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YEAR 2009 Question. 1

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A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel having a radius of 0.5 m and wall thickness of 25 mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 700 kPa. The hoop stress developed is (A) 14 MPa (C) 0.14 MPa
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(B) 1.4 MPa (D) 0.014 MPa

The point within the cross sectional plane of a beam through which the resultant of the external loading on the beam has to pass through to ensure pure bending without twisting of the cross-section of the beam is called (A) moment centre (C) shear centre (B) centroid (D) elastic center

YEAR 2009 Question. 3

TWO MARK

Consider the following statements : 1. 2. 3. On a principal plane, only normal stress acts. On a principal plane, both normal and shear stresses act. On a principal plane, only shear stress acts

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Which of the above statements is/are correct ? (A) 1 and 4 (C) 2 and 4
Question. 4

(B) 2 only (D) 2 and 3

A hollow circular shaft has an outer diameter of 100 mm and a wall thickness of 25 mm. The allowable shear stress in the shaft is 125 MPa. The maximum torque the shaft can transmit is (A) 46 kNm (C) 23 kNm
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(B) 24.5 kNm (D) 11.5 kNm

Match List-I (Shear Force Diagrams) beams with List-II (Diagram of beams with supports and loading) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :

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Codes : a (A) (B) (C) (D) 3 3 2 2 b 1 4 1 4 c 2 2 4 3 d 4 1 3 1

Statement for Linked Answer Questions 6 & 7 :

In the cantilever beam PQR shown in figure below, the segment PQ has flexural rigidity EI and the segment QR has infinite flexural rigidity
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Question. 6

The deflection and slope of the beam at Q are respectively 3 2 3 2 (B) WL and WL (A) 5WL and 3WL 6EI 2EI 3EI 2EI
3 2 (C) WL and WL 2EI EI 3 2 (D) WL and 3WL 3EI 2EI

Question. 7

The deflection of the beam at R is 3 3 (B) 5WL (A) 8WL EI 6EI

3 (C) 7WL 3EI 3 (D) 8WL 6EI

YEAR 2008 Question. 8

ONE MARK

A mild steel specimen is under uniaxial tensile stress. Youngs modulus and yield stress for mild steel are 2 # 105 MPa and 250 MPa respectively. The maximum amount of strain energy per unit volume that can be stored in this specimen without permanent set is (A) 156 Nmm/mm3 (C) 1.56 Nmm/mm3 (B) 15.6 Nmm/mm3 (D) 0.156 Nmm/mm3

YEAR 2008 Question. 9

TWO MARK

Cross-section of a column consisting to two steel strips, each of thickness t and width b is shown in the figure below. The critical loads of the column with perfect bond and without bond between the strips are P and P0 respectively. The ratio P/P0 is
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(A) 2 (C) 6
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(B) 4 (D) 8

A rigid bar GH of length L is supported by a hinge and a spring of stiffness K as shown in the figure below. The buckling load, Pcr , for the bar will be

(A) 0.5 KL (C) 1.0 KL

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(B) 0.8 KL (D) 1.2 KL

The maximum shear stress in a solid shaft of circular cross-section having diameter d subjected to a subject to a torque T is . If the torque is increased by four times and the diameter of the shaft is increased by two times, the maximum shear stress in the shaft will be (A) 2 (C) /2
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(B) (D) /4

A vertical rod PQ of length L is fixed at its top end P and has a flange fixed to the bottom end Q . A weight W is dropped vertically from a height h (< L) on to the flange. The axial stress in the rod can be reduced by (A) increasing the length of the rod
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Question. 13

The maximum tensile stress at the section X - X shown in the figure below is

(A) 8P bd (C) 4P bd
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(B) 6P bd (D) 2P bd

The stepped cantilever is subjected to moments, M as shown in the figure below. The vertical deflection at the free end (neglecting the self weight) is

2 (A) ML 8EI 2 (C) ML EI

2 (B) ML 4EI

(D) Zero

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Statement for Linked Answer Questions 15 & 16 :

