ASSIGNMENTS

DEFORMATION OF SOLID
BODIES
/
MECHANICS OF SOLID BODIES
PME-302/DME-312
 ASSIGNMENT- I
1. Define the following
 Stress
 Strain
 Poission Ratio
 Hooke’s Law
 Shear stress
 Modulus of elasticity
2. Draw stress-strain curve for tension test on mild steel and explain
important point.
3. A steel bar is 20 mm dia and 1 m long. It is subjected to axial tensile
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force of 80 KN. Find stress, strain and change in length. Take E = 2 X 10
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N/mm
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4. A bar is subjected to force as shown in fig. Take E = 200 KN/mm . Find
deformation in length of the bar.
5. A copper bar of 20 mm dia is tightly fitted inside a steel tube of external
dia of 30 mm. the length of composite section is 100 mm. it is subjected
to axial force 60 KN. Find stress in steel and copper
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Es = 200 KN/mm Ec = 160 KN/mm
6. A rectangular bar 40 mm wide and 30 mm thick is 0.5 m long. It is acted
upon by axial tensile force of 120 KN. E = 200 Gpa and µ=0.25. Find
Change in dimensions of the bar.
7. A rigid wheel of 1.25 m Dia. Is to fitted with a steel tyre of 1.24912 m
dia. Find the minimum temp up to which the type is to be heated so that it
can be fitted over the wheel. Take Co-efficient of thermal expansion as
-6 5 2
12 x 10 /c and E=2 X 10 N/mm . also find hoop stress in the tyre.
8. A weight of 50.8 KN acts suddenly on a bar of 18 mm dia. Length of bar
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1 m. E=2 X 10 N/mm . find instantaneous stress and modulus of
resilience.
9. A tension test on mild steel specimen gave the following results.
 Original dia of bar – 10 mm
 Original gauge length – 50 mm
 Final diameter – 6.5 mm
 Final gauge length – 58.5 mm
 Ultimate load – 36 KN
 Breaking load – 28 KN
 Yield load – 24 KN
 ASSIGNMENT- II
1. Define the following:
 Modulus of inertia
 Modulus of section
 Radius of gyration
2. Explain parallel axis theorem.
3. Explain perpendicular axis theorem.
4. Find Ixx and Iyy for a T- section in figure (a).
5. Find Ixx and Iyy for a I- section in figure (b).

Fig. (a) Fig (b

 ASSIGNMENT- III
1. Define Following terms:
 Shear Force
 Bending moment
 Point of contra flexure
 Sagging moment and Hogging moment
2. Draw S.F and B.M diagram for a beam shown in fig.

3. Draw S.F and B.M diagram for a beam shown in fig.

4. Draw S.F and B.M diagram for a beam shown in fig.

 ASSIGNMENT- IV
1. Explain assumption made in theory of bending.
2. Explain Following:
 Neutral axis
 Neutral plane
 Moment of resistance
3. A timber beam 100 mm wide and 150 mm deep is simply supported over
a span of 4m. find maximum u.d.l the beam can carry over span if
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bending stress in the beam is not exceed 80 N/mm .
4. A beam of T-section having flange of dimensions 200 x 30 mm and web
dimension 320 x 30 mm is subjected to shear force of 25 KN. Find the
maximum shear stress and draw the stress distribution curve.
5. A hollow pipe has external dia. 120 mm and thickness 15 mm. it is used
as 2 m long cantilever beam. If it carries a full u.d.l of 6 KN/m and 4 KN
point load at free end. Then find maximum bending stress. Neglect self
weight.
 ASSIGNMENT- V

