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PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE - 641 004
SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, AUGUST / SEPTEMBER - 2015
BE / BE(SW) AUTOMOBILE / PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Semester : 3/4
12A302 / 12P304

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

Time : 3 Hours

Maximum Marks : 100

INSTRUCTIONS:

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Answer ALL questions from GROUP I.

Answer any FOUR questions from GROUP II.
Answer any ONE question from GROUP III.
Ignore the box titled as Answers for Group III in the Main Answer Book.
GROUP - I

Marks : 10 x 3 = 30

1. State Hookes law. Sketch the typical stress-strain curve for aluminum.
2. Mention the assumptions made in the theory of simple stress and strain.
3. Derive expressions for the hoop and longitudinal stresses in a thin cylindrical shell
subjected to an internal pressure P.
4. Find an expression for the strain energy stored in a body when the load is applied
suddenly.
5. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for a simply supported beam of
length L which is subjected to a clockwise couple M at the centre of the beam.
6. Define the terms: principal planes and principal stresses.
7. What is meant by section modulus? Find an expression for section modulus for circular
and hollow circular sections.
8. Draw the torsional shear stress distribution in a hollow shaft and arrange the following
section in increasing order of torsional stiffness. (Refer figure1)

Fig. (1) (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

9. What is Mohrs stress circle? How is it useful in the solution of stress analysis problem?
10. What is the difference between crushing and buckling failures of a column?

GROUP - II

Marks : 4 x 12.5 = 50

11. a) The rod is subjected to the axial force of 80 kN as shown in figure 2. The pin is made
of a material having a failure shear stress of 100 MPa. Determine the minimum
required diameter of the pin. Apply a factor of safety of 2.5 against shear failure. (5)
b) Define bulk modulus. Derive an expression for the youngs modulus in terms of the
bulk modulus and the Poissons ratio.
(7.5)
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12. a) Prove that the bending stress in any fibre is proportional to the distance of that fibre
from neutral layer in a beam.
(7.5)
b) What is meant by simple bending? What are the assumptions made in the theory of
simple bending?
(5)
13. Draw the shear and moment diagrams for the beam shown in figure 3.
14. a) The state of plane stress at a point is shown on the element in figure 4. Represent
this state of stress on an element oriented 30 counter clockwise from the position
shown.
(8)

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

b) Mention the advantages of Macaulays method over the direct integration

method
(4.5)
15. a) A 4 m long fixed-end hollow cast-iron column supports an axial load of 1 MN. The
external diameter of the column is 20 mm. determine the thickness of the column by
using Rankine formula taking a constant of 1 / 6400 and working stress as
78 MN/m2
(8)
b) What is meant by equivalent length of columns? Write its value for different end
conditions of columns?
(4.5)

GROUP - III

Marks : 1 x 20 = 20

16. Determine the equations of the elastic curve for the shaft for the shaft shown in figure 5
using the X1 and X2 coordinates. Specify the slope at A and the deflection at C. EI is
constant.

Fig. 5

17. Derive the differential equations of equilibrium for three dimensional stresses acting on
an infinitesimal element.
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