Beam GHI is supported by three pontoons as shown in the figure below. The horizontal cross-sectional area of each pontoon is 8 m2 , the flexural rigidity of the beam is 10000 kNm2 and the unit weight of water is 10 kNm3

Question. 15

When the middle pontoon is removed, the deflection at H will be (A) 0.2 m (C) 0.6 m
Question. 16

(B) 0.4 m (D) 0.8 m

When the middle pontoon is brought back to its position as shown in the figure above, the reaction at H will be (A) 8.6 kN (C) 19.2 kN (B) 15.7 kN (D) 24.2 kN

YEAR 2007

ONE MARK

Question. 17

An axially loaded bar is subjected to a normal stress os 173 MPa. The stress in the bar is (A) 75 MPa (C) 100 MPa (B) 86.5 MPa (D) 122.3 MPa
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Question. 18

A steel column, pinned at both end, has a buckling load of 200 kN. If the column is restrained against lateral movement at its mid-height, it buckling load will be (A) 200 kN (C) 400 kN (B) 283 kN (D) 800 kN

Question. 19

For an isotropic material, the relationship between the Youngs modulus ( E ), shear modulus (G ) and Poissons ratio ( ) is given by (A) G = (C) G = E 2 (1 + ) E (1 + 2) (B) E = (D) G = E 2 (1 + ) E 2 (1 2)

YEAR 2007

TWO MARK

Question. 20

A metal bar of length 100 mm is inserted between two rigid supports and its temperature is increased by 10cC . If the coefficient of thermal expansion is 12 # 10 6 per cC and the Youngs modulus is 2 # 105 MPa, the stress in the bar is (A) zero (C) 24 MPa (B) 12 MPa (D) 2400 MPa

Question. 21

A rigid bar is suspended by three rods made of the same material as shown in the figure. The area and length of the central rod are 3 A and L , respectively while that of the two outer rods are 2A and 2L , respectively. If a downward force of 50 kN is applied to the rigid bar, the forces in the central and each of the outer rods will be
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(A) 16.67 kN each (C) 30 kN and 10 kN

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(B) 30 kN and 15 kN (D) 21.4 kN and 14.3 kN

The maximum and minimum shear stresses in a hollow circular shaft of outer diameter 20 mm and thickness 2 mm, subjected to a torque of 92.7 Nm will be (A) 59 MPa and 47.2 MPa (C) 118 MPa and 160 MPa
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(B) 100 MPa and 80 MPa (D) 200 MPa and 160 MPa

The shear stress at the neutral axis in a beam of triangular section with a base of 40 mm and height 20 mm, subjected to a shear force of 3 kN is (A) 3 MPa (C) 10 MPa
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(B) 6 MPa (D) 20 MPa

U1 and U2 are the strain energies stored in a prismatic bar due to axial tensile forces P1 and P2 , respectively. The strain energy U stored in the same bar due to combined action of P1 and P2 will be (A) U = U1 + U2 (C) U < U1 + U2
YEAR 2006 Question. 25

(B) U = U1 U2 (D) U > U1 + U2

ONE MARK

30 0 Mohrs circle for the state of stress defined by > MPa is a circle 0 30H

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Question. 26

A long shaft of diameter d is subjected to twisting moment T at its ends. The maximum normal stress acting at its cross-section is equal to (A) zero (B) 16T d 3 (C) 32T d 3
Question. 27

(D 64T d 3

The buckling load P = Pcr for the column AB in figure, as KT 2 approaches infinity, becomes EI L2

Where is equal to (A) 0.25 (C) 2.05

(B) 1.00 (D) 4.00

YEAR 2006 Question. 28

TWO MARKS

A thin-walled long cylindrical tank is inside radius r is subjected simultaneously to internal gas pressure p and axial compressive force F at its ends. In order to produce pure shear state of stress in the
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(B) 2pr2 (D) 4pr2

Consider the beam AB shown in the figure below. Part AC of the beam is rigid while Part CB has the flexural rigidity EI . Identify the correct combination of deflection at end B and bending moment at end A, respectively

3 (A) PL , 2PL 3EI 3 (C) 8PL , 2PL 3EI

3 (B) PL , PL 3EI 3 (D) 8PL , PL 3EI

Question. 30

A simply supported beam AB has the bending moment diagram as shown in the following figure.

