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04-BS-6: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 Composite Concrete/Steel Column Under Axial Load
  2. Question 2 Shear and Moment Diagrams for a Simply-Supported Beam
  3. Question 3 Beam Deflection by the Method of Integration
  4. Question 4 Mohr's Circle for Stresses Parallel/Perpendicular to Wood Grain
  5. Question 5 Rigid Bar Propped by a Buckling-Governed Column
  6. Question 6 Torque Diagram, Maximum Shear Stress and Angle of Twist for a Stepped Shaft
  7. Question 7 Composite Timber/Steel Beam — Bending and Glue-Joint Shear
  8. Question 8 Combined Axial + Bending + Shear on an Overhang Beam

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EGBC National Exam — Basic Studies, 04-BS-6 Mechanics of Materials, 2019-Dec. Closed book; one hand-written aid sheet permitted. The exam instructs "any FIVE of the eight questions constitute a complete paper," but every question is solved below as a full study resource.

Reference texts: Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 10th ed. (axial deformation of composite members ch.4; shear/moment diagrams ch.6; stress transformation & Mohr's circle ch.9; buckling of columns ch.13; torsion of circular shafts ch.5; transformed-section composite beams ch.6; combined axial+bending+shear ch.8; beam deflection by integration ch.9). Standard W-shape table (exam Appendix C) is not needed by any question below.