1. Cross section of wooden beam is 100 x 240 mm. It is simply supported

with 4 m span. Find out u.d.l that can be placed on its full span so that
deflection at centre is 6 mm.
2. A simply supported beam of span 4 m is subjected to a central point load
“w” KN. If the maximum deflection of beam at centre is 1 mm. find the
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central point load “w” amd slope of beam at supports. Take E = 2.1 x 10
2 4
N/mm , I = 5.18 x 108 mm .
3. A steel tube of external 60 mm and 8 mm thickness is used as simply
supported beam of span 4m. If it deflects 10 mm due to a central point
load, find magnitude of the point load. Take E = 200Gpa.
4. A simply supported beam of I-section has following dimensions. Depth
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of beam = 50mm. Flexural rigidity=19.4 x 10 N/mm . Span of beam =
4.5 m. if maximum deflection does not exceed by 1/750. Find out central
point load.
5. Explain slope & deflection for U beam with sketch.
 ASSIGNMENT- VI

1. Draw & write effective length of the column for different end conditions.
2. Explain following:
 Radius of gyration
 Assumption of Euler’s formula
 Limitation of Euler’s formula
3. 6m long hollow rectangular steel section has external dimension 60mm x
80mm and 6 mm thickness, is used as strut keeping one end hinged and
other end fixed. Calculate appropriate inertia, effective length and euler’s
load. Take E= 200 Gpa.
4. A steel rod of 5 m long and 40 mm dia. Is used as a column with one end
fixed and other free. Determine the crippling load by Euler’s formula.
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Take E = 200 KN/mm .
5. A hollow circular column having internal dia 400 mm and thickness 100
mm is used as a column. If slenderness ratio is 90. One end of column is
restrained against position and direction while other end is restrained
against position. Calculate actual length of the column.
 ASSIGNMENT- VII

1. Explain axial load and eccentric load.

2. Explain the limit of eccentricity.
3. Explain core of section or kernel.
4. Draw the figure for given section.
 Rectangular Section
 Hollow rectangular section
 Circular section
 Hollow circular section
 T- section
 I – section
5. Show core of a hollow rectangular section of external dimensions
300 mm x 450 mm and thickness 15 mm.
6. A rectangular column size 300 mm x 200 mm is subjected to two equal
point load 150 KN each one at 30 mm & other at 50 mm away from
centroid on longer side axis. Draw stress distribution diagram of column.
 ASSIGNMENT- VIII

1. Explain principle plane & principle stress.

2. Explain mohr circle method to find normal and tangential stress on an
oblique plane.
3. A strained body subjected to tensile stress of 200 N/mm2 and comp.
Stress of 100 N/mm2 on the mutually perpendicular planes along with
shear stress of 50 N/mm2. Find the principal planes and principle
stresses.
4. At a point in a strained material normal tensile stresses 100 Mpa and 200
Mpa along with shear stress 300 Mpa are acting. Find normal, tangential
and resultant stress on a plane inclined at 45 with the axis of first normal
stress. Also find principal stresses. (also solve with mohr-circle method)
5. At a certain point in a strained material two tensile stresses 600 N/mm2
and 400 N/mm2 are acting. Find normal stress, tangential stress and
resultant stress on a plane inclined at 60 with the axis of major stress.
 ASSIGNMENT- IX

1. Explain Following terms:

 Torsion
 Torque
 Shear strain in shaft
 Angle of twist
 Shear stress in shaft
 Polar M.I.
 Polar section modulus
 Torsion rigidity
2. Explain the assumptions in the theory of torsion.
3. A solid shaft made of steel having dia. Of 50 mm and length 700 mm
transmits 100 KW at 160 r.p.m. calculate maximum shear stress produced
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and angle of twist in degree. Take c = 0.8 x 10 N/mm .
4. A hollow circular steel shaft having internal to external diameter ratio
4/5, transmits 4 KW at 6 Hz speed. The maximum torqe is 25% more
than the mean torqe. If the angle of twist is limited to 4 m length. Find the
diameters. Take c=80 Gpa.
5. Calculate suitable diameter of Shaft to transmit 220 Kw power at 150 rpm
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if permissible shear stress is 68 N/mm .
 ASSIGNMENT- X

1. Explain the classification of engineering materials.

2. Explain in brief:
 Tensile test
 Compression test
 Hardness test
 Impact test
 Shear test