The beam is possibly under the action of following loads (A) Couples of M at C and 2M at D (B) Couples of 2M at C and M at D (C) Concentrated loads of M/L at C and 2M/L at D (D) Concentrated load of M/L at C and couple of 2M at D
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Question. 31

A beam with the cross-section given is subjected to a positive bending moment (causing compression at the top) of 16 kNm acting around the horizontal axis. The tensile force acting on the hatched area of the cross-section is

(A) zero (C) 8.9 kN

Question. 32

(B) 5.9 kN (D) 17.8 kN

If a beam of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a vertical shear force V , the shear force carried by the upper one-third of the crosssection is (A) zero (B) 7V 27 (C) 8V 27
Question. 33

(D) V 3

For the section shown below, second moment of the area about an axis d/4 distance above the bottom of the area is

3 (A) bd 48

3 (B) bd 12

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Question. 34

I -section of a beam is formed by gluing wooden planks as shown in the figure below. If this beam transmits a constant vertical shear force of 3000 N, the glue at any of the four joint will be subjected to a shear force (in kN per meter length) of

(A) 3.0 (C) 8.0

(B) 4.0 (D) 10.7

Common data for questions 35 & 36 :

Consider a propped cantilever beam ABC under two leads of magnitude P each as shown in the figure below. Flexural rigidity of the beam is EI .

Question. 35

The reaction at C is (A) 9Pa (upwards) 16L (B) 9Pa (downwards) 16L
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(C) 9Pa (upwards) 8L

Question. 36

(D) 9Pa (downwards) 8L

The rotation at B is (A) 5PLa (clockwise) 16EI (C) 59PLa (clockwise) 16EI

(B) 5PLa (anticlockwise) 16EI (D) 59PLa (anticlockwise) 16EI

YEAR 2005 Question. 37

ONE MARK

The symmetry of stress tensor at a point in the body under equilibrium is obtained from (A) conserved of mass (B) force equilibrium equations (C) moment equilibrium equations (D) conservation of energy
Question. 38

The components of strain tensor at a point in the plane strain case can be obtained by measuring longitudinal strain in following directions (A) along any two arbitrary directions (B) along any three arbitrary directions (C) along two mutually orthogonal directions (D) along any arbitrary direction

YEAR 2005 Question. 39

TWO MARK

If principal stresses in a two-dimensional case are 10 MPa and 20 MPa respectively, then maximum shear stress at the point is (A) 10 MPa (C) 20 MPa
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The bending moment diagram for a beam is given below :

The shear force at sections aal and bbl respectively are of the magnitude (A) 100 kN, 150 kN (B) zero, 100 kN (C) zero, 50 kN
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(D) 100 kN, 100 kN

A circular shaft shown in the figure is subjected to torsion T at two point A and B. The torsional rigidity of portions CA and BD is GJ1 and that of portion AB is GJ2 . The rotations of shaft at points A and B are 1 and 2 . The rotation 1 is

(A)

TL GJ1 + GJ2

(B) TL GJ1 (D) TL GJ1 GJ2

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(C) TL GJ2
YEAR 2004 Question. 42

For linear elastic systems, the type of displacement function for the strain energy is
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YEAR 2004

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Question. 43

In a two dimensional stress analysis, the state of stress at a point is shown below. If = 120 MPa and = 70 MPa , x and y , are respectively,

(A) 26.7 MPa and 172.5 MPa (C) 67.5 MPa and 213.3 MPa

(B) 54 MPa and 128 MPa (D) 16 MPa and 138 MPa

Question. 44

For the linear elastic beam shown in the figure, the flexural rigidity, EI is 781250 kNm2 . When w = 10 kN/m , the vertical reaction RA at A is 50 kN. The value of RA for w = 100 kN/m is

