BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MESRA, RANCHI

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CLASS
BRANCH

: B ARCH
: ARCHITECTURE

SEMESTER: II
SESSION

: SP/2009

SUBJECT CODE & NAME : ARC 2103 STATICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
TIME
: TWO HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS:

FULL MARKS : 50

1. The question paper contains 7 questions, each of 10 marks and total of 70 marks.
2. Candidates may attempt any 5 questions (maximum of 50 marks).
3. The missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.
4. Before attempting the question paper, be sure that you got the correct question paper.

Q1

Find the moment of inertia about Centroidal axes XX and YY

of the section in Fig.1

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Q2

Determine the forces in all the members of the truss section

in Fig.2

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Q3
.

An element in a strained body is subjected to a stress of 50 ( 5x2 )

Mpa tending to rotate the element in an anticlockwise
direction. Find
(a) The magnitude of the normal and sheer stresses on a
section inclined at 40 degree with the tensile stress
(b) The magnitude and direction of maximum shear stress
that can exist on the element
Cont.. 2

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Q4

Q5

Q6

(a)

A weight of 2000N is supported by two chains AC and BC as

shown in Fig.3. Determine the tension in each chain.

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(b)

Draw the free body diagram of a beam loaded and supported

as shown in Fig.4

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(a)

Draw shear force & bending moment diagrams for a simply

supported beam AB of span 2.5m carrying two point loads as
shown in Fig.5.

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(b)

Explain briefly the relationship between loading, shear force

and bending moment at a section.

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(a)

Prove

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(b)

E = 3K [1 (2/m)]
Where, E
= Youngs modulus
K
= Bulk modulus, and
1/m = Poissons ratio
An alloy specimen has a modulus of elasticity of 120 Gpa and
modulus of rigidity of 45 Gpa. Determine the Poissons ratio
of the material.

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Cont 3

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Q7

A round tapered alloy bar 4m long is subjected to load as

shown in Fig.6. Find the change in the length of the bar.
Take E for the bar material as 150 Gpa.

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