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22-Mec-A7 Advanced Strength of Materials: May 2013

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  1. Question 1 Beam Displacement by an Energy Method
  2. Question 2 Two-Segment Rod — Thermal Stress in a Statically Indeterminate Bar
  3. Question 3 Strain-Gauge Rosette on a Bar in Combined Torsion and Tension
  4. Question 4 Allowable Pressure in a Thick-Walled Cylinder
  5. Question 5 Strain Compatibility and Recovery of Displacements
  6. Question 6 Plane-Stress Square Plate — Back-Calculating σ x , v, ε z
  7. Question 7 Buckling of a Slit-Tube Column — Flexural and Torsional Modes
  8. Question 8 Truss Member Forces by the Principle of Virtual Work

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Paper format: National Exams, May 2013 — 07-Mec-A7 Advanced Strength of Materials. Open-book, 3 hours; any five of the eight problems constitute a complete paper and all problems are of equal value. All eight problems are solved as a study resource.

Reference texts: A. C. Ugural & S. K. Fenster, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, 4th ed.; A. P. Boresi & R. J. Schmidt, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, 6th ed.; R. C. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 10th ed.; S. P. Timoshenko & J. M. Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, 2nd ed.