Mechanics of Solids (303104155) Assignment
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Two forces of 100 N and 150 N are acting simultaneously at a point. What is
the resultant of these two forces, if the angle between them is 45°?
2. Find the magnitude of the two forces, such that if they act at right angles,
their resultant is 10 N. But if they Act at 60°, their resultant is 13 N.
3. A triangle ABC has its side AB = 40 mm along positive x-axis and side BC =
30 mm along positive y-axis. Three forces of 40 N, 50 N and 30 N act along
the sides AB, BC and CA respectively. Determine magnitude of the resultant
of such a system of forces.
4. A beam AB of length 5 m supported at A and B carries two-point loads W1
and W2 of 3 kN and 5 kN which are 1 m apart. If the reaction at B is 2 kN
more than that at A, find the distance between the support A and the load
3 kN.
5. Three forces acting on a particle are in equilibrium. The angles between the
first and second is 90° and that between the second and third is 120°. Find
the ratio of the forces.
Chapter 2: Centroid and moment of inertia
1. A square hole is punched out of circular lamina, the diagonal of the square
being the radius of the circle as shown in figure. Find the centroid of the
remainder, if r is the radius of the circle.
2. A semicircle of 90 mm radius is cut out from a trapezium as shown in figure.
Find the position of the center of gravity of the figure.
3. Find the centroid of an unequal angle section 100 mm × 80 mm × 20 mm.
4. An isosceles triangular section ABC has base width 80 mm and height 60
mm. Determine the moment of inertia of the section about the centre of
gravity of the section and the base BC.
5. Determine the moments of inertia of the section about horizontal and
vertical axes passing through the centroid of the section.
Chapter 3: Beams
1. Find the reactions at supports A and B of the loaded beam shown in figure.
2. Determine the reactions at A and B of the overhanging beam shown in
figure.
3. A beam of span 8 m has roller support at A and hinge support at B as shown
in figure. Draw SF and BM diagrams when the beam is subjected to UDL, a
concentrated load and an externally applied moment as shown in the
figure.
4. Draw BM and SF diagrams for the overhanging beam shown in figure.
5. Determine the reactions and construct the shear force and bending
moment diagrams for the beam shown in figure. Mark the salient points
and the values at those points.
Chapter 4: Friction
1. Block A weighing 1000 N rests over block B which weighs 2000 N as shown
in figure. Block A is tied to a wall with a horizontal string. If the coefficient
of friction between A and B is 1/4 and that between B and the floor is 1/3,
what value of force P is required to create impending motion if (a) P is
horizontal, (b) P acts 30° upwards to horizontal?
2. An effort of 200 N is required just to move a certain body up an inclined
plane of angle 15° the force acting parallel to the plane. If the angle of
inclination of the plane is made 20° the effort required, again applied
parallel to the plane, is found to be 230 N. Find the weight of the body and
the coefficient of friction.
3. A load of 1.5 kN, resting on an inclined rough plane, can be moved up the
plane by a force of 2 kN applied horizontally or by a force 1.25 kN applied
parallel to the plane. Find the inclination of the plane and the coefficient of
friction.
4. What is the value of P in the system shown in figure to cause the motion to
impend? Assume the pulley is smooth and coefficient of friction between
the other contact surfaces is 0.2.
5. A ladder 5 meters long rests on a horizontal ground and leans against a
smooth vertical wall at an angle 70° with the horizontal. The weight of the
ladder is 900 N and acts at its middle. The ladder is at the point of sliding,
when a man weighing 750N stands on a rung 1.5 meter from the bottom of
the ladder. Calculate the coefficient of friction between the ladder and the
floor.
Chapter 5: Simple Stresses and Strains
1. A Surveyor’s steel tape 30 m long has a cross-section of 15 mm × 0.75 mm.
With this, line AB is measured as 150 m. If the force applied during
measurement is 120 N more than the force applied at the time of
calibration, what is the actual length of the line?
2. The stepped bar shown in figure is made up of two different materials. The
material 1 has Young’s modulus = 2 × 105 N/mm2, while that of material 2 is
1 × 105 N/mm2. Find the extension of the bar under a pull of 30 kN if both
the portions are 20 mm in thickness.
3. A bar of 25 mm diameter is tested in tension. It is observed that when a
load of 60 kN is applied, the extension measured over a gauge length of 200
mm is 0.12 mm and contraction in diameter is 0.0045 mm. Find Poisson’s
ratio and elastic constants E, G, K.
4. A circular rod of 25 mm diameter and 500 mm long is subjected to a tensile
force of 60 kN. Determine modulus of rigidity, bulk modulus and change in
volume if Poisson’s ratio = 0.3 and Young’s modulus E = 2 × 105 N/mm2.
5. A 400 mm long bar has rectangular cross-section 10 mm × 30 mm. This bar
is subjected to
(i) 15 kN tensile force on 10 mm × 30 mm faces,
(ii) 80 kN compressive force on 10 mm × 400 mm faces, and
(iii) 180 kN tensile force on 30 mm × 400 mm faces.
Find the change in volume if E = 2 × 105 N/mm2 and μ = 0.3.