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Jyothi Engineering College

DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
IIIrd Semester - B.Tech
Second Internal Exam
09:15 14-Dec-2023
Course : MRT205 - MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Total Mark: 100 CODE: MRU3X141223F Total Time: 3 Hrs

CO1 Determine the stresses, strains and displacements of structures by tensorial and Understanding(U)
graphical (Mohr’s circle) approaches.
CO2 Analyse the strength of materials using stress-strain relationships for structural Remembering(R),Understanding(U)
and thermal loading.
CO3 Perform basic design of shafts subjected to torsional loading and analyse beams Understanding(U)
subjected to bending moments.
CO4 Determine the deformation of structures subjected to various loading conditions
using strain energy methods. Understanding(U)
General Instructions
CO BL MARK

PART A

1. What are principal stresses and planes? CO1 2 (3)

2. Explain about stress invariants CO1 2 (3)

3. Define Poisson's ratio CO2 1 (3)

4. Explain Cauchy's stress formula CO2 2 (3)

5. Derive the relationship between K, E CO3 1 (3)

6. Draw the stress strain diagram for a ductile material and mark the salient points? CO3 1 (3)

7. What are the assumptions made in the theory of simple bending CO3 2 (3)

8. What do you understand by neutral axis CO4 2 (3)

9. Explain about flexural rigidity CO4 2 (3)

10. What is Macaulays method? Where is it used? CO4 2 (3)

PART B

11. At a point P, the rectangular stress components are σx = 1, σy = -2, σz = 4, τxy = 2, τyz
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= -3, and τxz=1 all in units of kPa. Find the principal stresses and check for invariance.
OR
12. With respect to the frame of reference Oxyz, the following state of stress exists.
Determine the principal stresses and their associated directions. Also, check on the CO1 3 (14)
invariances

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 13. Consider the displacement field
u = [Y²i + 3yzj + (4 + 6x²)k]10-2
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What are the rectangular strain components at the point P(1, 0, 2)? Use only linear
terms.
OR
14. The state of plane stress at a point is given by σxx = 40 MPa,σyy = 20MPa and τxy = 16
M Pa. Determine the i) principal stresses and principal planes and ii) maximum shear CO2 3 (14)
stress
15. Calculate the modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus of a cylindrical bar of diameter
30mm and of length 1.5m if the longitudinal strain in a bar during a tensile stress is four
times the lateral strain. Find the change in volume, when the bar is subjected to a
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hydrostatic pressure of 100 N/mm2. Assume as E =1x105 N/mm2

OR
16. Two vertical rods one of steel and the other of copper are each rigidly fixed at the top
and 50 cm apart. Diameters and lengths of each rod are 2 cm and 4 m respec- tively. A
cross bar fixed to the rods at the lower ends carries a load of 5000 N such that the cross
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bar remains horizontal even after loading. Find the stress in each rod and the position of
the load on the bar. Take E for steel = 2 x 105 N/mmZ and E for copper = 1 x 105
N/mm2.
17. A cantilever 1.5 m long is loaded with a uniformly distributed load of 2 kN/m run over a
length of 1.25 m from the free end. It also carries a point load of 3 kN at a distance of
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0.25 m from the free end. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams of the
cantilever.
OR
18. A cantilever of length 2 m carries a uniformly distributed load of 1.5 kN/m run over the
whole length and a point load of 2 kN at a distance of 0.5 m from the free end. Draw the CO4 3 (14)
S.F. and B.M. diagrams for the cantilever.
19. A simply supported beam of length 10 m, carries the uniformly distrib- uted load and
two point loads as shown in Fig. 6.31. Draw the S.F. and B.M. diagram for the beam. CO3 3 (14)
Also calculate the maximum bending moment.

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20. Draw the S.F. and B.M. diagrams of a simply supported beam of length 7 m carrying
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uniformly distributed loads as shown in Fig

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