Code: 15A01308 R15

B.Tech II Year I Semester (R15) Regular & Supplementary Examinations November/December 2018
MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
(Mechanical Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
PART – A
(Compulsory Question)
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1 Answer the following: (10 X 02 = 20 Marks)
(a) Define Hooke’s law.
(b) State the minimum principle stress theory.
(c) Draw the bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam of span L m subject to UDL of w/m.
(d) What is meant by point of contraflexure?
(e) Define neutral axis of a cross section.
(f) Define the term section modulus.
(g) Why hollow circular shafts are preferred when compared to solid circular shafts?
(h) Write down the expression for deflection at any section of a simply supported beam with an eccentric
point load using Macaulay’s method.
(i) Distinguish between thin walled cylinder and thick walled cylinder.
(j) How will you determine the hoop stresses in a thick compound cylinder?

PART – B
(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)
UNIT – I
2 A compound tube consists of a steel tube 140 mm internal diameter and 160 mm external diameter and
an outer brass tube 160 mm internal diameter and 180 mm external diameter. The two tubes are of the
same length. The compound tube carries an axial load of 900 kN. Find the stresses and the load carried
by each tube and the amount it shortens. Length of each tube is 140 mm. Take E for steel as 2X105
N/mm2 and for brass as 1X105 N/mm2.
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3 A steel tube of 30 mm external diameter and 20 mm internal diameter encloses a copper rod of 15 mm
diameter to which it is rigidly joined at each end. If, at a temperature of 10oC there is no longitudinal
stress, calculate the stresses in the rod and tube when the temperature is raised to 200oC. Take E for
steel and copper as 2.1X105 N/mm2 and 1X105 N/mm2 respectively. The value of co-efficient of linear
expansion for steel and copper is given as 11X10-6 per oC and 18X10-6 per oC respectively.
UNIT – II
4 A fixed beam of span 8 m carries an UDL of 2 kN/m over a length of 4 m from the left support and a
concentrated load of 10 kN at a distance of 6 m from the left support. Find the fixed end moments and
draw the B.M and S.F diagrams.
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5 Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for overhanging beam carrying uniformly distributed
load of 2 kN/m over the entire length and a point load of 2 kN as shown in figure below. Locate the point
of contraflexure.

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UNIT – III
6 A cast iron beam is of I-section as shown in figure below. The beam is simply supported on a span of
5 m. If the tensile stress is not to exceed 20 N/mm2, find the safe uniform load which the beam can carry.
Find also the maximum compressive stress.

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7 The shear force acting on a section of a beam is 50 kN. The section of the beam is of T-shaped of
dimensions 100 mm X 100mm X 20mm as shown in figure. The moment of inertia about the horizontal
neutral axis is 314.221X104 mm4. Calculate the shear stress at the neutral axis and at the junction of the
web and the flange.

UNIT – IV
8 Determine the diameter of a solid shaft which will transmit 300 kW at 250 r.p.m. The maximum shear
stress should not exceed 30 N/mm2 and twist should not be more than 1o in a shaft length of 2 m. Take
modulus of rigidity = 1 X 105 N/mm2.
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9 A beam of length 5 m and of uniform rectangular section is simply supported at its ends. It carries a
uniformly distributed load of 9 kN/m run over the entire length. Calculate the width and depth of the beam
if permissible bending stress is 7 N/mm2 and central deflection is not to exceed 1 cm. Take E for the
beam material as 1X105 N/mm2.
UNIT – V
10 A thin cylinder of internal diameter 2 cm contains a fluid at an internal pressure of 3 N/mm2. Determine
the maximum thickness of the cylinder if
(i) The longitudinal stress is not to exceed 30 N/mm2.
(ii) The circumferential stress is not to exceed 40 N/mm2.
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11 A steel cylinder of 300 mm external diameter is to be shrunk to another steel cylinder of 150 mm internal
diameter. After shrinking the diameter at the junction is 250 mm and radial pressure at the common
junction is 28 N/mm2. Find the original difference in radii at the junction. Take E = 2X105 N/mm2.
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