B.E / B.
Tech DEGREE CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST-III, May - 2023
Fourth Semester
Department of Mechanical Engineering
CE3491 – Strength of Materials
(Regulation 2021)
Question Bank
Part B
UNIT I
1. At a certain point in a strained material, the stresses on two planes, at right
angles to each other are 80 MN/m2 and 60 MN/m2 both tensile. They are
accompanied by a shear stress of a magnitude of 20 MN/m2. Find the location of
principal planes and evaluate the principal stresses.
2. A reinforced concrete column 500 mm × 500 mm in a section is reinforced with 4
steel bars of 25 mm diameter; one in each corner, the column is carrying a load of
2 MN. Determine the stress in the concrete and steel bars. Take E for steel =
210×103 N/mm2 and E for concrete = 14×103 N/mm2
3. An axial pull of 40 kN is acting on a bar consisting of three sections of length 300
mm, 250 mm and 200 mm, and of diameters 20 mm , 40 mm and 50 mm
respectively. Find the stresses in each section and total extension of bar. Take E
= 2 x 105 N/mm2.
Unit II
1. A beam 12 m long is supported at two points 2 m from each end, so that there are two
equal overhanging portions. It carries concentrated loads of 4 kN, 3 kN and 5 kN at 1 m,
8 m and 12 m respectively from the left end. Draw the SF and BM diagrams. What are
the values of maximum BM and maximum SF?
2. A cantilever beam of length 3 m carries the point loads as shown in Figure 1.
Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for the cantilever beam.
3. A I section beam 350 mm × 250 mm has a web thickness of 12.5 mm and a flange thickness
of 25 mm. It carries a shearing force of 20 tonnes at a section. Sketch the shear stress
distribution across the section.
Unit III
1. A closed coil helical spring of 8 mm diameter wire with 12 coils of mean diameter 100 mm
carries an axial load of 400 N. Find the shear stress induced and deflection caused. What
is the strain energy stored? Take C = 8 X 106 N/cm2.
2. A hollow shaft of diameter ratio 3/8 is required to transmit 588 kW at 110 rpm.
The maximum torque exceeds the mean by 20%. The shear stress is limited to 63
N/mm² and the twist should not be more than 0.0081 rad. Calculate the external
diameter required satisfying both the conditions. Take G = 84 Gpa. Length = 3 m.
Unit IV
1. A beam of simply supported 6 m long supported at its ends is carrying a point load
of 50 kN at its centre. The moment of inertia of the beam is equal to 78 X 106 mm4
units. If E of the beam is 2.1 X 105 N/mm2, Calculate the deflection at the centre
by using any two methods.
2. A cantilever beam of length 4 m carries a UDL of 8 kN/m over the entire length.
If the section is rectangular of 150 mm X 260 mm, find the deflection and slope at
the free end using Double integration method and Macaulay’s method. Take E =
2.1 X 105 N/mm2.
3. A cantilever beam 6 m long carries two-point loads 15 kN at the free end and 25
kN at a distance of 2.5 m from free end. Find the slope and deflection at free end.
Take I = 1.3 X 108 mm4 and E = 2 X 105 N/mm2.
UNIT V
1. A hollow cylindrical drum 750 mm in diameter and 2.5 m long has a shell
thickness of 10 mm. If the drum is subjected to an internal pressure of 2.6 N/mm2,
Determine i) Change in diameter, ii) Change in length and iii) Change in volume.
Take E = 2.1 X 105 and poisson’s ratio = 0.3.
2. A thick spherical shell of 200 mm internal diameter is subjected to an internal
fluid pressure of 20 N/mm2. If the permissible stress is 100 N/mm2, find the
thickness of the shell.
3. Find the thickness of metal necessary for a cylindrical shell of internal diameter
150 mm to withstand an internal pressure of 25 N/mm2. The maximum hoop
stress in the section is not to exceed 125 N/mm2.
PART C
1. Two plans AB and AC which are right angles carry shear stress of intensity 17.5
N/mm2 while these planes also carry a tensile stress of 70 N/mm2 and a
compressive stress of 35 N/mm2 respectively. Determine the following (i)
Principal planes. (ii) Principal stresses. (iii) Maximum shear stress and planes
on which it acts.
2. A mild steel rod of 2 cm internal diameter and 30 cm long is enclosed centrally
inside a hollow copper tube of external diameter 30 mm and internal diameter of
25 mm. The ends of the tube and rods are brazed together, and the composite bar
is subjected to an axial pull of 50 kN. If E for steel and copper is 200 GN/m 2 and
100 GN/m2 respectively, find the stresses developed in the rod and tube.
3. The cross section of the beam is shown in Figure. This beam is of cantilever type
and carries a UDL of 16 kN/m. If the span of the beam is 2.5 m, determine the
maximum tensile and compressive stresses in the beam.
4. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for the loaded beam shown
in Figure 3.
