MEE5037 Advanced Strength of Materials

Final Exam (31.12.2014)

x
6 MPa

1. A rectangular pocket is milled out of steel

and then filled with a plastic with properties
E=35 GPa, = 0.4. The exposed surface is then
subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of 6 MPa.

Assuming the steel to be rigid, determine x, y,

z and x in the plastic.
y
3. Prove that

2
x 2
y

2
y 2
x

xy

xy

equations satisfy the equilibrium equations with no body forces.

3. A short-length of a tube of 30 mm internal diameter and 40 mm external diameter

failed under a compressive load of 180 kN. When a 2-m length of the same tube is
tested as a strut with both ends hinged, the buckling load was found to be 40.8 kN.
Assuming that c, for the Rankines constant is given by the first test, determine
Rankines constant a. Moreover, estimate the crippling load for a piece of 3-m-long tube
when used as strut with fixed ends.

4. A cantilever beam AB supports a

wO

linearly varying loading, changing from

zero at A to a maximum intensity O at
B. Determine the deflection at A by
using Castiglianos theorem.

A
L

5. A frame ABCD shown, of lengths AB = BC = CD = L each of flexural

rigidity EI throughout is subjected to horizontal and vertical loads W each
at end D. Considering only the strain energy due to bending, determine the
horizontal and vertical deflections at end A.
(Take horizontal load, W = P, and analyze and finally put P = W).