Roll No. .

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetam

B.Tech End Semester Examination Dec. 2012
Third Semester
Aerospace Engineering
AES241 Mechanics of Materials
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 100
Answer all the Questions
Par t A 5X 2=10 marks
1) How does change in temperature influence the state of strain in the structure?
(a) Increase in temperature at any condition causes increase in strain
(b) Increase in temperature at any condition causes increase in stress
(c) Decrease in temperature at any condition causes decrease in strain
(d) Decrease in temperature at any condition causes decrease in stress
2) The shear force diagram of a simply supported beam is shown in Fig. 1. Which
of the following observations are not correct?

Fig. 1
(a) There is a concentrated force applied on the beam.
(b) There is no concentrated moment applied on the beam.
(c) There is a uniformly distributed load applied on the beam.
(d) There is a linearly distributed load applied on the beam.
3) Which of the following statements are correct?
(a) Maximum shear stress due to transverse load at neutral axis of the beam
(b) Maximum shear stress due to transverse load on top and bottom fibres of
the beam
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 (c) Maximum bending stress due to transverse load on top and bottom fibres
of the beam
(d) Maximum bending stress due to transverse load at neutral axis of the
beam
4) Which of the following boundary conditions are incorrect for simply
supported beam?
(a) At x = 0 and L, both slope and deflections are zero
(b) At x = 0 and L, both deflection and shear forces are zero.
(c) At x = 0 and L, both slope and moments are zero.
(d) At x = 0 and L, both deflection and moments are zero.
5) Match the following for deflection of the beams.
(1) Cantilever beam with a point load at the free end (a) q0L4/ 8EI
(2) Cantilever beam with uniformly distributed load (b) 5q0L4/ 384EI
(3) Simply supported beam with a point load at its centre (c) WL3/3EI
(4) Simply supported beam with uniformly distributed load (d) WL3/48EI

Par t B 6X 12=72 marks

6 a) A circular hollow cross sectional steel bar with an external diameter 5 cm

and internal diameter 4 cm is subjected to an axial force of 5 kN. Find axial
strain in the bar due to applied force (Take E as 200 GPa). (4)
b) A vertical steel bar ABC is pin-supported at its upper end and loaded by a
force P1 at its lower end (Fig. 2). A horizontal beam DBE is pinned to the
vertical bar at joint B and supported at point D. The beam carries a load P2 at
end E. The upper part of the vertical bar (AB) has length L1 = 30 cm and
cross-sectional area A1 = 0.25 cm2; the lower part (BC) has length L2 = 30 cm.
and area A2 = 0.15 cm2. The left- and right-hand parts of beam DBE have
lengths a = 20 cm and b = 40 cm, respectively. Calculate the vertical
displacement at point C if the load Pl = 20 kN and the load P2 = 50 kN (Take
E as 200 GPa). (8)

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 Fig. 2
7. a) A bending momentM 0 is acting on the middle of the cantilever beam.
Draw shear force and bending moment diagrams.
b) A wooden dam is made of planks fastened to uprights which are driven
into the river bed. The uprights are a distance 2.4 m apart, and the water is
1.8 m deep. Draw shear-force and bending moment diagrams for the uprights.

Fig. 3
8. a) Find the principal stresses and the orientation of the principal axes of
stress for the plane stress xx = 80 MPa, yy = 80 MPa, xy = 80 MPa. (6)
b) In a state of plane strain in the xy plane the strain components
associated with the xy axes are given as x = 200 10 6 ; y = 200 10 6 ; and
 xy = 200 10 6 . Find the magnitude of the principal strains and the
orientation of the principal strain directions. (6)
9. a) A spherical steel pressure vessel (dia 500 mm, thickness 10mm) is
coated with brittle lacquer (colored synthetic coating) that cracks when that
strain reaches 150 10 6 . What internal p will cause the lacquer to develop
cracks? (Take E = 210 GPa and = 0.3 ). (6)
b) A hemispherical window (or viewport) in a decompression chamber (see
Fig. 4) is subjected to an internal air pressure of 2.0 MPa. The port is
attached to the wall of the chamber by 16 bolts. Find the tensile force F in
each bolt and the principle stress ( ) in the viewport if the radius of the
hemisphere is 0.8 m and its thickness is 20 mm. (6)

Fig. 4
10. a) A solid circular shaft needs to be designed to transmit a torque of 50
Nm. If the allowable shear stress of the material is 140 MPa, assuming a
factor of safety of 2. Find the minimum allowable design diameter in mm. (4)
b) Find the distribution of twisting moment and angle of twist distribution
along the steel shaft shown (see Fig. 5 and take G = 80 GPa). (8)

Fig. 5
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 11) A uniform block of weight W and length l/3 rests in the middle of a simply
supported beam of length L. Estimate the deflection at mid-span and
compare it with an approximate solution obtained by replacing the block by a
concentrated load W at the center.

A B

L/3 L/3 L/3

Fig. 6
Par t C 1X 18=18 marks

12) A simply supported beam of 4m span is loaded as shown in the Fig. 7. The
cross-sectional details are shown in the Fig. 8. Draw shear force, and bending
moment diagrams and then determine maximum bending and shear stresses.

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

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