QUIZ 1

1.) A ¼ inch aluminum wire is 12 ft. long and is stretched ½ in under a given load. What is
the applied load (kg)?

2.) A simply supported rectangular beam 75mm wide by 125mm deep carries a uniform load
of 3,990 N/m over its entire length. What is the maximum length of the beam (feet) if the
flexural stress is limited to 20 Mpa.

3.) A simply supported beam 54in. long with a load of 4kips at the center is made of cast
steel, SAE 080 (Sy= 30 ksi.) The cross-section is rectangular (let h = 3b). Determine the
height of the beam (inches) if F.S.= 3 based on the yield strength.
4.) A prismatic bar at 10° C is constrained in a rigid concrete wall. The bar is 1m. long and
has a cross-sectional area of 2600mm². What is the axial force (kN) in the bar if the
temperature is raised to 50°C? E=200 GPa, coefficient of thermal expansion is 9.4x10^-
6/°𝐶.

5.) For a material following Hooke’s Law, the values of elastic and shear moduli are 260GPa
and 100GPa, respectively. What is Poisson’s ratio?

6.) What would be the maximum stress (MPa) in a steel cantilever beam holding a mass of
500kg. at its end if it is 3m. long and is made of 150mm wide by 300mm high?
7.) A steel hollow tube is used to carry a tensile load of 100kN at a stress of 100MPa. If the
outside diameter is eight times the tube thickness, determine the outside diameter (mm)
of the tube.

8.) A steel rod with a cross-sectional area of 160mm² is to attached between two fixed points
1.50m apart. If the rod is too short by 0.25mm, find the stress (MPa) applied to put the
rod back to fitness. E=200,000MPa.

9.) A short compression with Do=1.5Di is to support a dead load of 15 tons. The material is
to be 4130 steel, WQT 1000°𝐹 (Su= 123 ksi, Sy= 110 ksi, Nu= 4, Ny= 2). Calculate
inside diameter (inches) on the basis of yield strength.

10.) A hole is to be punched out of plate having a shear strength of 50 ksi. The
compressive stress in the punch is limited to 60 ksi. Compute the maximum thickness
(mm) of the plate in which a hole 1inch in diameter can be punched.
QUIZ 2:

1.) A ductile material having an endurance limit of 180Mpa and yield point at 270 Mpa is
stressed under variable load. The maximum and minimum stresses are 120MPa and
50MPa. The available factor of safety for this loading is?

2.) A bar of circular cross-section is subjected to alternating tensile forces varying from a
minimum of 200kN to a maximum of 500kN. It is to be manufactured of a material with
an ultimate tensile strength of 900MPa and an endurance limit of 700MPa. Determine the
diameter (mm) of bar using safety factor of 3.5 and a stress concentration factor of 1.65
for fatigue load. Use Goodman straight line as basis for design.

3.) A bar is subjected to fluctuating tensile load from 30kN to 90kN. The material has yield
strength of 24MPa and endurance limit in reversed bending is 150MPa. According to
Soderberg principle, the area of cross-section in mm² of the bar for a factor of safety of 2
is?
4.) Bending stress in a machine part fluctuates between a tensile stress of 150MPa and
compressive stress of 70MPa. If a factor of safety of 2 is used, what should be the
minimum ultimate tensile strength (MPa) to carry this fluctuation according to Goodman
formula?

5.) A thin spherical pressure vessel of 200mm diameter and 2mm thickness is subjected to an
internal pressure varying from 4 to 8MPa. Assume that the yield, ultimate and endurance
strength of material are 600, 800, 330 MPa respectively. The factor of safety as per
Soderberg relation is?

6.) A cylindrical tank has a mean radius of 20cm and thickness of 5cm. It is subjected to an
external pressure of 140 kg/cm² and maximum internal pressure of 900 kg/cm².
Determine the maximum internal tangential stress of the tank in MPa.
7.) Boiler tubes with inside diameter of 50mm are used in handling 20MPa of steam.
Determine the thickness of tubes (mm) necessary for an allowable stress of 80 MPa.

8.) A long thin-walled cylindrical shell, closed at both ends, is subjected to an internal
pressure. What is the ratio of the hoop stress to longitudinal stress developed in the shell?

9.) A round vertical steel tank has inside diameter of 1m and 5m height. It contains alcohol
with a density of 0.78945 g/mL. If the allowable tensile stress is 4MPa, find the minimum
thickness required in mm.
 10.) A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel is subjected to an internal pressure which varies
from 1MPa to 3MPa continuously. The diameter of the shell is 150cm. Find the required
thickness (mm) of the cylinder wall based on the yield point of 480 MPa, net endurance limit of
200MPa and factor of safety of 2.

QUIZ 3
1.) A round steel shaft rotates 250rpm and is subjected to a torque of 2,500 lb-in. The allowable
shearing stress is 7,500 psi. It is subjected to a bending moment of 3,600 lb-in. The allowable
tensile stress is 9,000 psi, find the shaft in diameter in inches.

2.) A motor is used to drive a centrifugal pump that discharges 1,050 gallon/min of mineral oil at
a head of 5m. The pump efficiency is 70% and running at 500 rpm. Find the torsional stress of
the shaft in MPa if shaft diameter is 1.5in and density of mineral oil is 870 kg/m^3.
3.) Determine the safe horsepower that can be transmitted by a 12ft steel transmission shafting
running at 250 rpm. Shaft is subjected to bending action of pulleys and consider that the torsional
deflection will not exceed 0.08°/ft length.

4.) Determine the length in meters of the shortest 2mm diameter copper wire which can be
twisted through two complete turns without exceeding a shearing stress of 70MPa.

5.) A solid circular shaft of diameter d is subjected to a pure torsional load T. When same load is
applied to a hollow shaft of outside diameter d and ratio of inside to outside diameter is √0.5,
ratio of stress in the solid shaft to that of the hollow shaft will be?
6.) A steel shaft transmits 40 Hp at 1400rpm. Considering allowable shearing stress based on
pure torsion to be 5000 psi. Find the torsional deflection of the shaft in degrees per foot.

7.) A 2.5" diameter solid shaft is desired to replace a hollow shaft having 2.75" outside diameter.
Consider the strength and material to be the same, determine the percent weight saved.

8.) What is the polar moment of inertia in English unit of a solid shaft that has a torque of 2kN-m
and a stress of 30MPa.
9.) A cast-iron pulley transmits 65.5Hp at 1750rpm. The 1045 as-rolled (Sy=59ksi) shaft to
which it is to be keyed is 1 3/4" in diameter; key material, cold drawn 1020 (Sy= 66ksi).
Compute the length of flat key (w=3/8"; t=1/4") needed in inches. Use F.S.= 1.5

10.) A 20mm thick flange coupling connects two shafts in order to transmit 250 kW at 100rpm.
It uses 8 bolts with a diameter of 20mm located at a 210 mm bolt circle diameter. Determine the
factor of safety based on compression between the bolt and flange. The yield point of the bolt is
280MPa.