SANTOSH A.GOUDAR, ASST.

PROFESSOR
ALVAS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Mechanics of Material
[Unit-I, VTU EXAM QUATI ONS 2007-2014]
Q.1 Define the following
1. Factor of safety
2. Poisons ratio
3. True stress and principle of superposition
4. Ductility
5. Youngs modulus/Modulus of elasticity and Modulus of rigidity
6. Hooks law
7. Stress,strain and pressure
8. Hardness and toughness
9. Proof stress
10. Elastic limit
Q.2 Sketch the typical stress strain curve for aluminium, copper, cast iron, mild steel, high
carbon steel [6M]
Q.3 Explain any 7 mechanical properties of materials [7M]
Q.4 A bar of uniform thicknesst tapers uniformly from width of b1 at one end to b2 at
other end, in a length of L. Find the expression for the change in the length of the bar when
subjected to axial force P. [8M]
Q.5 Derive expression for extension of a uniformly tapering circular bar [8M]
Q.6 Draw stress-strain diagram of Mild steel (M.S) specimen subjected to tension test and
explain salient points [06M]
Q.7 Mention the assumptions made in theory of simple stress and strain and derive the
equation dl=PL/AE [06M]
Q.8 Derive an expression for extension in a bar of uniform c/s fixed at one end and
suspended vertically, due to self weight. [07M]
PROBLEMS
Q.1 A vertical circular steel bar of length 3 fixed at both ends is loaded at intermediate
sections by forces W and 2 W as shown in fig.1. Determine the end reactions if W=1.5KN
[08M]
Q.2 A brass bar having c/s area 300mm
2
is subjected to axial force shown in fig 2. Find
total elongation of a bar E=84GPa. [10M]

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Q.3 A compound bar shown in fig 3 is loaded axially. Determine the maximum value of P,
if change in length of bar is not exceed 2mm an working stresses in each material of the bar is
indicated below [15M]
Q.4 Determine the stresses in various segments of circular bar shown in fig 4.
i. Compute total elongation take E=195 GPa
ii. Determine length of middle segment so that the length does not change under
applied loads. [08M]
Q.5 A steel bar of c/s 500mm
2
is acted upon by forces shown in fig 5. Determine total
elongation of bar take E=200 GPa. [07M]
Q.6 A stepped bar is subjected to force as shown in fig 6. Determine the deformation in
the stepped bar take E=2x10
5
N/mm
2
[07M]
Q.7 A mild steel circular bar has 3 segments as shown in fig 7 find [10M]
i. Total elongation of bar
ii. Length of middle segment to have zero elongation of the bar
iii. Diameter of the last segment to have zero elongation of the bar
Q.8 A stepped bar shown in fig 8. Determine magnitude of force P such that net
deformation in the bar does exceed 1mm. E for steel 200GPa and for aluminium is 70GPa.
The big and small end end diameters of tapering bar are 40mm and 12.5mm respectively
[08M]
Q.9 A member ABCD is subjected to point loads P1, P2, P3 and P4 shown in fig 9.
Calculate the force P2 necessary for equilibrium, if P1=45kN, P3=450kN and P4=130kN.
Determine total elongation of member, assume E=2.1x10
5
N/mm
2
[12M]
Q.10 A stepped bar shown in fig 10. If and E are the density and youngs modulus of
elasticity respectively. Find extension of bar due to its own weight. [08M]
Q.11 A stepped bar subjected to external loading shown in fig 11. Calculate change in
length of bar take E=200GPa for steel,E=70GPa for aluminium and E=100GPa for copper.
[08M]
Q.12 A prismatic bar ABCD is subjected to loads P1, P2 and P3 as shown in fig 12.
E=200GPa and A=225mm
2
. Determine the deflection at lower end of the bar due to applied
loads. [08M]
Q.13 For the laboratory tested specimen the following data were obtained
Diameter of specimen=25mm, length of specimen=300mm, extension under the load
of 15kN=0.045mm, load at yield point=127.65kN, maximum load=208.6kN,length of
specimen after failure=375mm, neck diameter=17.75mm
Determine: i. Youngs modulus ii. Yield point stress iii. Ultimate stress iv. Percentage of
elongation v. Percentage reduction in area vi. Safe stress adopting FOS of 2