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SET 3 OF 4 (UNIT 3) PROBLEM 1:- A cantilever beam 120mm wide and 150mm deep is 1.8m long. Determine the slope and deflection at the free end of the beam, when it carries a point load of 20kN at its free end. Take E for the cantilever beam as 200GPa. (Answer: - 0.0048rad, 5.76mm) PROBLEM 2:- A cantilever beam of 160mm width and 180mm depth is 1.75m long. What load can be placed at the free end of the cantilever, if its deflection under the load is not to exceed 4.5mm? Take E for the beam material as 180GPa. (Answer: -35.26kN) PROBLEM 3:- A cantilever beam 3m long carries a point load of 20kN at a distance of 2m from the fixed end. Determine the slope and deflection at the free end of the cantilever. Take . (Answer: - 0.005rad, 11.7mm) PROBLEM 4:- A cantilever beam 2m long is subjected to a U.D.L. of 5kN/m over its entire length. Find the slope and defection of the cantilever beam at its free end. Take . (Answer: - 0.0027rad, 4.0mm) PROBLEM 5:- A cantilever beam 100mm wide and 180mm deep is projecting 2m from a wall. Calculate the U.D.L., which the beam should carry, if the deflection of the free end should not exceed 3.5mm. Take E as 200GPa. (Answer: - 17kN/m) PROBLEM 6:- A cantilever beam of length 3m is carrying a U.D.L. of w kN/m. Assuming rectangular cross-section with depth (d) equal to twice the width (b), determine the dimension of the beam, so that vertical deflection at the free end does not exceed 8mm. Take maximum bending stress=100MPa and E=200GPa.

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(Answer: - b=141mm, d=282mm) PROBLEM 7:- A cantilever 2.5m long is loaded with U.D.L. of 10kN/m over a length of 1.5m from the fixed end. Determine the slope and deflection at the free end of the cantilever. Take flexural rigidity (EI) of the beam as . (Answer: - 0.003rad, 6.3mm) PROBLEM 8:- A cantilever 75mm wide and 200mm deep is loaded as shown find the slope and deflection at B. Take E=200GPa.

(Answer: - 0.00234rad, 3.42mm) PROBLEM 9:- A cantilever of 2m span carries a triangular load of zero intensity at free end and 100kN/m at the fixed end. Determine the slope and deflection at the free end. Take . (Answer: -0.00167rad, 2.67mm) PROBLEM 10:- A cantilever AB 2m long is carrying a load of 20kN at free end and 30kN at a distance 1m from the free end. Find the slope and deflection at the free end. Take E=200GPa and .

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(Answer: -0.00183rad, 2.61mm) PROBLEM 11:- A cantilever 2m long carries a point load 20kN at its free end and a U.D.L. of 8kN/m over the whole length. Determine the slope and deflection of the cantilever at its free end. Take E=200GPa and . (Answer: - 0.0051rad, 6.9mm) PROBLEM 12:- A cantilever 100mm wide and 180mm deep projects 2.0m from a wall into which it is cast. The cantilever carries a U.D.L. of 20kN/m over a length of 1m from the free end, and point load of 10kN at the free end as shown. Find the slope and deflection at the free end. Take E=200GPa.

(Answer: -0.00446rad, 3.98mm/6.25mm) PROBLEM 13:- A metallic cantilever 150mm wide, 200mm deep and of 2m span carries a uniformly varying load of 50kN/m at the free end to 150kN/m at the fixed end as shown. Find the slope of the cantilever at the free end. Take E=100GPa.

(Answer: - 0.01rad, 15.3mm)

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PROBLEM 14:- A cantilever 1.5m long carries a U.D.L. over the entire length. Find the deflection at the free end if the slope at the free end is 150. (Answer: -29.45mm) PROBLEM 15:- A 2m long cantilever made of steel tube of section 150mm external diameter and 10mm thick is loaded as shown. If E=200GN/m2 Calculate: (i) (ii) The value of W so that the maximum bending stress is 150MN/m2. The maximum deflection for the loading.

(Answer: -W=4320N, 12.08mm) PROBLEM 16:- A cantilever of 3m length and of uniform rectangular cross-section 150mm wide and 300mm deep is loaded with a 30kN load at its free end. In addition to this it carries a U.D.L. of 20kN per meter run over its entire length, calculate (i) (ii) Maximum slope and maximum deflection The slope and deflection at 2m from the fixed end.

Take E=200GN/m2 (Answer: ) ,

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PROBLEM 17:- A 250mm long cantilever of rectangular section 40mm wide and 30mm deep carries a U.D.L. calculate the value of if the maximum deflection in the cantilever is not to exceed 0.5mm. (Answer: - =6.451kN/m) PROBLEM 18:- A cantilever 2m long is of rectangular section 100mm wide and 200mm deep. It carries a U.D.L. of 2kN per unit length of 1.25 meters from the fixed end a point load of 0.8kN at the free end. Find the deflection at the free end. Take E=10GN/m2. (Answer: -4.848mm) PROBLEM 19:- A 2m long cantilever of rectangular section 150mm wide and 300mm deep is loaded as shown. Calculate the deflection at the free end. Take, E=10.5GN/m2.

(Answer: - 2.57mm) PROBLEM 20:- A grinder of uniform section and constant depth is freely supported over a span of 3m. If the point load at the mid span is 30kN and , Calculate (i) (ii) The central deflection The slope at the ends of the beam

Take: E=200GN/m2 (Answer: - 5.4mm, 0.0054radian)

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PROBLEM 21:- A steel girder of 6m length acting as a beam carries a U.D.L. of N/m run throughout its length. If and depth 270mm, Calculate (i) (ii) The magnitude of so that the maximum stress developed in the beam section does not exceed 72MN/m2. The slope and deflection in the beam at a distance of 1.8m from one end.

Take: E=200GN/m2 (Answer: - =3555N/m, 0.00303rad, 8.13mm

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