1.
A steel rood on bridge must be made to
withstand a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the diameter
of the rod assuming a factor of safety of 5 and
ultimate stress of 64000 psi.
a. 0.75
b. 0.84
c. 0.79
d. 0.71
2. An iron column of annular cross – section has
an outside diameter of 200 mm and is subjected
to a force of 75 kN. Find the thickness of the
wall if the allowable compressive stress is 10
MPa.
a. 12.75mm
b. 17.75mm
c. 15.75mm
d. 13.75mm
3.
4. What modulus of elasticity in tension is
required to obtain a unit deformation of
0.00105 from a load producing a unit tensile
stress of 44000 psi?
a. 42.30 x 10^6 psi
b. 41.20 x 10^6 psi
c. 43.10 x 10^6 psi
d. 41.91 x 10^6 psi
5. A 2 in solid shaft is driven by a 36 gear and
transmit power at 120 rpm. If allowable
shearing stress is 12 ksi, what horsepower can
be transmitted?
a. 29.89 hp
b. 35.89 hp
c. 38.89 hp
d. 34.89 hp
6. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035
m and an outer diameter of 0.06 m. Compute
the torque if the shear stress is not to exceed
120 MPa.
a. 4500 N-m
b. 4100 N-m
c. 4300 N-m
d. 4150 N-m
7. Determine the thickness of a steel air
receiver with 30 in diameter and pressure load
of 120 psi, design stress of 8000 psi.
a. ¼ in
b. 5/8 in
c. 3/8 in
d. ½ in
8. A spherical tank with 10 inches inside
diameter contains oxygen gas at 2500 psi.
Calculate the required wall thickness in mm
under stress of 28000 psi.
a. 7.34 mm
b. 5.66 mm
c. 4.44 mm
d. 3.54 mm
9. A flanged bolt coupling has ten steel 25.4 mm
diameter bolts evenly tighten around a 415 mm
bolt circle. Determine the torque capacity of the
connection if the allowable shearing stress in
the bolt is 50 MPa.
a. 59.95 kN-m
b. 52.60 kN-m
c. 46.15 kN-m
d. 43.80 kN-m
10. A steel string 10 m long hanging vertically
supports a tensile load of 1000 N. Neglecting
weight of the wire, determine the required
diameter if the total elongation is not exceeding
2.5 mm (Assume E = 200 GPa)
a. 6.04 mm
b. 5.50 mm
c. 5.05 mm
d. 3.37 mm
11. An elevator is support by a 5/16 inch
diameter cable, 1500 ft long. When the elevator
carrier a 1500 lb, the cable elongates 6 inches
more. What is the modulus of elasticity of the
cable?
a. 5.87 x 10^7 psi
b. 4.35 x 10^7 psi
c. 3.42 x 10^7 psi
d. 2.34 x 10^7 psi
12. A steel railroad rails 10 m long are laid with
clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15 C. At
what temperature will the rails just touch? If
there were no initial clearance. Assume the
coefficient of linear expansion is 11.7 um/m-C
and E = 200 GPa
a. 40.64 C
b. 34.56 C
c. 23.45 C
d. 45.43 C
13. What is tensile load if a ½ in x 4 in x 12 ft
steel tie rod experience an 80 F temperature
decrease from no stress temperature? Use
coefficient of linear expansion as 6.5 x10^-6/F.
E = 3 x 10^7 psi.
a. 31200 lb
b. 42400 lb
c. 23000 lb
d. 23400 lb
14. A simply support beam 9 meters long carries
concentrated loads of 100 kN at every one third
section. Compute the maximum moment of the
beam.
a. 450 kN-m
b. 300 kN-m
c. 200 kN-m
d. 150 kN-m
15. A steel beam 2 m in length is simply
supported at each end and carries a
concentrated load of 100 kN acting 0.5 m from
the left end of the supports. Determine the
maximum bending stress set up in the beam if
the cross-sectional is rectangular 100 mm wide
by 150 mm deep.
a. 100 MPa
b. 120 MPa
c. 97 MPa
d. 150 MPa
16. For a given, the modulus of elasticity is
15,000,000 psi in tension and 6,000,000 psi in
shear. Determine the Poisson’s ratio for this
material.
a. 0.4
b. 0.25
c. 0.3
d. 0.5
17. A 1000 lb force acts at the end of a 10 ft
cantilever beam. The section modulus for the
steel beam is 8 in3. How much stress is
included.
a. 10,000 psi
b. 15,000 psi
c. 12,000 psi
d. 14,200 psi
18. A lap joint consists of steel plate 250 mm by
18 mm in thickness is connected 4 pcs of 20 mm
diameter rivets. Compute the bearing capacity
of the rivet connection if the allowable bearing
stress is 210 MPa.
a. 302,400 N
b. 360,200 N
c. 420,340 N
d. 460,240 N
19. A hollow bronze tube has an outer diameter
of 2 in and an inner diameter of 1 ½ in and is 12
in long. A crank 15 in long is keyed to one end
and the other end is held rigidly. The modulus
of rigidity is 10,000,000 psi. Compute the
angular movement of the end of the crank
when the load of 358 lb is applied.
a. 0.344 deg
b. 0.543 deg
c. 0.454 deg
d. 0.434 deg