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22-Mec-A7 Advanced Strength of Materials: May 2014

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  1. Question 1 Displacements of a Fixed–Fixed Stepped Rod
  2. Question 2 Plane-Stress Plate — Inverse Problem
  3. Question 3 Torque and Axial Load from a Strain-Gauge Rosette
  4. Question 4 Allowable Pressure in a Thick-Walled Cylinder
  5. Question 5 Strain Compatibility and Displacement Field
  6. Question 6 Square Bar under Axial Load and Torque — Design by Max-Shear
  7. Question 7 Joint Displacements of a Three-Bar Truss
  8. Question 8 Overhang Beam — Force for a Limiting Tip Deflection

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Paper format: National Exams, May 2014 — 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.

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.