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SET 2 OF 4 (UNIT 3) PROBLEM 1:- A wooden beam 100mm wide and 150mm deep is simply supported over span of 4m. If the Shear force at a section of the beam is 4500N, find the shear stress at a distance of 25mm above N.A. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 2:- A rectangular beam 100mm wide and 250mm deep is subjected to a maximum shear force of 50kN. Determine (i) (ii) (iii) Average shear stress Maximum shear stress Shear stress at a distance of 25mm above neutral axis )

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PROBLEM 3:- A timber beam in cross-section is simply supported at its ends and has a span of 3.5m. The maximum safe allowable stress in bending is 7500kN/m2. Find the maximum safe U.D.L. which the beam can carry. What is the maximum shear stress in the beam for the U.D.L. calculated? (Answer: )

PROBLEM 4:- A timber beam of rectangular section is simply supported at the ends and carries a point load at the center of the beam. The maximum bending stress is 12N/mm2 and maximum shearing stress is 1N/mm2, find the ratio of the span to the depth. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 5:- A simply supported wooden beam of span 1.3m having a crosssection 150mm wide by 250mm deep carries a point load W at the center. The permissible stresses are 7N/mm2 in bending and 1N/mm2 in shearing. Calculate the safe load W. (Answer: - W=33653.8N)
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PROBLEM 6:- A circular beam of 100mm diameter is subjected to a shear force of 5kN. Calculate (i) (ii) (iii) Average shear stress Maximum shear stress Shear stress at a distance of 40mm from N.A. )

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PROBLEM 7:- A circular beam 150mm diameter is subjected to a shear force of 7kN. Calculate the value of maximum shear stress, and sketch variation of shear stress along the depth of the beam. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 8:- A beam of triangular section having base width 20cm and height of 30cm is subjected to a shear force of 3kN. Find the value of maximum shear stress, and sketch the shear stress distribution along with the depth of the beam. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 9:- A beam of cross-section of an isosceles triangle is subjected to a shear force of 30kN at a section where base width=150mm and height=450mm. Determine: (i) (ii) (iii) Horizontal shear stress at the neutral axis, The distance from the top of the beam where shear stress is maximum, and Value of maximum shear stress. )

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PROBLEM 10:- An I-section beam has a web thickness of 10mm and a flange thickness of 20mm. If the shear force acting on the section is 40kN, find the maximum shear force developed in the I-section. Sketch the shear

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stress distribution across the section. Also calculate the total shear force carried by the web.

(Answer: -

PROBLEM 11:- An I section, with rectangular ends, has the following dimensions

Find the maximum shearing stress developed in the beam for a shearing force of 10kN. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 12:- An I-section beam has a web thickness of 10mm and flange thickness of 20mm. It carries a shearing force of 100kN. Sketch the shear stress distribution across the section. (Answer: )
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PROBLEM 13:- An I-section with rectangular ends has the following dimensions:

If this section is subjected to a bending moment of 5kN-m and shearing force of 5kN, find the maximum tensile and shear stresses induced in it. (Answer: )

PROBLEM 14:- A T-shaped cross-section of a beam is subjected to a vertical shear force of 100kN. Calculate the shear stress at the neutral axis and at the junction of the web and the flange. Moment of inertia about the horizontal neutral axis is 0.0001134m4.

(Answer: -11.64MN/m2, 11.023MN/m2, 2.755MN/m2) PROBLEM 15:- A simply supported beam carries a U.D.L. of intensity 2.5kN/m over entire span of 5m. The cross-section of the beam is a T-section having the dimension

Calculate the maximum shear stress for the section of the beam (Answer: )

PROBLEM 16:- A beam of channel section has uniform thickness of 15mm. Draw diagram showing the distribution of shear stress for a vertical section where shearing force is 50kN. Find the ratio between maximum and mean shear stresses.
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(Answer: -2.22) PROBLEM 17:- Shows the vertical cross-section of a beam which at this section is subjected to a vertical shearing force of 12kN. Sketch the distribution of shearing stress and find the ratio of the maximum shear stress to the mean shear stress.

(Answer: -

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PROBLEM 18:- A cast iron bracket, subjected to bending, has a cross-section of Ishape with unequal flange. If the maximum compressive stress is not to exceed 20MN/m2, what is the bending moment, the section can take? If the section is subjected to 80kN, draw the shear stress distribution over the depth of the section.

Answer: -

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PROBLEM 19:- A steel section is subjected to a shear force 200kN. Determine the shear stress at the important points and sketch the shear distribution diagram.

Answer: -

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PROBLEM 20:- An I-section shown in figure has a dimension . At a certain section it has to resist a bending moment of 150kNm and a shear force of 300kN. Find the principal stresses. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) At the top In the flange at 13cm from neutral axis In the web at 13cm from neutral axis At the neutral axis.

(Answer: - (a) (c) )

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(b) , (d)

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