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BE - SEMESTER– III (New) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2019
Subject Code: 3132005 Date: 5/12/2019
Subject Name: Engineering Mechanics
Time: 02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Marks
Q.1 (a) Differentiate between following : 03
i) Co-planar & Non coplanar force system , ii) Concurrent & Non concurrent
force system , iii) Resultant & Equilibrant
(b) State and Prove with usual notation ‘The law of Parallelogram’ 04
(c) Find magnitude and inclination with +X-axis of resultant of force system shown 07
in fig 1. Identify type of force system.
Q.2 (a) Define: (i) Angle of limiting friction (ϕlim), (ii) Angle of repose (λ), and (iii) 03
Coefficient of friction (μ)
(b) Define Centroid and With usual notations find the centroid of a triangle by 04
method of integration.
(c) A ladder of length 4 m weighing 200 N is placed against a vertical wall making 07
an angle of 60o with the floor. The coefficient of friction between the wall and
the ladder is 0.2 and that between floor and the ladder is 0.3. The ladder in
addition to its own weight has to support a man weighing 600 N at a distance of
3 m from foot of ladder. calculate the minimum horizontal force to be applied at
foot of ladder to prevent slipping.
OR
(c) Find Ixx and Iyy for symmetrical I-section with flanges 100 mm wide and 10 07
mm thick, web 280 mm deep and 10 mm thick.
Q.3 (a) Differentiate between Truss and frame. 03
(b) Locate zero force members in truss shown in the fig 2. Also find axial forces in 04
remaining members.
(c) State pappus –Guldinus theorems. Using these theorems derive the formula for 07
surface area (A) and volume (V) for sphere of radius r.
OR
Q.3 (a) Enumerate various types of supports with neat symbolic sketches, showing 03
possible reactions.
(b) A simply supported beam of span 10m, having rectangular cross-section 150mm 04
wide x 300mm deep subjected to uniformly distributed load of 20 kN/m.
Compute the values of maximum shear stress and bending stress produced in the
beam.
(c) Determine the location of centroid of plane lamina shown in fig 3 with respect to 07
point O.
Q.4 (a) Draw representative shear stress distribution diagrams for a) hollow rectangle, b) 03
I section, c) hollow circle
(b) Derive relation between young’s modulus (E), bulk modulus (K), and modulus 04
of rigidity (G) with usual notation.
(c) Draw shear force diagram and bending moment diagram for beam shown in fig 4. 07
OR
1
Q.4 (a) State Hook’s law. Draw stress strain curve for Mild Steel Specimen and explain. 03
(b) Derive the formula for the elongation of a rectangular bar under the action of 04
axial load.
(c) A stepped bar made of steel, copper and brass is under axial force as shown in 07
fig 5 and is in equilibrium. The diameter of steel is 12mm, diameter of copper is
16mm and the diameter of brass is 20mm. Determine (i) Magnitude of unknown
force P (ii) stresses in each material and (iii) Total change in length of the bar.
Take Esteel = 200GPa, Ecopper =100GPa and Ebrass = 80GPa
Q.5 (a) Explain theory of pure bending. 03
(b) Determine reaction at supports for the Beam as shown in Fig 6. 04
(c) Determine the maximum bending stress and draw bending stress distribution in a 07
section as shown in fig.7,if it is subjected to a bending moment of 20kN-m.
OR
Q.5 (a) Define: (i) Lateral strain (ii) Poisson’s ratio (iii) Modulus of rigidity. 03
(b) A bar 3 m long and 20 mm diameter is rigidly fixed in two supports at certain 04
temperature. If temperature is raised by 60oC, find thermal stress and strain of
the bar. Also find thermal stress and strain if support yields by 2 mm. Take α
=12 X 10-6/0C and E = 2 X 105 N/mm2.
(c) At a point in a strained material the state of stress is as shown in fig 8. 07
Determine (i) Location of Principal planes (ii) Principal stresses. (iii) Maximum
shear stress and location of plane on which it acts.
Fig:(3) Q-3(c) OR
Fig: (1) Q-1(c) Fig: (2) Q-3(b)
Fig:(4) Q-4(c) Fig: (6) Q-5(b)
Fig: (5) Q-4(c) OR Fig:(7) Q-5(c) Fig:(8) Q-5(c) OR
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