Government Engineering College, Siwan

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Model question paper

1. Choose the correct answer for the following ( answer any 7). (2 × 7 = 14)
(a) For A cantilever beam loaded with a uniform varying load throughout its span, the bending
moment variation will be.
(a) Linear
(b) Parabolic
(c) cubic
(d) None of these
(b) A member is uni-axially loaded and free to deform in the other two planes then stresses in those
planes will be.
(a) Infinite
(b) Zero
(c) Can not be said.
(d) None of these.
(c) For a rectangular beam, bending stresses zero at.
(a) Top fibre.
(b) Bottom fibre.
(c) Neutral axis.
(d) None of the above.
(d) For a 2D state of stress, the minimum no. of stress component required to define stress tensor
are.
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.
(e) Hoop stress in a thin cylindrical vessel is
(a) PD/4t
(b) PD/2t
(c) PD/3t
(d) None
(f) Maximum shear stress is
(a) average sum of principal stresses.
(b) average difference of principal stresses.
(c) average sum as well as difference of principal stresses.
(d) None of these.

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 Government Engineering College, Siwan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Branch : ME
Strength of Materials (102405) Total Marks : 70

(g) For a cantilever beam loaded with a point load W at the free end, the deflection at the free end
is.
i. W L3 /3EI
ii. W L3 /2EI
iii. W L4 /3EI
iv. None of these
(h) Poisson’s ratio is.
i. ratio of lateral strain to the longitudinal strain.
ii. ratio of longitudinal strain to the lateral strain.
iii. ratio of lateral stress to the longitudinal stress.
iv. None of these
2. (a) Derive the bending equation stating the assumptions made. (6)
(b) Derive the relation between E and K. A bar having a cross-sectional area of 700mm2 is subjected
to axial loads as shown in Fig. 1 below. Determine the stress in the segment QR. (8)

Figure 1:

3. (a) Determine the ratio of maximum torsional shear stress developed in a solid circular cross-section
shaft and a hollow circular cross-section shaft made of the same material. Assume that the same
torque is applied on both the shaft and cross-section area is same. (6)
(b) A bimetallic cylinder bar of cross-sectional area 1m2 is made by bonding Steel (Young’s modulus
= 210GP a) and Aluminium (Young’s modulus = 70GP a) as shown in Fig. 2 below. Determine
the magnitude of the required force P (in kN) along the indicated direction to maintain tensile
axial strain of magnitude 10−6 in the Steel bar and compressive axial strain of magnitude of 10−6
in the Aluminium bar. (8)

Figure 2:

4. A material is subjected to two mutually perpendicular tensile direct stresses of 40 MPa and 30 MPa
together with a shear stress of 20 MPa, shear stress being clockwise on the face carrying the 40 MPa
tensile stress. Determine the following. (14)

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 Government Engineering College, Siwan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Branch : ME
Strength of Materials (102405) Total Marks : 70

(a) the normal, shear and resultant stresses on a plane making an angle of 40◦ counter-clockwise to
the plane of the 40 MPa stress.
(b) the principal stresses and their planes.
(c) Maximum shear stress and their planes.
5. (a) A square plate of dimension L×L is subjected to a uniform pressure load p = 250 MPa on its edges
as shown in the Fig. 3. Assume plane stress conditions. The Young’s modulus E = 200GP a.
The deformed shape is a square of dimension L − 2δ. If L = 2m and δ = 0.001m, Determine the
Poisson’s ratio of the plate material. (8)

Figure 3:

(b) Drive the expression for the longitudinal stress and hoop stress for a thin cylindrical pressure
vessel. Also, state the condition for a cylindrical pressure vessel to be considered as a thin
cylinder pressure vessel. (6)
6. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for the simple supported beam AB as shown in
Fig. 4. (14)

Figure 4:

7. For the I-section beam as shown in Fig. 5, Determine the moment of inertia about the neutral axis.
Also, find out the maximum bending stress in a cantilever beam of 5m span length having same
cross-section as in the Fig. and loaded with a uniform distributed load of 10 kN/m(14)
8. (a) Find the ratio of the dimensions of the strongest rectangular beam that can be cut from a circular
log of wood of diameter D. (8)

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 Government Engineering College, Siwan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Branch : ME
Strength of Materials (102405) Total Marks : 70

Figure 5:

(b) Derive the expression for the change in diameter and change in volume of a thin spherical shell
when it is subjected to an internal pressure of P. (6)
9. Determine the slope and deflection at the free end for the cantilever beam for the loading as given in
the Fig. 6. (14)

Figure 6: