UNIT – I

STRESS, STRAIN AND DEFORMATION OF SOLIDS

PART-A
1. A rod of diameter 30mm and length 400mm was found to elongate 0.35mm when it was
subjected to a load of 65KN. compute the modulus of elasticity of the material of this rod.
2. What is strain energy and write its unit in S.I. System?
3. State Hooke’s law.
4. Define Bulk modulus.
5. Define Poison’s Ratio.
6. What is Thermal stress?
7. The strain induced in an MS bar of rectangular section having width equal to twice the
depth is 2.5x10^-5. The bar is subjected to a tensile load of 4KN. Find the section dimensions
of the bar Take E=0.2x10^6 N/mm².
8. Define Proof Resilience and Modulus of Resilience.
9. The Young’s modulus and the shear modulus of material are 120Gpa and 45 Gpa
respectively. What is its Bulk modulus?
10. Calculate the instantaneous stress produced in a bar of cross sectional area 1000 mm² and
3 m Long by the sudden application of a tensile load of unknown magnitude, if the
instantaneous Extension is 1.5 mm. Also find the corresponding load. Take E = 200 G pa.
11. Give the relation between modulus of elasticity and modulus of rigidity.
12. Write the concept used for finding stresses in compound bars.
13. Estimate the load carried by a bar if the axial stress is 10 N/mm² and the diameter of bar
is 10 mm.
14. What is the strain energy stored when a bar of 6 mm diameter 1 m length is subjected to
an axial Load of 4 KN, E = 200 KN/mm².
15. A circular rod 2 m long and 15 mm diameter is subjected to an axial tensile load of 30
KN. Find the elongation of the rod if the modulus of elasticity of the material of the rod is
120 KN/mm².
16. Define Strain energy and write its unit.
17. Define Factor of safety.
18. Define Modulus of Rigidity.
19. Define Bulk modulus.
20. What do you understand by a compound bar?
21. What are the types of elastic constants?
22. Define strain energy density
23. What is stability?
24. Give the relation for change in length of a bar hanging freely under its own weight.
25. A brass rod 2 m long is fixed at both its ends. If the thermal stress is not to exceed 76.5
N/mm², calculate the temperature through which the rod should be heated. Take the values of
α and E as 17 x 10^-6/K and 90 Gpa respectively.
26. Determine the Poisson’s ratio and bulk modulus of a material for which young’s modulus
is 1.2 x 10^5 N/mm² and modulus of rigidity is 4.8 x 10^4 N/mm².
27. Give the relationship between Bulk modulus and Young’s modulus.
28. Define shear stress and shear strain
29. State the principle of superposition.
30. State Volumetric strain.

PART-B

1. A circular rod of diameter 20 mm and 500mm long is subjected to a tensile force of 45

KN. the modulus of elasticity may be taken as 200 KN/mm 2. Find stress, strain and
elongation of the bar due to the applied load.

2. A hollow steel rod of tube is to be used to carry an axial compressive load of 140 KN. The
yield stress for steel is 250 N/mm2. A factor of safety of 1.75 is to be used in the design. The
following three classes of the tubes of external diameter 101.6 mm are available. Which
section do you recommended from 3.65 mm, 4.05mm and 4.85 mm?

3.The safe stress for a hollow steel column which carries an axial load of 2.1x10 KN is 125
MN/m2. If the external diameter of the column is 30 cm. determine the internal diameter.

4. A bar of 20 mm diameter is tested in tension. It is observed that when a load of 37.7 KN is

applied, the extension measured over a gauge length of 200 mm is 0.12 mm and contraction
in diameter is 0.0036 mm. find the poison’s ratio and elastic constants E, G and K.

5.A circular rod of 100 mm diameter and 500mm long is subjected to a tensile force of 1000
KW .Determine the modulus of rigidity , bulk modulus and change in volume if poison’s
ratio = 0.3 and young’s modulus E = 2x105 N/mm2

6. An axial pull of 35000N is applied on a bar consists of three lengths as shown in fig . the
young’s modulus E = 2.1x`105 N/mm2.determine (1) stresses in each section (2) total
extension of the bar.

7. The load ‘p’is applied on the bars as shown in fig . find the sefe load ‘p’of the stresses in
the brass and steel are not to exceed 60 N/mm2 and 120 N/mm2 respectively. E –for the steel
= 200N/mm2 and E- for brass = 100 KN/mm2.the copper rods are 40mm x 40 mm in section
and the steel rod is 50mm x 50mm in section . length of the steel is 250mm and copper rod is
150mm.
8.find the total strain energy stored in a steel bar of diameter 50 mm and length 300mm when
it is subjected to an axial load of 150 KN. Take the modulus of elasticity of steel as 200x10 3
MPa

9. Two vertical rods one of steel rod and other of copper rod are each rigidly fixed at the top
and 600mm apart. Diameters and length of the rods are 25mm and 5 m respectively. A cross
bar fixed to the radio at the lower end carries a load of 7 KN such that the cross bar remains
horizontal even after loading. Find the steps in each rod and the portion of the load on the
cross bar. Assume the modulus of elasticity for steel and copper as 200 KN/mm2 and 100
KN/mm2 respectively

10.A bar of copper section 8 mm x 8 mm is subjected to an axial pull of 7000N. the lateral
dimensions of the bar is found to be changed to 7.9985mm x7.9985mm . if the modulus of
rigidity of the material is 0.8x105 N/mm2. Determine the poisson’s ratio and modulus of
elasticity

11.A steel tube of 300mm external diameter and 20 mm internal diameter encloses a copper
rod of 15mm diameter to which it is rigidly joined at each end. If at a temperature of 10 0C
there is no longitudinal stress. Calculate the stress in the rod and tube when the temperature is
raised to 2000C . take E- for steel and copper as 2.1x10 5 N/mm2 and 1x105 N/mm2
respectively. The value of coefficient of linear expansion for steel and copper is given as
11x10-6 per 0C and 18x10-6 per 0C respectively.

12.A bar ABCD of steel is 600mm long and the two ends AB and CD are respectively 30mm
and 40mm in diameter and each is 150mm in length the middle portion BC being 25mm in
diameter. Determine the final length of the bar , wen subjected to an axial compressive load
of 120 KN, where young’s modulus E = 2.1x 105N/mm2

13.A load of 2MN is applied on a short concrete column 50mm x 50mm. the column is
reinforced with fair steel ars of 10mm diameter one in each corner. Find the stresses in the
concrete and the steel bars. Take E- for steel as 2.1x10 5 N/mm2 and for concrete as
1.4x104N/mm2

14.A short bar of length 100mm tapers uniformly from a diameter 40mm to a diameter 30mm
and carries an axial compressive load of 200KN. Find the change in length of the bar.

15.calculate the value of the stress and strain in portion AC and CB of the steel bar shown in
fig. A close fit exits at both of rigid support at room temperature and the temperature is raised
by 750C. take E-200GPa and α = 12x10-6/0C for steel area of cross sections of AC is 400mm 2
and of BC is 800mm2.

16.calculte the modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus of the cylindrical bar of diameter 25
mm and length 1.6 m. if longitudinal strain in a bar during tensile stress is four times the
lateral strain. Determine the change in volume when the bar is subjected to a hydrostatic
pressure of 100 N/mm2. Take E = 1x105N/mm2 .