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Toc H I nstitute of Science and Technology, Arakkunnam.

B. Tech Degree VI Semester Examination, March 2013.


ME 403 Advanced Mechanics of Solids

Duration: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Part A
(Answer all Questions)

a) Define plane stress and plane strain. Give examples.
b) What is stress function? Illustrate.
c) Show that the radial stress in hollow cylinder is always compressive in nature.
d) Derive the expression for radial and circumferential strains.
e) State and explain the concept of virtual work.
f) State and explain Maxwells reciprocal theorem.
g) What is stress ellipsoid? Explain the different conditions of stress ellipsoid.
h) Explain membrane analogy. (8x5 =40)

Part B

I I a) The stress state at a point is given by t=
(
(
(

0 0 0
0 12 4
0 4 10
. Determine the principal stress.
The stresses are in N/mm
2
. (8)

b) The stress state at a point is given by the three principal stresses 100,120,200 N/mm
2
.
Determine the shear and normal stress on a plane which has normal with direction
cosines as
2
1
,
2
1
and 0. (7)

OR
I I I a) Explain compatibility conditions. (8)
b) Explain stress function with two examples. (7)

I V a) Obtain the general expression for o
r
and o
u
for a rotating disk of uniform
thickness. (8)
b) Derive the general equilibrium equations in polar coordinates. (7)
OR
V a) A flat steel disk of 75cm outside diameter with 15cm diameter hole is shrunk around a
solid steel shaft. The shrink fit allowance is 1 part in 1000(ie, an allowance of 0.0075cm
radius).
i. what are the stress due to shrink fit
ii. At what rpm will the shrink fit loosen up as a result of rotation? (15)

VI Explain octahedral stresses. The state of stresses at a point is characterized by the
components.

6
10 100 =
x
o N/m
2
,
6
10 40 =
y
o N/m
2
,
6
10 80 =
z
o N/m
2

xy
t = . 0 = =
zx yz
t t

Determine the extreme values of shear stress, their associated normal stresses, the
octahedral shear stress and its associated normal stress.
OR
VI I A cantilever is supported at the free end by an elastic spring of spring constant k.
Determine the reaction at A. The cantilever beam is uniformly loaded. The intensity of
loading is W. Calculate the reaction at free end if k = 200 N/mm and W = 2000 N. (15)

VI I I Derive the displacement equation of equilibrium. (15)
OR
I X Derive the expression for torsion of thin walled tubes (15)

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