FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL AND DESIGN

SET A
Problem Set
(Strength of Materials)

DIRECTION: Answer the following problems honestly and to the best of your ability.

1. Determine the length of the shortest 2-mm diameter bronze wire, which can be twisted through two
complete turns without exceeding a stress of 70 MPa. Use g = 35 GPa.
a. 6.28 m b. 5.23 m c. 6.89 m d. 8.56 m
2. A hollow steel shaft 2540 mm long must transmit torque of 34 kN-m. The total angle of twist must
not exceed 3 degrees. The maximum shearing stress must not exceed 110 MPa. Find the inside diameter
and the outside diameter of the shaft that meets these conditions. Use G = 83 GPa.
a. D = 129 mm, d = 92 mm
b. D = 125 mm, d = 65 mm
c. D = 132 mm, d = 100 mm
d. D = 112 mm, d = 85 mm
3. A rod with cross sectional area of 100 sq. mm is stretched between two fixed points such that the
initial tensile load is 10 kN. The rod has a modulus of elasticity equal to 180 GPa and the coefficient
of linear expansion is 0.00001 m/m-°C. The initial tension is designed such that the rod will have
zero stress when there is a certain change in temperature of the rod environment. Which of the following
most nearly gives the value of this temperature change?
a. -55.6°C b.86.6°C c. -96.6°C d. 55.6°C

Situation 1: For the beam loaded as shown in Figure 1.

4. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum shear on the beam.
a. 10 kN b. 15 kN c. 13 kN d. 17 kN
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum bending moment on the beam.
a. 13 kN-m b. 12 kN-m c. 8 kN-m d. 9.45 kN-m

6. For the beam loaded as shown in Figure 2, determine the maximum moment.
a. 512.14 kN-m b. 657.9 kN-m c. 559.7 kN-m d. 472.3 kN-m
7. The aluminum bar shown in Figure 3 has a uniform cross-sectional area of 350 mm2. Modulus of Elasticity
of aluminum is 69 GPa. Which of the following gives the total deformation of the bar?
a. -0.256 mm b. -0.455 mm c. -0.574 mm d. -0.501 mm

Situation 2: a 5-m rod having a uniform cross-sectional area of 1000 sq. mm is secured between two
walls 5 meters apart. The load on the rod is zero at 27 °C. E = 200 GPa, α = 11.25x10-6 m/m-°C. when
the temperature rises to 57 °C.
8. Which of the following gives the stress in the rod assuming that the walls are rigid.
a. 67.5 MPa (T)
b. 78.6 MPa (C)
c. 78.6 MPa (T)
d. 67.5 MPa (C)
9. Which of the following gives the stress in the rod if the walls spring together a total distance
of 0.5 mm.
a. 47.5 MPa (C) b. 32.2 MPa (C) c. 32.2 MPa (T) d. 47.5 MPa (T)

Situation 3: A pressure vessel 360 mm in diameter is to be fabricated from steel plates. The vessel
is to carry an internal pressure of 6 MPa.
10. What is the required thickness of the plate if the vessel is to be cylindrical and the allowable
steel stress is 120 MPa?
a. 10 mm b. 11 mm c. 9 mm d. 13 mm
11. What is the required thickness of the plate if the vessel is to be spherical and the allowable
steel stress us 120 MPa?
a. 5.5 mm b. 5 mm c. 6.5 mm d. 4.5 mm
12. If the vessel to be fabricated is cylindrical using 12 mm thick steel plate, what is the maximum
internal pressure that the vessel can carry if the allowable steel stress is 60 MPa?
a. 2 MPa b. 4 MPa c. 5 MPa d. 3 MPa

Situation 4: The 12-m long vertical rod shown in Figure 07 has a diameter of 30 mm and carries a load
of W = 175 kN including its own weight. Use E = 210 GPa.
13. Compute the deflection of the rod.
a. 12.45 mm b. 16.52 mm c. 14.15 mm d. 18.78 mm
14. What is the axial strain of the rod?
a. 0.00138 b. 0.00118 c. 0.00157 d. 0.00104
15. If the rod breaks and the diameter of the broken part is 27.5 mm, what is the ductility of the
rod in percent?
a. 15.97% b. 8.33% c. 91.67% d. 84.03%

