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DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BOLTON STREET, DUBLIN 1

Degree Examination in Mechanical

Engineering

THIRD YEAR: January

Semester

MECHANICS

2015

OF MATERIALS

David Kennedy, PhD

Paddy Mac Narnara

Answer 4 of the following

All questions

carry equal marks

Time Allowed:
Thursday

20JS

DJT

8th

January

7 questions

2 'I, hours

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- 12.00pm

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1.

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(a) A horizontal shaft of 70 mm diameter is ounted between bearings 0.5 m

apart, a flywheel weighing 400 kg is attached to the shaft midway between the
bearings. The shaft transmits 3000 W at 360 rpm.
Determine:
(i) The Torque on the shaft
(ii) The maximum bending moment on the shaft.
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(b) Calculate

,and

(4 marks)
(6 marks)
(8 marks)

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the principal

stresses and the maximum

shear stress at the ends of:

(i) A vertical diameter

(ii) A horizontal diameter

(3 marks)
(4 marks)

Both lie in a plane close to the flywheel.

2.

A solid circular shaft has a diameter of 100 mm and is transmitting torque and
subject also to a bending moment of 5 kNm. What is the maximum torque possible
if failure is considered to occur according to.
(a)
The maximum principal stress theory
(9 marks)
(b)
The maximum shear stress theory
(9 marks)
Cc)
The maximum total strain energy per unit volume theory.
(7 marks)
The material has an elastic limit in simple tension of 200 MPa and Poisson's
of 0.3.

3.

(a) Determine, by derivation using the direct integration method, equations for
Deflection and Slope for a cantilever with uniformly distributed load.
(8 marks)
Include appropriate diagram.
(2 marks)
(b) A simply supported beam of length 3m has concentrated
the left hand end and 60 kN at 2 m from the same end.
The beam has El = 20 MN m2
(i) Determine

the reaction

loads at RA and RB

Using Macaulays
method, determine;
(ii) Equations for bending moment, slope and deflection.
(iii) Using boundary conditions the value of the constants.
(iv) The deflection of the beam under the 40 kN load
(i v) The slope of the beam under the 40 kN load

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ratio

loads of 40 kN at I m

(2 marks)

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A horizontal beam of uniform section and 6 m long is simply supported at its ends.
Two vertical concentrated loads of 48 kN and 40 kN act 1 m and 3 m respectively
from the left hand support.
(i) Determine

the reaction

loads at RA and RB

(2 marks)

Using Macaulay's method, determine:

(ii) Equations for bending moment, slope and deflection.
(8 marks)
(iii) Using boundary conditions the value of the constants.
(3 marks)
(iv) The position of the maximum deflection.
(4 marks)
(v) The magnitude of the maximum deflection.
(3 marks)
(vi) Show how you can prove any assumption made about the locations of
maximum deflection.
(5 marks)
The 2nd moment of area, I, of the beam cross section is 85 x 10-6 m4. E=200 GN/m2

5.

For a semi-elliptic carriage spring. determine

(i ) The stress in the spring.
(ii) The maximum deflection.

6.

Show by derivation (15 marks), including diagrams

General Case of Shear Stress due to Bending.

by derivation

equations for:
(10 marks)
(lS marks)

(10 marks), that for the

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The Shear Stress: T = --

lb
7.

(a) Show by derivation, including diagrams, that the formula for the shear stress
distribution in a beam of rectangular cross section is given by:
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(b) A uniform I section beam has flanges 100 mm wide by 12 mm thick and a web
126 mm long and 12 mm thick. At a certain section there is a shearing force of 100
KN, find the maximum shear stress at that section.
(l0 marks)

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