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    This document contains a 3 question engineering test covering mechanical and materials topics. Question 1 involves calculating forces in a truss and the minimum member size. Question 2 involves calculating beam reactions and drawing shear and bending diagrams. It also asks for maximum stress and strain. Question 3 asks about buckling of a composite column, calculating its buckling load and a way to strengthen it without changing area.

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    This document contains a 3 question engineering test covering mechanical and materials topics. Question 1 involves calculating forces in a truss and the minimum member size. Question 2 involves calculating beam reactions and drawing shear and bending diagrams. It also asks for maximum stress and strain. Question 3 asks about buckling of a composite column, calculating its buckling load and a way to strengthen it without changing area.

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    ENG2002: Mechanical and Materials Engineering Test #2

    March 14, 2012


    10:00am 11:20am
    Please state solutions to all of the following questions. The number of marks allocated for each
    question is noted in brackets. The test is closed-book and only calculators and writing
    materials are allowed, but note that some aids are provided on the last page.
    1. The small truss shown below is used to hold up a 200k sign, which is centered at point ! and
    hung at points " and #.
    $
    y % &
    ' " ! #
    (
    a) &ind the a(ial force in member $% )*+
    b) &ind the a(ial force in member %! )*+
    c) ,f only one si-e and material of member is used and the ultimate tensile strength is .00/Pa,
    calculate the radius of the smallest circular member that can be used to construct this truss )*+
    M
    A
    = 100*1+100*3-F
    EG
    *sqrt(2), F
    EG
    = 282.84kN
    By analyss !" #!nts A t$r!%&$ ', F
    E(
    = 141.42kN
    F=282.8kN,ar)a=282800*400)+=,.0,)-4,ra-%s=sqrt(,.0,)-4*.)=1/00
    2. The beam shown below is made of aluminum with elastic modulus % 0 12$Pa. ,t has a
    rectangular cross-section of width 3--a(is4 *0mm and height 3y-a(is4 500mm. The beam is
    loaded with a distributed force and a point force as shown.
    *0
    6 w 0 7* 8m
    ' ! " (
    Eat at Joe's!
    5m 5m 5m
    5
    m
    5
    m
    a) &ind the reaction forces at supports ' and " )*+
    b) draw shear force 9 and bending moment / diagrams for this beam with the applied loads
    including the values of 9 and / at points ', ", and ! )50+
    c) find the ma(imum values of longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain present in the beam:s
    cross-section at the point ! )*+
    (/0*3+1/0*3)*4 = 1/0, (/0*1+1/0*1)*4 = /0
    (s)) -a&ra0)
    1=0 at /0*,/+2=2.++0
    )q%at!ns "!r 1 at 023220, 223230, 3232404 FA, FA-,/(3-2), FA-,/(3-2)+/0
    )q%at!ns "!r M4 /03, /03-,/(3-2)
    2
    *2, /03-,/(3-2)
    2
    *2-/0(3-3)
    5 = 0.0/*0.163*12= 4.2)-+, at .!nt (, M = 112./N0, y=/000, My*5 = 112./*0.1*4.2)-+=2.+M7a
    ;. The column at the right is constructed from a circular steel beam and two rectangular steel beams
    welded together. The cross-section of this column is shown below. 'ssume the column is
    pin-<ointed and all materials have an elastic modulus % 0 200$Pa
    P
    y
    (
    a) &ind the area moments of inertia , of this cross-section for bending
    about the ( and y a(es. =hich direction will this column buckle> )*+
    b) #etermine the amount of force P that will cause this column to buckle using %uler:s formulation.
    )*+
    c4 ?ow could you make this column stronger without significantly changing the total amount of
    cross-sectional area> )*+
    a8!%t y4 2*0.01*0.0463*12+.*4*0.00/64 = 10,.1+)-09
    a8!%t 34 2*(0.04*0.0163*12+0.0162*0.04*0.01)+.*4*0.00/64 = 8,.2)-09, will bend about x
    "!r:) t! 8%:kl)4 .62*200)9*8,.2)-09*(1062) = 1,21.3N
    2m 5m
    5
    0
    m
    .0mm
    5
    0
    m
    m
    5
    0
    m
    m
    5
    0
    m
    m
    5m
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    @elected 'idsA
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    =E =

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    M
    0
    =F-
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    -3
    =;
    -M
    -3
    =1 y = (y dA)/( d A)

    x
    =
    My
    I

    I = y
    2
    dA
    A


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    x
    = I
    x
    +d
    y
    2
    A
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    = I
    y
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