Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Department of Structural Mechanics

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS II
Exam Applications
1. For the following compound steel beam:
a) Compute the load carrying capacity;
b) Check the maximum shear stress;
c) Compute the required throat thickness for continuous fillet welds;
d) Compute the deflection at mid-span;
e) Compute the elastic and ultimate loads.
wa

Given data:

L
N
N
; L 5 m ; E 2.1 105
;q 90
2
200
mm
mm

daN
daN
daN
daN
0 2100 2 ; y 2400 2 ; 0 1500 2 ; 0,w 1200 2
cm
cm
cm
cm
q

ql 2
12

UNP200
500 10

L
Fig. 1a

500 10

Sizes in
[mm]

UNP200
Fig. 1b

140

2. Plot the normal stress diagram on the upper and lower sections of the following block which
rests on soil.
Given data: P = 100 kN; =24 kN/m3; b = 0.4 m; h = 0.9 m; e = 0.15 m
h
P

e
y

3.5 m

q = 22 kN/m
Fig. 2

Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services
Department of Structural Mechanics

3. Determine the critical load and the critical stress for a structural element fixed at one end and
free at the other end, 7 m in length, knowing that it is axially compressed by a load P and
having the cross section shown in Fig. 1b.
0 105
daN
Given data: a 3100 2
cm
daN
b 11.4 2
cm