mm x
single shear shear connection. Forces P is applied at C and F is an axial force 9.9985 mm. If the modulus of rigidity of the material is 800 000 N/mm².
produced from a member BD connected at B. Given data: x = 2 m, y = 3 m and Calculate the Poisson's ratio?
z = 4 m. Ø = 30 degrees A. 0.35 B. 0.43
C. 0.24 D. 0.67
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the diameter of pin at B in mm if
P = 50 kN and the shear capacity of the pin at B is 140 MPa.
A. 22 B. 25 SITUATION 10 (NOS. 38 -40) - Refer to a robot shown in MTE-STAT-002 if P =
C. 28 D. 32 200 N.

24. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum value of P in 38. Which of the following most nearly gives the vertical component of the
kiloNewtons if the shearing stress of 16-mm-dia. pin at A is 120 MPa. The force P in Newtons.
horizontal distance between point A and B is 0.75x. A. 153.20 B. 160.70
A. 102.50 B. 86.20 C. 216.50 D. 191.50
C. 78.40 D. 90.30
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at point O in
25. If the axial stress of BD is limited to 180 MPa, wherein BD is made of Newton-meter.
40-mm square tubing with thickness is one-tenth of its dimension, which A. 179.90 B. 151.70
of the ff. most nearly gives the shearing stress of the 16- mm dia. pin at A C. 168.30 D. 189.60
in MPa.
A. 175.40 B. 167.20 40. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment at point A in
C. 184.10 D. 156.70 Newton-meter.
A. 87.40 B. 102.40
C. 109.20 D. 96.80
26. Consider a thin-walled cylindrical pressure vessel with mean diameter 150
mm subject to a twisting moment of 1 kN-m together with an internal
pressure of 3 MPa. If the allowable working stress in tension is 150 MPa, 41. A 10-m long beam is simply supported at the left end and at 2 m from the
compute the wall thickness of the vessel in millimeters. right end. The beam will be analyzed for the maximum moment at the
A. 1.15 B. 2.25 midspan that can be induced by a moving load.
C. 2.95 D. 1.55 What is the ordinate of the influence diagram at the midspan?
A. 2 B. 1
C. 3 D. 4
27. The deflection due to couple M at the free end of a cantilever beam with
length L is.. 42. If a member, whose tensile strength is more than two times the shear
A. ML²/4EI B. ML²/EI strength, is subjected to an axial load up to failure, the failure of the
C. ML²/3EI D. ML²/2EI member will occur by....
A. maximum shear stress B. normal or shear stress
C. maximum normal stress D. minimum shear stress
28. The ratio of the maximum deflections of a beam simply supported at its
ends with an isolated central load and that of with a uniformly distributed
load over its entire length is...
A. 5/8 B. 3/2 43. A cantilever wood pole carries a force P = 300 N at its free end as well . The
C. 5/3 D. 8/5 length of the pole is 0.75 m and the allowable bending stress is 14 MPa.
The required diameter of the pole is nearest to...
A. 75 mm B. 55 mm
SITUATION 8 (NOS. 29-31) - A hollow steel bar (G = 80 GPa) is twisted by C. 35 mm D. 45 mm
torques T . The twisting of the bar produces a maximum shear strain of
640 x 10^-6 radians. The bar has outside and inside diameters of 150 mm
x 120 mm respectively. 44. Given the parallel forces shown in figure MTE-STAT-003:
P = 20 kN, Q = 30 kN, S = 25 kN, T = 50 kN, a = 3 m, b = 4 m, c = 5 m,
29. Determine the maximum tensile strain in the bar d = 2 m, e = 5 m, f = 3 m
A. 0.00032 B. 0.00128 Compute the z-coordinate of the resultant force.
C. 0.00064 D. 0.00016 A. 3.96 m B. 4.20 m
C. 4.84 m D. 4.32 m
30. Determine the maximum tensile stress (MPa) in the bar.
A. 51.20 B. 25.60
C. 12.80 D. 102.4
45. A 12-meter span non-symmetrical parabolic cable carries a uniform
31. What is the magnitude of the applied torques T in kiloNewton-meter? horizontal load of 40 kN/m. The left support is 6 m higher than the right
A. 5 B. 40 support and 9 m above the lowest sag. Determine the maximum tension
C. 10 D. 20 of the cable.
A. 128.69 kN B. 64.35 kN
C. 330.49 kN D. 165.24 kN
32. A shaft was initially subjected to bending moment and torsion. If the
magnitude of moment and torsion are equal, what is the ratio of max.
46. An 9-meter propped beam is loaded with 20 kN/m uniformly distributed
bending stress to shear stress?
load applied at the right two-thirds of the span and a concentrated load of
A. 2 B. 0.50
50 kN at the midspan. Determine the moment at the fixed support at the
C. 0.25 D. 1
left in kiloNewton-meter.
A. 124 B. 224
C. 142 D. 214

