1. 1.

A solid round bar 3 m long and  5cm in diameter is used as a strut with both the ends hinged.
Determine the crippling load. Take E=2x105 N/mm2.
2. A mild steel tube 4m long, 30 mm internal diameter and 4mm thick is used as a strut with both
ends hinged. Find the collapsing load. Take E=2.1x105N/mm2.
3. A strut 2.5m long is 60mm in diameter. One end of the strut is fixed while its other end is hinged.
Find the safe compressive load with FOS=3.5. Take E=2.1x105N/mm2
4. A column of timber section 15cmx 20cm is 6m long both ends being fixed .E for timber is
17.5KN/mm2, Determine
a) Crippling load
b) Safe load for the column if factor of safety=3
5. A solid round bar 3m long and 5cm in diameter is used as a strut, determine the crippling load.

Take E=2x105N/mm2.
a) One end hinged and other end fixed
b) One end is fixed and other end is free.
c) Both the ends are fixed.
6. A simply supported beam of length 4m is subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 30KN/m over the
whole span and deflects 15mm at the centre. Determine the crippling load when the beam is used as a column
for the following conditions.

a) One end is fixed and other end is hinged

b) Both the ends are pin jointed.
7. A solid round bar 4m long and 5cm diameter was found to extend 4.6mm under the tensile load of
50KN.This bar is used as a strut with both ends hinged. Determine the buckling load for the bar and also safe
load taking factor of safety as 4.

8. A hallow alloy tube 5m long with external and internal diameters 40mm and 25mm was found to extend
6.4mm under the tensile load of 60KN. Find the buckling load for the tube of column with both ends pinned.
Also find the safe load for the tube, taking FOS=4

9. Determine the ratio of the buckling strengths of two circular columns one hollow and other solid. Both the
columns are made of same material and have same length, cross sectional area and end conditions. The
internal diameter of the hollow column is half the external diameter.

10. Determine the ratio of buckling strengths of one hollow and one solid column. Both are made of same
material and have same length, cross sectional area and end conditions. The internal diameter of the hollow
section is 2/3rd of its external diameter.

11. Determine the crippling load for the “T”section of length 5m when it is used as a strut with both ends
hinged. E=2.0x105N/mm2.

12. A column has an “I” section with equal flanges of 200mmX10mm and web 300mmX10mm.When the
column is simply supported with a udl of 24KN/m ,maximum deflection at the mid span is 6mm.Determine
the safe load the column can carry at its free end with its other end fixed. Take FOS as 2.5 and E=210 GPa.