TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COMPETENCY EXAM
STUDENT NUMBER______________________________________DATE________________
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1. Assume that a 20-mm-diameter rivet joins the plates that are each 110 mm wide. The allowable stresses are 120 MPa for bearing in the
plate material and 60 MPa for shearing of rivet. Determine (a) the minimum thickness of each plate; and (b) the largest average tensile
stress in the plates.
a. 8.9 mm, 30 MPa b. 7.9 mm, 26.7 MPa c. 4.2 mm, 28.5 MPa

2. The members of the structure in the figure weigh 200 lb/ft. Determine the smallest diameter pin that can be used at A if the shearing stress
is limited to 5000 psi. Assume single shear.
a. 0.520 in b. 0.36 in c. 0.95 in
3. A pipe carrying stream at 3.5 Mpa has an outside diameter of 450 mm and a wall thickness of 10 mm. A gasket is inserted between the
flange at one end of the pipe and a flat plate used to cap the end. How many 40 –mm diameter bolts must be used to hold the cap on if the
allowable stress in the bolts is 80 MPa, of which 55 MPa is the initial stress? What circumferential stress is developed in the pipe?
a. 20 bolts, 28.7 MPa b.17 bots, 75.3 MPa c. 15 bolts, 86.3 MPa

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4. Poisson’s Ratio. A 150 – mm long bronze tube, closed at its ends, is 80 – mm in diameter and has a wall thickness of 3 mm. It fits without
clearance in an 80 – mm hole in a rigid block. The tube is then subjected to an internal pressure of 4.00 Mpa. Assuming v = 1/3 and E =
83 Gpa, determine the tangential stress in the tube.
a. 10 MPa b. 8.89 MPa c. 7 MPa
5. The rigid platform in the figure has negligible mass and rests on two steel bars, each 250.00 mmm long. The center bar is aluminum and
249.90 mm long. Compute the stress in the Al bar after the center load P=400 kN has been applied. For each steel bar, the area is 1200
mm2 and E = 200 Gpa. For thje Al bar, the area is 2400 mm2 and E=70 Gpa.
a. stress aluminum = 22.5 Mpa

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6. A steel rod is stretched between two rigid walls and carries a tensile load of 5000 N at 20°C. If the allowable stress is not to exceed 130
MPa at -20°C, what is the minimum diameter of the rod? Assume α = 11.7 µm/(m·°C) and E = 200 GPa.
a. 15.22 mm b. 14.22 mm c. 13.22 mm
7. A steel shaft 3 ft long that has a diameter of 4 in is subjected to a torque of 15 kip·ft. Determine the maximum shearing stress. Use G = 12
× 106 psi.
a. 15.3 ksi b. 18.3 ksi c. 14.3 ksi

8. A flanged bolt coupling consists of 8 10 – mm diameter steel bolts on a bolt circle 400 mmm in diameter, and 6 10 mm diameter steel bolts
on a concentric bolt circle 300 mm in diameter. What torque can be applied without exceeding a shearing stress of 60 Mpa in the bolts.
a. T = 10.7 kN.m b. 15.7 kN.m c. 20.5 kN.m

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9. The beam loaded as shown in the figure. Calculate the maximum moment
a. 56 kN.m b. 67 KN.m c. 73 KN.m d. 76 KN.m
10. Calculate the distance when the moment is zero.
a. 2.154 m b. 2.02 m c. 1.98 m d. notg