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22-Mec-A7 Advanced Strength of Materials: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Truss member forces by an energy method
  2. Question 2 Thermal stresses in a two-segment welded rod
  3. Question 3 Allowable pressure in a thick-walled cylinder
  4. Question 4 Inverse plane-stress problem for a square plate
  5. Question 5 Buckling of a slit thin-walled column
  6. Question 6 Compatibility and displacements of a strain field
  7. Question 7 Square bar under axial load plus torque
  8. Question 8 Shear flow and shear centre of a channel section

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Paper format: National Exams — May 2016, 07-Mec-A7 Advanced Strength of Materials. Open-book, 3 hours, eight problems of equal value; any five constitute a complete paper. All eight are solved as a study resource.

Reference texts. A.P. Boresi & R.J. Schmidt, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, 6th ed. (Wiley); A.C. Ugural & S.K. Fenster, Advanced Strength and Applied Elasticity, 4th ed. (Prentice Hall); R.C. Hibbeler, Mechanics of Materials, 10th ed. (Pearson); J.M. Gere & B.J. Goodno, Mechanics of Materials, 9th ed. All symbols follow the paper’s notation.