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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007

The vertical deflection at point Q is

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The horizontal deflection at point Q is

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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007

A block of mass m is released at rest from a point P of a rough circular path of radius r as shown in the figure. There is a spring of stiffness k at the other end of the path. (acceleration due to gravity = g)

The maximum spring deflection is

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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2007

Group I contains beams with different types of supports and loading conditions. The beams have the same flexural rigidity EI and span L. Group II contains the maximum deflections. Match the beam from Group I with the maximum deflection given in Group II.

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2007 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The figure below shows 4 long columns with different support conditions but the same flexural rigidity EI. Let P, Q, R, and S be the values of their critical buckling load as shown below the respective columns.

P, Q, R and S can be arranged in increasing order as

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The horizontal displacement at D of the frame shown in figure is (neglect axial strain energy and assume EI to be constant throughout)

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2008 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The slope and deflection at the free end of a variable cross section cantilever beam subjected to a bending moment at the free end as shown in the figure is

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

A simply supported beam of span L and flexural rigidity EI carries a uniformly distributed load w/unit length. The deflection at the mid span of the beam is

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2009 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2009

An L-shaped elastic member with flexural rigidity EI is loaded as shown below : Total strain energy in the member due to bending is:

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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2010

The buckling load of a slender column clamped at both the ends is 4000 N. The column is subjected to an axial compression. During the course of service, one of the ends gets detached from the clamp and becomes free end. The absolute percentage change in the buckling load due to the change in the end condition is

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2010 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The deflection due to bending at point B is

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2011 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The Euler buckling load for a long slender column with fixed-fixed end conditions is 10000 N. If the end conditions are changed to fixed-free, the Euler buckling load (in N) would be

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2011 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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For the beam shown, if the maximum deflection occurs at a distance x from support P, which one of the following is TRUE?

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012

For the beam-column configurations shown in figure, the minimum Euler buckling load is obtained for the case (Young’s modulus and second moment of cross-sectional area are as indicated)

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012

Consider a simply supported beam loaded either by a uniformly distributed transverse load or by a concentrated transverse load applied at the center such that the maximum bending stress in both cases is the same. The ratio of the strain energy for the two cases is

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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The vertical deflection at the ends is

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012

The value of the additional end moment M (in N.m) required to obtain an upward deflection of 1 mm at the free end, is (moment is positive in counterclockwise direction)

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012

A small railway bridge is constructed from identical steel truss members, each of length \(l\), cross-sectional area \(A\) and Young’s modulus \(E\). A train stops on the bridge. The loads applied by the train on the truss on one side of the bridge may be assumed to act at pins A, B and C, as shown. The displacement of the support C due to this loading is

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2012 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

Engineering Sciences (XE) 2012

If the deflection at the free-end (under load P, with end moment M=0) is measured as δ = 5 mm, the flexural rigidity EI for the beam is (in N m²)

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2013 · Engineering Sciences · Mechanics of Deformable Bodies · Deflection, Energy Methods and Buckling

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A rigid bar AB is hinged at B through a torsional spring with spring constant \(k_t\). For small rotations of the bar AB about B, the critical load \(P_{cr}\) is given by

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