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04-BS-6: December 2014

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  1. Question 1 Overhang-Beam Deflection by Integration
  2. Question 2 Stepped Shaft — Torsion
  3. Question 3 Truss — Buckling of a Compression Member
  4. Question 4 Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress
  5. Question 5 Statically Indeterminate Cable Frame
  6. Question 6 Eccentric & Inclined Load on a Column
  7. Question 7 Shear & Moment Diagrams (Overhang Beam)
  8. Question 8 Stresses in a T-Beam

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04-BS-6: Mechanics of Materials — National Exams, December 2014

3 hours duration. Closed book (one hand-written aid sheet permitted). Any FIVE of the eight questions constitute a complete paper; all eight are solved below as a complete study resource.

Reference texts: Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 10th ed.; Beer, Johnston, DeWolf & Mazurek, Mechanics of Materials, 7th ed.; Gere & Goodno, Mechanics of Materials, 8th ed.