Solid Mechanics (MEC-SOM-411)

Assignment 1

Due Date: 19th April 2024

1. A steel turbine rotor of 800 mm outside diameter and 200 mm inside diameter is 50 mm
thick. The rotor carries 100 blades each 200 mm long and of mass 0.5 kg. The rotor
runs at 3000 rev/min. Assuming the shaft to be rigid, calculate the expansion of the
inner bore of the disc due to rotation and hence the initial shrinkage allowance
necessary.

2. A solid circular steel plate 5 mm thick, 120 mm outside diameter, is clamped at its outer
edge and loaded by a ring of loads at r = 20 mm. The total load on the plate is 10 kN.
Calculate the central deflection of the plate.

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