SITUATION 9 (NOS. 33 - 36) - A propped beam with span L carries a

concentrated moment M at the simple end.
47. A load of "x" lbs is hung from the middle of a rope which is stretched
33. What is the moment a the fixed support? between two rigid walls 20 ft apart. Due to the load, the rope sags 2 ft in
A. M/2 B. M the middle. If the tension of the rope is 100 lbs, compute the value of x.
C. 2M D. 3M/2 A. 22.39 B. 32.92
C. 39.22 D. 29.32
34. Compute the location of the maximum deflection from the free end.
A. 3L/4 B. 2L/3 48. Which of the following nearly gives the centroidal polar moment of inertia
C. L/4 D. L/3 (mm^4) of a steel T-section with 300 mm x 20 web and 200 mm x 20 mm
flange.
35. What is the maximum deflection of the beam if EI is constant? A. 107 000 000 B. 136 000 000
A. ML²/18EI B. ML²/21EI C. 120 000 000 D. 112 000 000
C. ML²/36EI D. ML²/27EI

36. Compute the slope at the midspan if EI is constant.

A. ML/4EI B. 3ML/8EI 49. If the area of cross-section of a wire is circular and if the radius of this wire
decreases to half of its original value due to stretch to the wire by a load,
C. 3ML/16EI D. 5ML/16EI
then modulus of elasticity of the wire will be...
A. doubled B. unaffected
C. halved D. one-fourth of its original value

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SITUATION 17 (NOS. 50-52) - Refer to the figure shown in MTE-STAT-004, if F 63. Determine the ratio of the shear modulus to the modulus of elasticity of a
= 855 kN, material whose Poisson's ratio is 0.25.
A. 0.40 B. 0.25
50. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the moment of the force about x-axis in C. 0.30 D. insufficient data
kN-m.
A. 122 B. 195
64. A steel tube with diameters d2 = 84 mm and d1 = 52 mm is twisted by
C. 169 D. 136
torques at the ends. The diameter of a solid steel shaft that resists the same
51. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the moment of the force about z-axis in torque at the same maximum shear stress is nearest to:
kN-m. A. 56 mm B. 82mm
A. 122 B. 195 C. 79 mm D. 75 mm
C. 169 D. 136
65. A steel pipe of length L = 4 ft , outside diameter D = 6 in. and inside
52. Which of the ff. most nearly gives the angle in degrees between the force diameter d = 4.5 in. is compressed by an axial force P = 140 kips. The
and the z-axis. material has modulus of elasticity E = 30,000 ksi and Poisson's ratio = 0.30.
A. 70.80 B. 109.40 Determine the increase in the wall thickness in inches.
B. 55.50 D. 124.50 A. 0.00033953 B. 0.00008488
C. 0.00113177 D. No increase
SITUATION 11 (NOS. 53-54)- A simply supported beam, 150 mm wide by 350
mm high and 8 m long is subjected to a concentrated load of 50 kN at a 66. A body is subjected to a tensile stress of 1200 MPa on one plane and
point 3 meters from one of the supports. another tensile stress of 600 MPa on a plane at right angles to the former. It
is also subjected to a shear stress of 400 MPa on the same planes. The
53. Determine the maximum fiber stress in megaPascals. maximum normal stress nearly equal to....
A. 26.34 B. 20.54 A. 1400 MPa B. 400 MPa
C. 16.74 D. 30.61 C. 900 MPa D. 500 MPa

