Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 31 views

    M. Tech Degree Examination

    Uploaded by

    vnkat
    This document contains a model question paper for a Theory of Elasticity exam for a Master's program in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Computer Aided Structural Engineering. The paper contains 8 questions with 3 sub-questions each related to topics in elasticity including generalized Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, compatibility conditions, equilibrium equations, principal stresses, stress transformations, plane stress/strain problems, Airy stress functions, Saint-Venant's principle, stresses in beams and discs, yielding criteria, plastic analysis, and residual stresses. Students have 3 hours to answer 4 out of the 8 questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    M. Tech Degree Examination

    Uploaded by

    vnkat
    31 views3 pages
    This document contains a model question paper for a Theory of Elasticity exam for a Master's program in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Computer Aided Structural Engineering. The paper contains 8 questions with 3 sub-questions each related to topics in elasticity including generalized Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, compatibility conditions, equilibrium equations, principal stresses, stress transformations, plane stress/strain problems, Airy stress functions, Saint-Venant's principle, stresses in beams and discs, yielding criteria, plastic analysis, and residual stresses. Students have 3 hours to answer 4 out of the 8 questions.

    Original Description:

    hi

    Original Title

    4(1)

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document contains a model question paper for a Theory of Elasticity exam for a Master's program in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Computer Aided Structural Engineering. The paper contains 8 questions with 3 sub-questions each related to topics in elasticity including generalized Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, compatibility conditions, equilibrium equations, principal stresses, stress transformations, plane stress/strain problems, Airy stress functions, Saint-Venant's principle, stresses in beams and discs, yielding criteria, plastic analysis, and residual stresses. Students have 3 hours to answer 4 out of the 8 questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    31 views3 pages

    M. Tech Degree Examination

    Uploaded by

    vnkat
    This document contains a model question paper for a Theory of Elasticity exam for a Master's program in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Computer Aided Structural Engineering. The paper contains 8 questions with 3 sub-questions each related to topics in elasticity including generalized Hooke's law, stress-strain relationships, compatibility conditions, equilibrium equations, principal stresses, stress transformations, plane stress/strain problems, Airy stress functions, Saint-Venant's principle, stresses in beams and discs, yielding criteria, plastic analysis, and residual stresses. Students have 3 hours to answer 4 out of the 8 questions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    You are on page 1of 3

    M.

    Tech Degree Examination


    First Semester Modal question paper
    Branch Civil Engineering
    Specialization: Computer Aided Structural Engineering
    MCESE103 THEORY OF ELASTICITY
    MODEL QUESTION PAPER - II

    (All questions carry equal marks)


    Time: Three hours Maximum marks 100
    1. (a) What is generalized Hookes law? Establish the stress strain relationship for isotropic
    materials and hence the relationship between E, G and K.
    (b) Explain the compatibility conditions and their physical significance. Derive Beltrami
    Mitchell compatibility equations in plane strain.
    (c) Derive the equations of Equilibrium in 2D case.
    OR
    2. (a) Define principal stresses and principal directions . Show that the determination of principal
    stresses and principal directions reduces to the solution of an Eigen value problem. Discuss
    the existence of three real valued solutions for principal stresses.
    (b) Derive the transformation equations for 3D stress state
    (c) Explain stress ellipsoid.
    3. (a) Discuss plane stress and plane strain problems with examples.
    (b) Explain the use of Airy stress function in the solution of two dimensional problems in
    elasticity.
    (c) Explain St. Venants principle and its applications.
    OR
    4. (a) Derive the equilibrium equations in polar coordinates system.
    (b) Obtain the expression for the stresses of a simply supported beam of span l, width
    2Csubjected to uniform load intensity q using stress function.
    (c) A cantilever beam of span l, unit width, depth 2C is subjected to a concentrated load P at
    the free end. Assuming a stress function = Axy + (B/6 xy3, determine the stresses
    xx, yy and xy. Give your comments on results obtained.
    5. (a) Derive the stress components of a rotating circular disc of uniform thickness with a central
    hole of radius a.
    (b) Derive Lames equations for a thick walled cylinder subjected to internal and external
    pressures.
    (c) Discuss the effect of a circular hole in stress distribution of plates.
    OR
    6. (a) Show that for the some twist, the elliptic section has a greater shearing stress than the
    inscribed circular section (radius equal to the minor axis b of the ellipse). Which takes the
    greater torque for the same allowable stress?

    1
    (b) Find the expressions for the shear stresses in a tube of the section shown in Fig.6, The wall
    thickness being uniform.

    T

    R R
    2R

    Fig. 6. Thin walled closed section

    7. (a) Discuss the general yielding mode of failure. Explain:- elastic-perfectly plastic; nonlinear;
    lower bound load; and upper bound for the general yielding mode of failure. Distinguish
    fully plastic load for an axial member and the plastic moment for a beam subjected to pure
    bending.
    (b) Sketch the stress-strain distribution for elastic plastic yielding of a beam. Also calculate the
    bending moment in the elastic-plastic state. The beam has rectangular cross section with
    width b and height h.
    (c) At a critical point in a machine part, the nonzero components of stress are xx=120MPa,
    yy=50MPa, and xy=50MPa. The yield strength of the material is y=300MPa.
    Determine the factor of safety in the design based on the maximum shear stress criterion
    and that based on the octahedral shear stress criterion.
    OR
    8. (a) A beam as shown in Fig. 8 is subjected to pure bending. The material has a yield point y.
    Determine the ratio of the plastic moment and the maximum elastic moment.
    (b) Assuming that the beam is unloaded elastically from its fully plastic state determine the
    residual stress distribution in the beam cross section. Give neat sketches.

    50 mm

    10 mm
    10
    40 mm mm

    10 mm
    30mm

    2
    Fig. 8. Cross section of beam

    You might also like