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PSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY(Autonomous)
B.E / B.Tech DEGREE END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, Nov /Dec 2015

BE / MECHANICAL
Semester - III
010004/110004 / MECHANICS OF SOLIDS
Regulation R2012 & R2013
Time : 3 Hours

Answer ALL Questions

Max. Marks 100

PART-A (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)

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Define factor of safety

Write down the relation between youngs modulus and bulk modulus
Differentiate sagging and hogging moment
List down the important assumptions made in the theory of simple bending
A solid shaft of 150mm diameter is used to transmit torque. Find the maximum torque

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transmitted by the shaft it the maximum shear stress induced to the shaft is 45 N/mm2
List down the two important types of springs
What are the various methods to findout the slope and deflection at a section in a loaded beam
Define slenderness ratio
Name the two joints in the cylindrical shells also the indicate stress associated with each joint?
What is meant by principal planes.
PART B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

11.

a)

A tensile load of 40kN is acting on a rod of diameter 40mm and of length 4m. A

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bore of diameter 20mm is made centrally on the rod. To what length the rod should
be bored so that the total extension will increase 30% under the same tensile load.
Take E = 2 x 105 N/mm2
b

OR
A steel tube of 30mm external diameter and 20mm internal diameter encloses a

copper rod of 15mm diameter to which it is rigidly joined at each end. If, at a

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temperature of 10C there is no longitudinal stress, calculate the stresses in the rod
and tube when the temperature is raised to 200C. Take E for steel and copper as 2.1
x105 N/mm2and 1x 105 N/mm2 respectively. The value of co-efficient of linear
expansion for steel and copper is given as 11 x 10 -6 per C and 18 x 10-6 per C
respectively.
12.

a) A simply supported beam of length 5m carries a uniformly increasing load of

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800N/m run at one end to 1600N/m at the other end. Draw the shear force and
bending moment diagrams for the beam, also calculate the position and magnitude
of maximum bending moment
b

OR
A square beam 20mm x 20mm in section and 2m long is supported at the ends. The

beam fails when a point load of 400N is applied at the centre of the beam. What

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uniformly distributed load per length will break a cantilever of the same material
40mm wide, 60mm deep and 3m long?
13.

a) A hollow shaft is 1m long and has external diameter 50mm. It has 20mm internal

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diameter for a part of the length and 30mm internal diameter for the rest of the
length. If the maximum shear stress in it is not to exceed 80 N/mm 2, determine the
maximum power transmitted by it at a speed of 300 r.p.m. If the twists produced in

the two portions of the shafts are equal, find the lengths of the two portions
OR
The stiffness of a close coiled helical spring is 1.5 N/mm of compression under a

maximum load of 60N. The maximum shearing stress produced in the wre of the

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spring is 125N/mm2. The solid length of the spring (when the coils are touching) is
given as 5cm. find :(i) diameter of wire, (ii) mean diameter of the coils and (iii)
number of coils required, Take C = 4.5 x 104 N/mm2
14.

a) A beam of length 5m and of uniform rectangular section is simply supported at its

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ends. It carries a uniformly distributed load of 9kN/m run over the entire length.
Calculate the width and depth of the beam if permissible bending stress is 7 N/mm 2

and central deflection is not to exceed 1cm.

OR
A beam of length 6m is simply supported at its ends and carries two point loads of

48kN and 40kN at a distance of 1m and 3m respectively from the left support. Find
i.
ii.
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Deflection under each load

Maximum deflection
The point at which maximum deflection occurs

Given E= 2 x 105 N/mm2 and I = 85 x 106 mm4

15.

a) A boiler shell is to be mase of 15mm thick plate having a limiting tensile stress of
120 N/mm2. If the efficiencies of the longitudinal and circumferential joints are
70% and 30% respectively determine:

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i.
ii.

The maximum permissible diameter of the shell for an internal pressure of

2N/mm2
Permissible intensity of internal pressure when the shell diameter is 1.5m

OR
At a certain point in a material under stress the intensity of the resultant stress on a

vertical plane is 1000N/cm2 inclined at 30 to the normal to that plane and the stress
on a horizontal plane has a normal tensile component of intensity 600 N/cm 2 as
shown in figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant stress on the
horizontal plane and the principal stresses.

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