Assignment No: 1
(Submission deadline: 16-04-2020 (upto 4.00 pm))
Note: 1) Make Assignment on separate copy or on A4 size pages and these pages should
be attached in file cover during submission.
2) The Assignment will not be taken after deadline.
Torsion
1. A closely coiled helical spring is to carry a load of 500 N. Its mean the coil diameter is to
be 10 times that of wire diameter. Calculate these diameters if the maximum shear stress
in the material of the spring is to be 80 N/mm2. (Ans: d= 1.26cm, D= 12.6cm)
2. In the above problem, if the stiffness of the spring is 20 N per mm deflection and modulus
of rigidity = 8.6 x 104 N/mm2, find the number of coils in the closely coiled helical spring.
(Ans; n=7)
3. A closed coiled helical spring of round steel wire 10 mm in diameter having 10 complete
turns with a mean diameter of 12 cm is subjected to an axial load of 200 N. Determine : i)
the deflection of the spring, ii) maximum shear stress in the wire, iii) stiffness of the
spring. Take C = 8 x 104 N/mm2. (Ans. i) 34.5 mm, ii) 61.1 N/mm2, iii) 5.8 N/mm.
Shear Force and Bending Moment
4. A simply supported beam AB of length 6 m is hinged at A and B. It is subjected a
clockwise couple of 24 kNm at a distance of 2 m from the left end A. Draw the S.F and B.M
Diagrams.
5. A beam 10 m long and simply supported at each end, has a uniformly distributed load of
1000 N/m extending from the left end upto the centre of the beam. There is also an anti-
clockwise couple of 15 kNm at a distance of 2.5 m from the right end. Draw the S.F and B.M
diagrams.
6. A simply supported beam of length 8 m rests on supports 6 m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m. The beam carries a uniformly distributed load of 1500 N/m over the
entire length. Draw S.F and B.M diagrams and find the point of contraflexure, if any.
7. A beam of length 6 m is simply supported at the ends and carries a uniformly distributed
load of 1.5 kN/m run and three concentrated loads of 1 kN. 2 kN and 3 kN acting at a
distance of 1.5 m, 3 m and 4.5 m respectively from left end. Draw the S.F and B.M diagrams
and determine the maximum bending moment.
8. A simply supported beam of length 8 m rests on supports 5 m apart, the right hand end is
overhanging by 2 m and the left hand end is overhanging by 1 m. The beam carries a
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m over the entire length. It also carries two point loads of
4 kN and 6 kN at the each end of the beam. The load of 4 kN is at the extreme left of the
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beam, whereas the load of 6 kN is at the extreme right of the beam. Draw S.F and B.M
diagrams for the beam and find the point of contraflexure.
Bending and Shear Stresses
9. State and derive the bending equation, stating all the assumptions made.
10. A timber beam is freely supported on supports 6 m apart. It carries a uniformly distributed
load of 12 kN/m run and a point load of 9 kN at 3.5 m from the right support. Design a
suitable section of the beam making depth twice the width, If the stress in timber is not to
exceed 8 N/mm2.
11. Draw the shear stress distribution diagrams for the I section of the beam with 80 x 10 mm
flanges and 180 x 6 mm web. The shear force acting on the section is 50 kN.
12. A circular beam of 150 mm diameter is subjected to shear force of 70 kN. Calculate the
value of maximum shear stress and sketch the variation of shear stress along the depth of the
beam.
13. A circular beam of 105 mm diameter is subjected to a shear force of 5 kN. Calculate:
i) Average Shear Stress, and ii) maximum shear stress. Also sketch the variation of the
shear stress along the depth of the beam.
14. An I-section has flanges of width b and the overall depth 2b. The flanges and web are of
uniform thickness t. Find the ratio of the maximum shear stress to the average shear stress.
Simple Stresses and Strains
15. What is the procedure to find the thermal stresses in a composite bars?
16. An axial pull of 40000 N is acting on a bar consisting of three sections of length 30 cm,
25 cm and 20 cm and of diameters 2 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm respectively. If the young’s modulus
of elasticity 2 x 105 N/mm2 Determine:
i) stress in each section and ii) total extension of the bar.
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