54. Determine the stress in a fiber located 20 mm from the topmost fiber of SITUATION 15 (NOS. 67-69) - The length of a solid bar is 1.20 m and is twisted
the beam in megaPascals. torques, T acting at the ends. lt has a diameter of 30 mm and of a shear
A. 40.31 B. 32.89 modulus G = 28 GPa.
C. 46.54 D. 27.11
67. Determine the torsional stiffness of the bar.
A. 2075.0 N.m B. 2258.2 N.m
SITUATION 12 (NOS. 55-57) -A three-legged stool is subjected to the load "P" as C. 1552.4 N.m D. 1855.5 N.m
shown in MTE-STAT-005, P = 200 N.
68. Determine the maximum shear stress if the angle of twist of the bar is 1/90
55. Which of the following gives the nearest value of the vertical force reaction of the complete revolution in megaPascals.
under leg A. A. 30.78 B. 18.79
A. 113.3 N B. 126.70 N C. 24.43 D. 22.12
C. 93.30 N D. 106.70 N
69. Determine the maximum shear strain in radians.
56. Which of the following gives the nearest value of the vertical force reaction A. 0.000958 B. 0.000725
under leg B. C. 0.000873 D. Not found in the list
A. 53.30 N B. 43.30 N
C. 36.70 N D. 46.70 N
70. A simple beam with span L is applied with concentrated moment M at the
57.Which of the following gives the nearest value of the vertical force reaction midspan. Compute its maximum moment.
under leg C. A. ML/4 B. M/2
A. 53.30 N B. 43.30 N C. M D. M/4
C. 36.70 N D. 46.70 N
SITUATION 16 (NOS. 71 - 73) - A 4-meter cantilever beam supports a uniform
load of 25 kN/m throughout its length. The beam deflects 20 mm at the
SITUATION 13 (NOS. 58-59)- A 4-meter wide flange is simply supported at each free end. Flexural rigidity is equal to 50 000 kN-m².
ends and supports the concentrated load at the midspan W and a total
uniformly distributed load (loaded throughout the span) of 2W. 71. What force at the free end is required to eliminate the deflection at
Properties of section: that end in kiloNewtons?
bf = 200 mm d = 220 mm tf = tw = 20 mm A. 46.88 B. 37.50
C. 42.75 D. 51.25
58. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of W that will not
exceed the flexural stress of 10 MPa. 72. What force at the midspan is required to reduce the deflection at
A. 6.54 KN B. 2.73 KN the free end by 16 mm in kiloNewtons?
C. 4.09 KN D. 6.14 kN A. 60 B. 30.00
C. 40 D. 37.50
59. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of W that will not
exceed the shearing stress of 1.4 MPa. 73. What force at the free end is required to reduce the deflection at that end
A. 1.16 KN B. 1.75 KN to 8 mm in kiloNewtons?
C. 3.49 KN D. 2.15 kN A. 22.25 B.18.75
C. 31.225 D.28.125

SITUATION 14 (NOS. 60-62) -Beam ABC is on fixed supports at A and C. Its on 74. A triangular section has base of 150 mm and depth of 300 mm. What is its
roller support at B. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load W, moment of inertia about its base in mm^4?
throughout the 2 spans(L1 and L2). If W = 36 kN/m, L1 = L2 = 8 meters. A. 150 x 10^6 B. 337.5 x 10^6
C. 450 x 10^6 D. 112.5 x 10^6
60. What is the degree of indeterminacy of the beam ABC?
A. 5th degree B. 3rd degree
C. 4th degree D. 2nd degree
75. The slope at the free end of a cantilever beam of length L =1 meter is 1°. If
61. Due to W, the resulting reaction at B = 288 kN, what is the maximum shear the cantilever beam carries a uniformly distributed load over the whole
at span AB? length, then the deflection at the free end is approximately equal to..
A. 120 kN B. 132 kN A. 2.67 cm B. 1.31 cm
C. 144 kN D. 156 kN C. 1 cm D. 3.93 cm

62. Find the maximum positive moment (kN-m) if the roller support is removed
at the support B.
A. 182 B. 768
C. 288 D. 384

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MTE-STAT-001 20°
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MTE-STAT-002

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MTE-STAT-004
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MTE-STAT-005

CECC 483 MIDTERM EXAM - 1ST SEMESTER 2 0 2 2 ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWINGS