Republlic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University

Tacloban City
Set D
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department

Quiz No. 002 in Structural Design

1 . A hollow steel shaft having an inside diameter of 84 mm and a

wall thickness of 20 mm has an allowable shearing stress of 80
MPa. Determine the maximum torque in kN-m that the shaft can
carry without exceeding the allowable shearing stress.
a 15.84 kN-m. b 6.31 kN-m.
c 7.8 kN-m. d 23.64 kN-m.
2 . A wood-stave penstock of 2.3-m diameter is wrapped with steel
hoops and subjected to a fluid pressure of 320 kPa. If the
allowable tension in the hoops is 42.4 kN, what is the maximum
hoop spacing in millimeters?
a 115.22 mm. b 87.28 mm.
c 38.02 mm. d 65.63 mm.
3 . An axial load of 140 kN is applied to a flat bar 20 mm thick,
tapering in width from 100 mm to 60 mm in a length of 15 m.
Assuming E = 200 GPa, determine the total elongation of the
bar.
a 4.49 mm. b 3.22 mm.
c 2.21 mm. d 6.7 mm.
4 . What is the maximum allowable torque, in kN-m, for a 68-mm
diameter steel shaft when the allowable shearing stress is 90
MPa?
a 5.56 kN-m. b 0.4619 kN-m.
c 1.83 kN-m. d 0.3473 kN-m.
5 . What is the rotation or twist in degrees of a shaft, 560 mm
long subjected to a torque of 80 N-m, 20 mm in diameter and
shear modulus G of 80,000 MPa?
a 1.37 degrees b 2.04 degrees
c 0.036 degrees d 0.0601 degrees
6 . The shaft shown in Figure SMAT 1812 is made of bronze and
steel and is fixed at both ends. It is subjected to a
concentrated torque, 9 kN-m, applied at the junction. The
steel segment is 1.5 meters long and the bronze segment is 1.2
meters. For BRONZE: d = 75 mm. ; G = 35 GPa. For STEEL: d = 50
mm. ; G = 83 GPa.
(a) Determine the maximum shearing stress in the Steel
section.

a 266.74 MPa. b 354.76 MPa.

c 32.99 MPa. d 99.96 MPa.
7 . (b) Determine the maximum shearing stress in the bronze
section.
a 29.62 MPa. b 39.39 MPa.
c 79.03 MPa. d 49.46 MPa.
8 . (c) Determine the angle of twist in the bronze section.
a 2.77 degrees b 4.14 degrees
c 1.37 degrees d 0.0723 degrees
9 . A steel rod having a length of 1.5 m is subjected to an axial
stress of 1.8 MPa. If the applied axial tensile force is 2.3
kN, compute the axial rigidity of the rod.
a 255555.56 kN. b 226592.59 kN.
c 170370.37 kN. d 284518.52 kN.
10 . A 6-m rod having a uniform cross-sectional area of 1000 square
mm is secured between two walls 6 meters apart. The load on
the rod is zero at 30°C. E = 200 GPa, α = 11.25 x 10ˉ⁶ m/m-°C.
When the temperature rises to 48°C:
(a) Which of the following gives the stress in the rod
assuming that the walls are rigid.

a 40.5 MPa. b 108 MPa.

c 13.37 MPa. d 180.36 MPa.
11 . (b)Which of the following gives the stress in the rod if the
walls spring together a total distance of 0.5 mm.

a 23.83 MPa. b 121.47 MPa.

c 91.33 MPa. d 152.53 MPa.
12 . Steel bar having a rectangular cross-section 20mm x 25mm and
180m long is suspended vertically from one end. The steel has
a unit mass of 8000 kg/m3 and a modulus of elasticity E of 200
GPa. If a load of 20 kN is suspended at the other end of the
rod, determine the total elongation of the rod.

a 28.42 mm. b 42.42 mm.

c 14 mm. d 6.42 mm.
13 . What is the value of the maximum moment on the beam carrying
uniformly varying load as shown in Figure SMAT 2001? Wo = 21
kN/m, L = 6 m.
a 32.49 kN-m. b 111.72 kN-m.
c 48.5 kN-m. d 84 kN-m.
14 . A rod with cross-sectional area of 120 square millimeters is
stretched between two fixed points such that the initial
tensile load is 18 KN. The rod has a modulus equal to 180 GPa
and the coefficient of linear expansion is 0.00001 m/m-°C. The
initial tension is designed such that the rod will have zero
stress when there is a certain change in temperature of the
rod environment. Which of the following most nearly gives the
value of this temperature change?

a 8.33 °C b 83.33 °C
c 27.5 °C d 13.92 °C
15 . A rigid block weighing 12 kips is supported by three rods
symmetrically placed, as shown in Figure SMAT 1810 Assuming
the block remain horizotal, determine the stress in each rod
after a temperature rise of 100°F. The lower ends of the rods
are assumed to have been at the same level before the block
was attached and the temperature changed. Use the data below:

Length of Steel Rod, L1 = 2.5 ft.

Length of Bronze Rod, L2 = 4 ft.

each Steel Rod Bronze Rod

Area (in².) 0.8 1.3
E (psi.) 29 x 10⁶ 12 x 10⁶
α (in./in.-°F) 6.5 x 10ˉ⁶ 10 x 10ˉ⁶
(a) Which of the following most nearly gives the stress in the
steel rod?

a -5490.76 psi. b -7302.71 psi.

c 3623.9 psi. d 10981.52 psi.
16 . (b) Which of the following most nearly gives the stress in the
bronze bar?
a -2870.92 psi. b 2142.48 psi.
c -4284.95 psi. d 3577.93 psi.
17 . A wide flange section, of which the properties are displayed
below, is subjected to a maximum moment of magnitude 25 kN-m
and a critical shear force of 35 kN. (a) Which of the
following most nearly gives amount of moment load carried by
the flanges.

PROPERTIES OF THE W-SECTION:

bf = 120 mm. bw = 30 mm.
tf = 30 mm. d = 180 mm.

a 2.38 kN-m. b 3.17 kN-m.

c 7.46 kN-m. d 22.62 kN-m.
18 . (b) Which of the following most nearly gives the amount of
shear force carried by the flange?
a 4.47 kN. b 6.67 kN.
c 2.2 kN. d 28.33 kN.
19 . (c) What is the average shear stress in the wed?

a 4.07 MPa. b 5.42 MPa.

c 4.63 MPa. d 6.8 MPa.
20 . What is the shear modulus of a steel bar if the value of the
Poisson's ratio is 0.29?
a 77519.38 MPa. b 158730.16 MPa.
c 25581.4 MPa. d 265079.37 MPa.
21 . A rectangular steel black is 3 in. long in the X direction, 2
in. long in the Y direction, and 4 in. long in the Z
direction. The block is subjected to triaxial loading
consisting of 3 uniformly distributed forces as follows: 58
kips tension in the X direction, and 60 kips compression in
the Y direction, and 54 kips tension in the Z direction. If
the Poisson’s ratio is 0.3 and the modulus of elasticity is 29
x 10⁶ psi, determine the single uniformly distributed load in
the X direction that would produce the same deformation in the
Y direction as the original loading.

a -3.33 kips b 263.33 kips

c 86.9 kips d -5.57 kips
22 . What is the magnitude of the maximum moment on a beam carrying
triangular loading as shown in Figure SMAT 2002? Wo = 15 kN/m,
L = 5 m.
a 31.25 kN-m. b 46.88 kN-m.
c 10.31 kN-m. d 78.28 kN-m.
23 . A steel rectangular block 28 mm. wide, 12 mm deep and 140 mm
long, is subjected to an axial tensile load of 47 kN.
Measurements show the block to increase in length by 0.07 mm
and to decrease in width by 0.00525 mm. which of the following
most nearly gives the bulk modulus of the material.

a 72727.27 MPa. b 96727.27 MPa.

c 88000 MPa. d 266666.67 MPa.
24 . The rigid platform in Figure SMAT 1811 has negligible mass and
rests on two steel bars, each 300 mm long. The center bar is
aluminum and 299.9 mm long. Compute the stress in the aluminum
bar after the center load P = 488 kN has been applied. For
each steel bar, the area is 1500 mm² and E = 200 GPa. For the
aluminum bar, the area is 2600 mm² and E = 70 GPa.

a 17.28 Mpa. b 186.62 Mpa.

c 25.79 Mpa. d 140.32 Mpa.
25 . A timber column, 9 in. × 9 in. in cross section, is reinforced
on each side by a steel plate 9 in. wide and 't' in. thick.
Determine the thickness 't' so that the column will support an
axial load of 218 kips without exceeding a maximum timber
stress of 1500 psi or a maximum steel stress of 26 ksi. The
moduli of elasticity are 1.5 × 10⁶ psi for timber, and 29 × 10⁶
psi for steel.

a 0.0924 in. b 0.1229 in.

c 0.1165 in. d 0.1544 in.