TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
1. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10 inches 11. A steel wire 10 m long hanging vertically support a
diameter circular rod. Calculate the stress. load of 2000 N. Neglecting the weight of the wire,
A. 0.20 kPa C. 0.15 kPa determine the required diameter, if the stress is not
B. 0.05 kPa D. 0.10 kPa to exceed 140 MPa and total elongation is not to
2. An iron column of annular cross-section has an outer exceed 5 mm, E = 200 GPa.
diameter of 200mm and is subjected to a force of 75 A. 6.739 mm C. 8.694 mm
kN. Find the thickness of the wall if the allowable B. 4.265 mm D. 5.046 mm
compressive stress is 10 MPa.
A. 12.75 mm C. 12.57 mm 12. A load of 5000 lbs. is suspended vertically from a
B. 17.75 mm D. 15.75 mm beam of steel rod having a cross sectional of 0.5 in2.
The total length of the rod is 600 ft. It weighs 490
3. A steel tie rod on bridge must be made to withstand lbs./ft3 with E = 30x106 psi. Determine the total
elongation of the steel rod?
a pull of 5000 lbs. Find the diameter of the rod
A. 2.4 in C. 2.645 in
assuming factor of safety of 5 and ultimate stress of
B. 3.0 in D. 2.89 in
64,000 psi.
A. 0.75 C. 0.71 13. Steel railroad reels 10 m long are laid with a
B. 0.84 D. 0.79 clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15°C. At what
temperature will the rails just touch? Assume E = 200
4. Compute the safe wall thickness of a 76.2 cm
GPa, α = 11.7 x 10-6 /0C.
diameter steel tank. The tank is subjected to 7.33
A. 25.64 0C C. 20.64 0C
MPa pressure and the steel material has a yield 0
B. 52.64 C D. 40.64 0C
stress of 215.4 MPa. The factor of safety is 3.
A. 1.95 cm C. 3.89 cm 14. The gap between the two railroads tracks 30 ft long
B. 4.09 cm D. 3.96 cm laid at 600F is 0.1 inch. On hot day, after the train has
passed, the temperature rises to 1400F. The
5. A cylindrical water tank is 8 m in diameter and 12 m
coefficient of expansion is α = 6.5x10-6 per 0F and E
high. If the tank is to be completely filled, determine
= 30x106 psi. If the rails do not bend or buckle, the
the minimum thickness of the tank plating if the
approximate stress is:
stress is limited to 40 MPa.
A. 8,337 psi compressive C. 7,266 psi tensile
A. 11.77 mm C. 13.18 mm
B. 7,266 psi compressive D. 15,600 psi tensile
B. 10.25 mm D. 12.60 mm
15. A flanged bolt coupling consists of six (6) 10 mm
6. A 2-inch solid shaft is driven by a 36-inch gear and
diameter steel bolts on a bolt circle 300 mm in
transmits power at 120 rpm. If the allowable shearing
stress is 12 ksi, what horsepower can be diameter and four (4) 10 mm diameter steel bolts on
transmitted? a concentric bolt circle 200 mm diameter. What
A. 29.89 C. 35.89 torque can be applied without exceeding a shearing
B. 38.89 D. 34.89 stress of 60 MPa in the bolts?
A. 5,498 N-m C. 4,712 N-m
7. A hollow shaft has an inner diameter of 0.035 m and B. 4,598 N-m D. 5,712 N-m
an outer diameter of 0.06 m. Compute for the torque
in N-m, if the stress is not to exceed 120 MPa.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
A. 4,500 C. 4,100
B. 4,300 D. 4,150
16. The ultimate stress divided by working stress is;
A. Shear – strain diagram C. Factor of safety
8. A shaft transmits 600 Hp at 240 rpm. What is the
B. Moment shear ratio D. Poisson’s ratio
diameter of the shaft in inches, if the allowable unit
stress is 6000 psi?
17. Stress is directly proportional to strain. The constant
A. 5 C. 4 of proportionality is called
B. 6 D. 3.5 A. Young’s modulus C. Poisson’s ratio
B. Factor of safety D. Section modulus
9. A marine propeller shaft is to transmit 3700 kW at
126 rpm without exceeding a torsional stress of 42 18. What overload condition that occurs near large
MPa or a twisting through more than 1º in a length of concentrated load?
20 times the diameter. If modulus of rigidity is taken A. Lateral buckling C. Local buckling
as 84 GPa, determine the shaft required?
B. rotation D. Superposition
A. 280 mm C. 324 mm
B. 339 mm D. 697 mm 19. The linear portion of stress strain diagram of steel is
10. What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is known as
44,000 psi and unit strain of 0.00105? A. modulus of elongation C. elastic range
A. 41.905 x 106 psi C. 42.300 x 106 psi B. irreversible range D. yield point
6
B. 41.202 x 10 psi D. 43.101 x 106 psi
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20. The maximum moment induced in a simply 29. Find the limiting peripheral velocity of a rotating steel
supported beam of 20 ft. span, by a 2,000 pound load ring if the allowable stress is 140 MPa and the mass
at mid-span is density of steel is 7850 kg/m 3.
A. 125,000 lbs.-ft. C. 10,000 lbs.-ft.
A. 130.62 m/s C. 129.58 m/s
B. 15,000 lbs.-ft. D. 30,000 lbs.-ft.
B. 142.37 m/s D. 133.55 m/s
21. What is the stress in a thin-walled spherical shell of
30. What modulus elasticity in tension is required to
diameter D and a wall thickness t when subjected to
internal pressure? obtain a unit deformation of 0.00203 m/m from a load
𝐷 4𝐷 producing a unit tensile stress of 35,000 psi?
A. 𝑠 = C. 𝑠 =
𝜌𝑡 𝜌𝑡 A. 12.22 x 106 psi C. 15.75 x 106 psi
𝜌𝐷 𝜌𝐷
B. 𝑠 = D. 𝑠 =
6
B. 14.75 x 10 psi D. 17.24 x 106 psi
4𝑡 𝑡

