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B. E. (Civil) Examination October-November 2018

BCEL-405: Strength of Materials (CBCS)
Time: Three Hours Max. Marks: 70

Note: Attempt all five questions. Part a, b, and c of each question is compulsory and
carries 2, 2, and 3 marks respectively. Out of parts d and e (7 marks each) any one of
them is to be attempted. Missing data, if any, may be assumed suitably.

1. a) What do you mean by thermal stresses? CO 1

b) Define Principal planes, Principal stresses and Principal strains. CO 2
c) Enumerate different elastic constants and establish a relation between CO 1
Modulus of Elasticity and Bulk modulus. CO 1
d) A bar 30 mm in diameter was subjected to a tensile load of 54 kN and CO 1
measured extension on 300 mm gauge length was 0.12 mm and change in
diameter was 0.00366 mm. Calculate the ratio and the Poisson’s values of
three elastic moduli.
e) At a certain point in an elastic body direct stresses of 150 N/mm2 tensile and CO 2
100 N/mm2 compressive stress act on perpendicular planes. Shear
stress q also acts on these mutually perpendicular planes. Compute the
magnitude of shear stress q. The greatest principal stress at a point is 180
N/mm2. Also compute the maximum shearing stress at the point.

2. a) What is meant by a plane state of stress? CO 2

b) Define hoop stress and longitudinal stress in a thin cylindrical cell. CO 5
c) Define neutral plane, neutral axis and section modulus. CO 3
d) A uniform T-section beam is 100 mm wide and 150 mm deep with a flange CO 3
thickness of 25 mm and a web thickness of 12 mm. If the limiting bending
stress is 160 MPa in tension, find the maximum uniformly distributed load
that the beam can carry over a simply supported span of 5 m. Also determine
the corresponding maximum bending stress in compression.
e) A simply supported beam of 6 m span is subjected to an uniformly CO3
distributed load of 15 kN/m over its entire length. The cross section of the
beam is 20 cm wide and 30 cm deep. Sketch the variation of shear stress in
the beam cross-section at support section.

3. a) Write assumptions made in the theory of pure torsion. CO 3

b) Describe expression for power transmission by a shaft. CO 3
c) Compare open and closed coil helical springs. CO 3
d) Find the diameter of a solid shaft to transmit 90 kW at 160 rpm, such that the CO 3
shear stress is limited to 60 N/mm2. The maximum torque is likely to exceed
the mean torque by 20%. Also, find the permissible length of the shaft, if the
twist is not to exceed 1 degree over the entire length. Take rigidity modulus
as 0.8 × 105 N/mm2.

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 e) A steel cylindrical shell 3 m long which is closed at its ends, had an internal CO 5
diameter of 1.5 m and a wall thickness of 20 mm. Calculate the
circumferential and longitudinal stresses induced and also the change in
dimensions of the shell if it is subjected to an internal pressure of 1.0 N/mm 2.
Assume E = 200 kN/mm2. Poisson’s ratio = 0.3

4. a) Define slenderness ratio of Columns. CO 4

b) Give expression for Euler buckling load for a short column with different end CO 4
conditions
c) Describe buckling load formulae for eccentrically loaded columns. CO 4
d) Two columns, one hollow and the other solid, have same cross-sectional CO 4
area, same length and made of same material and have same end conditions.
The internal diameter of hollow column is half of its external diameter. Find
the ratio of crippling strengths of two columns.
e) Find the Euler’s critical load for a hollow cylindrical cast iron column 150 CO 4
mm external diameter, 20 mm wall thickness if it is 6 m long with hinges at
both ends. Assume Young’s modulus of cast iron as 80 kN/mm 2. Compare
this load with given by Rankine’s formula using Rankine’s constant a =
1/1,600 and fc = 567 N/mm2.

5. a) Enumerate different methods for computing deflection in beams. CO6

b) Differentiate between a conjugate beam and a real beam? CO 6
c) What are moment area theorems? How is deflection and slope determined CO6
using these theorems?
d) A beam is simply supported at its ends over a span of 10 m and carries two CO 6
concentrated loads of 100 kN and 60 kN at distances of 2 m and 5 m,
respectively from the left support. Calculate (i) slope at the left support and
(ii) slope and deflection under the 100 kN load. Assume EI = 36 × 104 kNm2.
e) A cantilever 2 m long carries a load of 20 kN at a distance of 1 m from the CO 6
fixed end and a load of 15 kN at the free end. Determine the deflection at the
free end. Use conjugate beam method. Take E = 200 × 104 kN/m2, I = 15 ×
106 m4.

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