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1. The following observations were made during a tensile test on a mild steel specimen 40 mm in
diameter and 200 mm long. Elongation with 40 kN: l=0.0304 mm; Yield load=161 kN; Maximum
load= 242 kN; Length of the specimen at fracture=249 mm. Determine: (i) Young modulus, (ii)Yield
point stress, (iii)Ultimate stress and (iv)Percentage of elongation.

2. A concrete column of cross-sectional area 400 mm x 400 mm is reinforced by four longitudinal 50 mm

diameter round steel bars placed at each corner. If the column carries a compressive load of 300 kN,
determine: (i) Loads carried (ii) The compressive stress produced in the concrete and steel bars.
Youngs modulus of steel is 15 times of concrete.

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3. A solid steel bar 500mm long and 70mm diameter is placed inside an aluminium tube having 75mm
inside diameter and 100mm outside diameter. The aluminium cylinder is 0.16mm longer than the
steel bar. An axial load of 500kN is applied to the bar and the cylinder through rigid cover plates.
Compute the stresses developed in the steel bar and the aluminium tube. Assume E s = 220 GN/m2
and Eal = 70 GN/m2. Since Al cylinder is 0.16 mm longer than steel cylinder, now find load required to
compress the Al cylinder

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4. A compound tube consists of a steel tube 140 mm internal diameter and 160 mm external diameter
and an outer brass tube 160 mm internal diameter and 180 mm external diameter. The two tubes
are of the same length. The compound tube carries an axial load of 900 kN. Find the stresses and
the load carried by each tube and the amount it shortens. Length of each tube is 140 mm, Take
Es=2x105N/mm2 and Eb=1x105N/mm2.

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5. A steel rod of 20mm diameter passes centrally through a copper tube of 50mm external diameter and
40mm internal diameter. The tube is closed at each end by rigid plates. If the temperature of the
assembly is raised by 50C, find the stresses in steel rod and copper tube. Take E s = 200 kN/mm2, EC
=100 kN/mm2, S=12x10-6/C, C=18 x 10-6 / C.

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6. A steel tube of 30 mm external diameter and 20 mm internal diameter encloses a copper rod of 15
mm diameter to which it is rigidly joined at each end. If, at a temperature of 10 oC there is no
longitudinal stress, calculate the stresses in the rod and tube when the temperature is raised to
200oC. Take Es = 210 kN/mm2, EC =100 kN/mm2, S=11x10-6/C, C=18 x 10-6 / C respectively.

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7. A steel rod of 5 m long and 30 mm in diameter is subjected to an axial tensile load of 50 kN.
Determine the change in length, diameter and volume of the rod. Take E=2x10 5 N/mm2 and Poissons
ratio=0.25.

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8. A cast iron flat 300mm long, 30mm thick and 50mm wide is acted by the following forces 25 kN
(Tension) in the direction of its length, 350 kN (compression) in the direction of its width and 200 kN
(Tension) in the direction of its thickness. Determine the change in volume of the flat. Assume the
modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio of cast iron as 140 GN/m 2 and 0.25 respectively.

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9. Calculate the modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus of a cylindrical bar of diameter 30 mm and of
length 1.5 m if the longitudinal strain in a bar during a tensile stress is four times the lateral strain.
Find the change in volume, when the bar is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of 100 N/mm 2. Take
E=1x105 N/mm2.

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10. A tensile load of 60 kN is gradually applied to a circular bar of 4 cm diameter and 5 m long. If
E=2x105 N/mm2, determine (a) if load gradually is applied. (b) if load is suddenly applied: (i) stretch
in the rod, (ii) stress in the rod and (iii) strain energy absorbed by the rod.

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