ASSIGNMENT # 1

ME202 Solid Mechanics PDPM-IIITDM, Jabalpur (M.P.) 1. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for the figure 1.1 shown below.

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2. Figure 1.2 shows a bending moment diagram for a beam. Draw the corresponding shear force diagram. 3. A uniformly loaded beam with three supports is shown in figure 1.3. Find out the supporting forces. 4. A beam ABC is 9 m long and supported at B and C, 6 m apart as shown in Fig 1.4. The beam carries a triangular distribution of load over the portion BC together with an applied counterclockwise couple of moment 80 kN m at Band a u.d.1. of 10 kN/m over AB. Draw the S.F. and B.M. diagrams for the beam. Find the location and magnitude of maximum bending moment and the point of contraflexure, if any.
10 N/m

10 m

20 m

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5. (a) A compound bar consists of four brass wires of 2.5 mm diameter and one steel wire of 1.5 mm diameter. Determine the stresses in each of the wires when the bar supports a load of 500 N. Assume all of the wires are of equal lengths. (b) Calculate the equivalent or combined modulus for the compound bar and determine its total extension if it is initially 0.75 m long. Hence check the values of the stresses obtained in part (a). For brass E = 100 GN/m2 and for steel E = 200 GN/m2. 6. Derive an expression for the total extension of the tapered bar of circular cross-section shown in Fig. 1.5, when it is subjected to an axial tensile load W. 7. The coupling shown in Fig. 1.6 is constructed from steel of rectangular cross-section and is designed to transmit a tensile force of 50 kN. If the bolt is of 15 mm diameter calculate:

(a) The shear stress in the bolt; (b) The direct stress in the plate; (c) The direct stress in the forked end of the coupling.

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8. A flitched beam consists of two 50 mm x 200 mm wooden beams and a 12 mm x 80 mm steel plate. The plate is placed centrally between the wooden beams and recessed into each so that, when rigidly joined, the three units form a 100 mm x 200 mm section as shown in Fig. 1.7. Determine the moment of resistance of the flitched beam when the maximum bending stress in the timber is 12 MN/m2. What will then be the maximum bending stress in the steel? For steel E = 200 GN/m2; for wood E = 10 GN/m2. 9. A vertical flag staff, standing 10m above the ground, is of square cross section throughout, the dimensions being 16cm x 16cm at the ground tapering uniformly to 8cm x 8cm at the top. A horizontal pull of 500 N is applied at the top, the direction of loading being along a diagonal of the section. Calculate the maximum stress due to bending. 10. A simply supported beam has a span of 6m and carries a distributed load which varies in a linear manner from 30 kN/m at one support to 90 kN/m at the other support. Locate the point of maximum bending moment and calculate the value of this maximum. Sketch the S.F. and B.M. diagrams.

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