UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

SECOND SEMESTER/YEARLY EXAMINATIONS

MAY 2012
PROGRAMME

BEng (Hons) Manufacturing Engineering

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
BEng (Hons) Mechatronics

MODULE NAME
DATE

Mechanics of Materials & Machines 1

Friday

MODULE CODE

MECH 1001Y(1)

18 May 2012

TIME
NO. OF
QUESTIONS SET

09:30 12:30 Hrs

6

DURATION
NO. OF QUESTIONS
TO BE ATTEMPTED

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer Any Five (5) Questions.
All questions carry equal marks.

3 hours
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Answer Any Five (5) questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
Question 1
(a)

A reinforced concrete column has a cross-sectional area of 0.2 m2. Four steel
bars, each of diameter 44 mm, are used to reinforce the column. Calculate the
stress taken by the concrete if the column carries an axial load of 40 kN. If the
length of the column is 4 m, find the compression of the column.
Esteel = 200 GN/m2 and Econcrete = 20 GN/m2.
[10 marks]

(b)

A steel bar of diameter 100 mm is placed between two rigid stops with an end
clearance of 0.2 mm. The bar has a total length of 500 mm and there is a hole
of 50 mm diameter drilled along its length for a distance of 200 mm. If the bar is
heated from 20 0C to 80 0C, calculate the maximum stress in the bar.
Esteel = 200 GN/m2 and steel = 12 x 10-6 /0C.
[10 marks]

Question 2
(a)

In Figure 2a, the member AB is supported by a pin at A and a cable BC.

Determine the x, y, z components of reaction at the pin A and the tension in cable
B C needed to hold the If the 300 N load at D in equilibrium.

Figure Q2a
[16 marks]
(b)

A cylinder has an internal diameter of 230 mm, is 1 m long. The walls of the
cylinder are 5 mm thick and are subjected to an internal pressure of 1.25
MN/m2. If the joint efficiency is 85%, calculate the hoop and longitudinal
stresses.
[2+2 marks]

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Question 3
(a)

Figure Q3a shows a framework for which all bars are of equal length. Calculate
the magnitude and nature of the forces in bars 1, 2, and 3.

Figure Q3a
[13 marks]
(b)

The external and internal diameters of a hollow shaft are 50 mm and 25 mm

respectively. The length of the shaft is 60 cm and the maximum allowable shear
stress is 84 MN/m2. Calculate the following:
(i)

polar second moment area of the hollow shaft (J);

(ii)

torsional strength of the shaft.

[3+4 marks]

Question 4
A beam is being designed to be supported and loaded as shown in Figure Q4. Draw the
shear force and bending moment diagrams for the beam.

Figure Q4
[20 marks]
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Question 5
The bar of section shown in Figure Q5 is simply supported over a span of 1.5 m and
carries a central load of 20 kN. Find the following:
(i)

the second moment of area of the section;

(ii)

the position and magnitude of the maximum bending moment.

[7 + 4 marks]

(iii)

For the position found in 5(ii), find the bending stresses at top surface, at the
bottom surface and at the middle (25 mm from the top surface) of the crosssection.

Figure Q5
[9 marks]

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Question 6
(a)

Three masses (A, B, and C) are bolted to the same face of a thin disc and rotate
together with it about the centre, O, of the disc. The masses and radii of rotation
of the three masses are, respectively, as follows:
Mass A is 1.0 kg and at 30 cm;
Mass B is 1.5 kg and at 36 cm;
Mass C is 2.0 kg and at 40 cm.
The angles between the masses are: AOB = 30 0 and BOC = 600. Find
the
resultant out-of-balance force at 6 rev/s and the position, relative to the mass A,
of a 2.0 kg mass required for balance.
[6 marks]

(b)

Figure Q6b shows the instantaneous position of a mechanism where, the crank
AB rotates in the anticlockwise direction at a speed of 4 rev/s. Find the
instantaneous velocities of the slider E and joint C and the angular velocity of the
links BC and CE for the position shown.
Note: Figure Q6b does not need to be reproduced. Please use it to solve Question
6(b). Kindly attach the sheet to your answer book in case you have used it.

[14 marks]

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Figure Q6b
The lengths of various links are: AB = 150 mm; BC = 300 mm; CD = 225 mm; CE = 500 mm.

Note: Figure Q6b does not need to be reproduced. You may use it to solve Question
6(b). Kindly attach the sheet to your answer book in case you have used it.
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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