(A) 500 kN (C) 250 kN

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A homogeneous, simply supported prismatic beam of width B , depth D and span L is subjected to a concentrated load of magnitude P . The load can be placed anywhere along the span of the beam. The maximum flexural stress developed in beam is (A) 2 PL2 3 BD (C) 4 PL2 3 BD
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(B) 3 PL2 4 BD (D) 3 PL2 2 BD

A circular solid shaft of span L = 5 m is fixed at one end and free at other end. A twisting moment T = 100 kNm is applied at the free end. The torsional rigidity GH is 50000 kNm2 /rad . Following statements are made for this shaft : 1. 2. The maximum rotation is 0.01 rad The torsional strain energy is 1 kNm

With reference to the above statements, which of the following applies ? (A) Both statements are true (B) Statement 2 is true but 2 is false (C) Statement 2 is true but 1 is false (D) Both the statements are false

Common Data for Question 47 & 48 :

A three-span continuous beam has an internal hinge at B. Section B is at the mid-span of AC. Section E is at the mid-span of CG. The 20 kN load is applied at section B whereas 10 kN loads are applied at sections D and F as shown in the figure. Span GH is subjected to uniformly distributed load of magnitude 5 kN/m. For the loading shown, shear force immediate to the right of section E is 9.84 kN upwards and the hogging moment at section E is 10.31 kNm
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Question. 47

The magnitude of the shear force immediate to the left and immediate to the right of section B are respectively (A) 0 and 20 kN (B) 10 kN and 10 kN (C) 20 kN and 0
Question. 48

(D) 9.84 kN and 10.16 kN

The vertical reaction at support H is (A) 15 kN upward (B) 9.84 kN upward (C) 15 kN downward (D) 9.84 kN downward

YEAR 2003 Question. 49

ONE MARK

A bar of varying square cross-section is loaded symmetrically as shown in the figure. Loads shown are placed on one of the axes of symmetry of cross-section. Ignoring self weight, the maximum tensile stress in N/mm2 anywhere is

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(B) 20.0 (D) 30.0

A curved member with a straight vertical leg is carrying a vertical load at Z , as shown in the figure. The stress resultants in the XY segment are

(A) bending moment, shear force and axial force (B) bending moment and axial force only (C) bending moment and shear force only (D) axial force only

YEAR 2003

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Question. 51

The state of two dimensional stresses acting on a concrete lamina consists of a direct tensile stress, x = 1.5 N/mm2 , and shear stress, = 1.20 N/mm2 , which cause cracking of concrete. Then the tensile strength of the concrete in N/mm2 is (A) 1.50 (C) 2.17
Question. 52

(B) 2.08 (D) 2.29

A "H" shaped frame of uniform flexural rigidity EI is located as shown in the figure. The relative outward displacement between points K and O is
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2 (A) RLh EI 2 (C) RLh 3EI

2 (B) RL h EI 2 (D) RL h 3EI

Question. 53

A simply supported beam of uniform rectangular cross-section of width b and depth h is subjected to linear temperature gradient 0c at the top and Tc at the bottom, as shown in the figure. The coefficient of linear expansion of the beam material is . The resulting vertical deflection at the mid-span of the beam is

2 (A) Th upward 8L 2 (C) Th downward 8L

2 (B) TL upward 8h 2 (D) TL downward 8h

Question. 54

List I shows different loads acting on a beam and List II shows different bending moment distributions. Match the load with the corresponding bending moment diagram.

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Codes : A (A) (B) (C) (D) 4 5 2 2 B 2 4 5 4 C 1 1 3 1 D 3 3 1 3

Question. 55

A long structural column (length = L ) with both ends hinged is acted upon by an axial compressive load, P . The differential equation governing the bending of column is given by : d2 y EI 2 = Py dx Where y is the structural lateral deflection and EI is the flexural rigidity. The first critical load on column responsible for its buckling
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2 (C) 2 EI L2

(B)

2 2 EI L2

2 (D) 4 EI L2

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