22. If the ultimate shear strength of a steel plate is

42,000 psi, what force is necessary to punch a 0.75
inch diameter hole in a 0.625 inch thick plate?
A. 63,000 C. 68,000
B. 61,800 D. 66,800

23. How much energy is required to punch a 25 mm

diameter hole on a 19 mm thick plate if the ultimate
strength in the shear of the plate 400 MPa?
A. 596.9 J C. 5,670 J
B. 538.5 J D. 512.3 J

24. Determine the length of the shortest 2 mm diameter

wire which can be twisted through two complete
turns without exceeding a shearing stress of 70 MPa
and using Modulus of rigidity 35 GPa.
A. 3.14 m C. 4.21 m
B. 6.28 m D. 8.26 m

25. A flanged bolt coupling of eight steel 20 mm diameter

bolts spaced evenly around a bolt circle 300 mm in
diameter. Determine the torque capacity of the
coupling if the allowable stress shearing stress in the
bolt is 40 MN/m2.
A. 15.1 kN-m C. 17.5kN-m
B. 14.6 kN-m D. 13.6 kN-m

26. A copper rolled wire 10 m long and 1.5 mm diameter

when supporting a weight of 350 N elongates 18.6
mm. compute the value of the Young’s modulus of
this wire.
A. 200 GPa C. 180.32 GPa
B. 148.9 GPa D. 106.48 GPa

27. The change in length per unit length of a bar caused

by a change in temperature of one degree is called
A. Temperature coefficient of expansion
B. Coefficient of temperature of elongation
C. Coefficient of linear expansion
D. all of these

28. The ratio of the volume stress to the volume strain is

called
A. Bulk modulus
B. Reciprocal of compressibility
C. Coefficient of volume elasticity
D. all of these