DAYANANDA SAGAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Shavige Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore 560 078.

(An Autonomous Institute affiliated to VTU, Approved by AICTE & ISO 9001:2008 Certified)
Accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with A grade

DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Assignment I
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Assignment display date: 20-08-2016

Sub Code: ME34

Assignment Submission date: 06-09-2015, before 5pm

All Questions are to be answered compulsorily

Q.No

Question Description

1 a Describe stress-strain relationship showing salient points on the diagram.

b A vertical circular steel bar of length 3l fixed at both of its ends is loaded at intermediate sections by forces
W and 2W as shown in Fig.Q1(b). Determine the end reactions if W= 1.5 kN.

2 a The tensile lest was conducted on a mild steel bar. The following data was obtained from the test:
Diameter of steel bar= 16mm; Gauge length of the bar = 80mm; Load at proportionality limit = 72 kN;
Extension at a load of 60 kN = 0.115mm; Load at failure = 80 kN; Final gauge length of bar = 104mm;
Diameter of the rod at failure = 12mm. Determine: i) Young's modulus; ii) Proportionality limit, iii) True
breaking stress and iv) Percentage elongation.
b A brass bar having cross-sectional area 300mm' is subjected to axial forces as .shown in Fig. Q. 2(b).
Determine the total elongation of the bar. E = 84 GPa.

Fig. Q. 2(b)

Fig. Q1(b)

Fig. Q.3b

Fig.Q.3a

Fig..Q.5b

Fig. Q.6b

3 a A bar of 800mm length is attached rigidly at A and B as shown in Fig. Q.3a. Forces of 30 kN and 60 kN act
as shown on the bar. If E=200 MPa, Determine the reactions at the two ends. If the bar diameter is 25 mm,
find the stresses and change in length of each portion.
b A stepped bar having circular sections of diameter 1.5D and D are shown in Fig. Q.3b. If and E are the
weight density and Young's modulus of elasticity respectively, Determine the extension of the bar due to its
own weight.

4 a Establish a relationship between the modulus of elasticity and the modulus of rigidity.
b A rectangular bar of cross-section 30 mm x 60 mm and length 200 mm is restrained from expansion along its
30 mm x 200 mm sides by surrounding material. Find the change in dimension and volume when a
compressive force of 180 kN acts in axial direction. Take E=2x105 N/mm2 and =0.3. Predict the changes if
surrounding material can restrain only 50% of expansion on 30 mm x 200 mm side?

a A 12 mm diameter steel rod passes centrally through a copper tube 48 mm external diameter and 36 mm

internal diameter and 2.50 m long. The tube is closed at each end by 24 mm thick steel plates which are
secured by nuts. The nuts are tightened until the copper tube is reduced in length by 0.508 mm. The whole
assembly is then raised in temperature by 60C. Examine the stresses in copper and steel before and after
raising the temperature, assuming the thickness of the plates remain to be unchanged. Take Es = 210 GPa ;
Ec = 105 GPa; s= 1.2x10-5/C ; c= 1.75x10-5/C
AB is a rigid bar and has an hinged support at C as shown in fig. Q.5b. A steel and an aluminium bar
support it at ends A and B respectively. The bars were stress free at room temperature. Predict the stresses
induced, when the temperature rises by 40C?

a Derive an expression for normal and tangential stresses on an inclined plane when an element subjected to
b

bi-axial direct stress along with shear stress. Also obtain the expressions for maximum and minimum
principal stresses and their direction and maximum shear stress and their direction.
At a certain point in a material under stress the intensity of the resultant stress on a vertical plane is 1000
N/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/cm2 as shown in Fig. Q.6b. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
resultant stress on the horizontal plane and the principal stresses.