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Situation 5: A billboard 3 m high by 4 m wide is supported as shown in Figure 06. The total weight
of the billboard is 25 kN, H = 1.5 m, θ = 60°.
Wind pressure, q = 1.44 kPa
Wind pressure coefficient, c = 1.2
16. The vertical component of the reaction at A is nearest to:
a. 13.03 kN b. 8.52 kN c. 6.51 kN d. 7.52 kN
17. What is the axial stress in Strut BC whose cross-sectional dimension is 6 mm x 76 mm?
a. 70 MPa b. 75 MPa c. 86 MPa d. 81 MPa
18. If the strut AB were replaced by a 16 mm diameter steel cable, determine the normal stress in the
cable.
a. 48.6 MPa b. 64.8 MPa c. 55.2 MPa d. 73.6 MPa

Situation 6: The lap joint shown in Figure 05 is provided with nine 20-mm-diameter bolts in single
shear whose allowable shear stress is 90 MPa. The plate is A36 steel with Fy = 248 MPa and Fu = 400
MPa. The allowable bearing stress of the plate ids 1.2Fu. In this problem b = 250 mm and t = 10 mm.
19. Find the magnitude of P based on bolt shear.
a. 254 kN b. 325 kN c. 287 kN d. 346 kN
20. Find the magnitude of P based on bearing pressure between the plate and the bolt.
a. 732 kN b. 645 kN c. 827 KN d. 864 kN
21. Find the magnitude of P based on normal stress on net area assuming that the hole diameter is 22
mm.
a. 425 kN b. 321 kN c. 368 kN d. 407 kN

Situation 7: The 3-m beam AC shown in Figure 04 is fixed at A and supported by a steel strut CD at
C. The strut is 2.4 m long, 12 mm in diameter, and E = 200 GPa.
22. If the deflection at C is 1 mm, what is the axial force in the strut?
a. 9.245 kN b. 9.524 kN c. 9.425 kN d. 9.632 kN
23. If the reaction at the strut CD is 12 kN, what is the vertical deflection at C?
a. 1.58 mm b. 0.86 mm c. 1.87 mm d. 1.27 mm
24. If w = 60 kN and the reaction at the strut is 12 kN, what is the moment at the fixed end?
a. -32 kN-m b. -45 kN-m c. -54 kN-m d. -24 kN-m

Situation 8: The rigid beam AB shown in Figure 08 is hinged at A and supported by a steel cable CD
whose length is h = 3 m and diameter d = 22 mm. For this Problem L1 = 2 m and L2 = 1.5 m.
25. Compute the value of W if the vertical deflection at B is 3 mm.
a. 20.54 kN b. 35.85 kN c. 28.63 kN d. 24.82 kN
26. Compute the normal stress in the cable if W = 30 kN.
a. 145.78 MPa b. 118.45 MPa c. 138.11 MPa d. 126.32 MPa
27. If W = 25 kN, what is the vertical deflection at B?
a. 3.02 mm b. 3.25 mm c. 2.56 mm d. 3.87 mm

Situation 9: The concrete pad shown in Figure 9 is subjected to uniform loads. In this problem, L1
= L5 = 1 m, L2 = L4 = 1.5 m, L3 = 4 m, w = 114 kN/m, and qu = 38 kN/m.
28. Determine the maximum shear in the slab.
a. 76 kN b. 72 kN c. 78 kN d. 82 kN
29. Determine the maximum moment in the slab.
a. 85.5 kN-m b. 88.70 kN-m c. 82.4 kN-m d. 75.6 kN-m
30. Determine the location of zero bending moment measured from the left end of the slab.
a. 3.333 m b. 2.667 m c. 2.568 m d. 2.366 m

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FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3

FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5 FIGURE 6

FIGURE 7 FIGURE 8

FIGURE 9

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