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A circular steel rod of 20 cm2 cross-sectional area and 10 m length is heated through 50 C with
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ends clamped before heating. Given, E = 200 GPa and coefficient of thermal expansion,
  10  106 / o C , the thrust thereby generated on the clamp is
(a) 100 kN (b) 150 kN
(c) 200 kN (d) 250 kN
[IES – 2016]

2. A steel rod 10 m long is at temperature of 20 C. The rod is heated to a temperature of 60 C. What

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is the stress induced in the rod if it is allowed to expand by 4 mm, when E = 200 GPa and
  12  106 / o C ?
(a) 64 MPa (b) 48 MPa
(c) 32 MPa (d) 16 MPa
[IES – 2016]
3. The figure shows a steel piece of diameter 20 mm at A and C and 10 mm at B. The lengths of
three sections A, B and C are each equal to 20 mm. The piece is held between two rigid surfaces
X and Y. The coefficient of linear expansion E  2  10 MPa for steel:
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20 10 20

When the temperature of this piece increases by 50 o C, the stresses in sections A and B are
(a) 120 MPa and 480 MPa
(b) 60 MPa and 240 MPa
(c) 120 MPa and 120 MPa
(d) 60 MPa and 120 MPa
[IES – 2015]
4. A steel rod, 2m long is held between two walls and heated from 20o C to 60o C . Young’s modulus
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and coefficient of linear expansion of the rod material are 200  103 MPa and 10  10 / C
respectively. The stress induced in the rod, if walls yield by 0.2 mm, is
(a) 60 MPa tensile
(b) 80 MPa tensile
(c) 80 MPa compressive
(d) 60 MPa compressive
[IES – 2014]

5. An aluminium bar of 8 m length and a steel bar of 5 mm longer in length are kept at 30o C. If the
ambient temperature is raised gradually, at what temperature the aluminium bar will elongate
5mm longer than the steel bar (the linear expansion coefficients for steel and aluminium are
12  106 / o C and 23  106 / o C respectively)?
(a) 50.7 C
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(b) 69.0 C o

(c) 143.7 C o

(d) 33.7 C
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[IES – 2014]
6. In a body, thermal stress is induced because of the existence of:
(a) latent heat
(b) total heat
(c) temperature gradient
(d) specific heat
[IES – 2013]

7. A bar of copper and steel form a composite system which is heated through a temperature of
The stress induced in the copper bar is
40o C.

(a) Tensile (b) Compressive

(c) Both tensile and compressive
(d) Shear
[IES – 2012]

8. If a rod expands freely due to heating, it will develop

(a) Bending stress
(b) Thermal stress
(c) No stress
(d) Compressive stress
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9. A bar produces a lateral strain of magnitude 60  10 , when subjected to tensile stress of
magnitude 300 MPa along the axial direction. Find the elastic modulus of the material, if the
Poisson’s ratio is 0.3.
(a) 100 GPa (b) 150GPa
(c) 200 GPa (d) 400 GPa
[IES – 2009]

A 100mm  5mm  5mm steel bar free to expand is heated from 15o C to 40 C. What shall be
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developed?
(a) Tensile stress (b) Compressive stress
(c) Shear stress (d) No stress
[IES – 2008]
11. Which one of the following statements is correct?
If a material expands freely due to heating, it will develop.
(a) thermal stress
(b) tensile stress
(c) compressive stress
(d) no stress
[IES – 2007]

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12. A metal rod is rigidly fixed at its both ends. The temperature of the rod is increased by 100 C. If
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the coefficient of linear expansion and elastic modulus of the metal rod are 10  10 / C and
200 GPa respectively, then what is the stress produced in the rod?
(a) 100 MPa (tensile)
(b) 200 MPa (tensile)
(c) 200 MPa (compressive)
(d) 100 MPa (compressive)
[IES – 2006]
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13. A bar of copper and steel form, a composite system. They are heated to a temperature of 40 C.
What type of stress is induced in the copper bar?
(a) Tensile
(b) Compressive
(c) Both tensile and compressive
(d) Shear
[IES – 2004]

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14. A cube with a side length of 1 cm is heated uniformly 1 C above the room temperature and all
the sides are free to expand. What will be the increase in volume of the cube? (Given coefficient
of thermal expansion is  per C )
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(a) 3  cm3 (b) 2  cm3

(c)  cm3 (d) zero
[IES – 2004]
15. A cube having each side of length a, is constrained in all directions and is heated uniformly so
that the temperature is raised by T C. If  is the thermal coefficient of expansion of the cube
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material and E the modulus of elasticity, the stress developed in the cube is
(a) TE / v (b) TE / 1  2 v 

(c) TE / 2v (d) TE / 1  2 v 

[IES – 2003]

16. Consider the following statements:

The thermal stress is induced in a component in general, when
1. A temperature gradient exists in the component.
2. The component is free from any restraint
3. It is restrained to expand or contract freely
Which of the above statements are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 alone
(d) 2 alone
[IES – 2002]
 A rod of material with E  200  10 MPa and   103 / mm / mmo C is fixed at both the ends.
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17.

It is uniformly heated such that the increase in temperature is 30o C. The stress developed in the
rod is
(a) 6000 N/mm2 (tensile)
(b) 6000 N/mm2 (compressive)
(c) 2000 N/mm2 (tensile)
(d) 2000 N/mm2 (compressive)
[IES – 2000]

18. If the rigid rod fitted snugly between the supports as shown in the figure below, is heated the
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stress induced in it due to 20o C rise in temperature will be (   12.5  10 / C and E = 200
GPa)

(a) 0.07945 MPa (b) –0.07945 MPa

(c) –0.03972 MPa (d) 0.03972 MPa
 [IES – 1999]

19. A 10 cm long and 5 cm diameter steel rod fits snugly between two rigid walls 10 cm apart at
room temperature. Young’s modulus of elasticity and coefficient of linear expansion of steel are
2  106 kgf / cm2 and 12  106 / o C respectively. The stress developed in the rod due to a 100 oC

rise in temperature will be

10
(a) 6  10 kgf / cm
2

9
(b) 6  10 kgf / cm
2

(c) 2.4  10 kgf / cm

3 2

(d) 2.4  10 kgf / cm

4 2

[IES – 1997]
1. (c) 6. (c) 11. (d) 16. (c)

2. (d) 7. (b) 12. (c) 17. (b)

3. (b) 8. (c) 13. (b) 18. (b)

4. (d) 9. (b) 14. (a) 19. (c)

5. (c) 10. (d) 15. (b)