GATE ME
Strength of Materials
Simple Stress and Strain
Previous Years Questions

## Marks 1

A steel bar is held by two fixed supports as shown in the figure and is subjected to an increases of temperature $$\Delta T = {100^ \circ }C.$$ If the...
In the engineering stress-strain curve for mild steel, the Ultimate Tensile Strength $$(UTS)$$ refers to
The Poisson's ratio for a perfectly incompressible linear elastic material is
A rod is subjected to an uniaxial load within linear elastic limit. When the change in the stress is $$200$$ MPa, the change in the strain is $$0.001.... The number of independent elastic constants required to define the stress-strain relationship for an isotropic elastic solid is ________ If the Poisson's ratio of an elastic material is$$0.4$$, the ratio of modulus of rigidity to Young's modulus is _____ . A steel cube, with all faces free to deform, has Young’s modulus,$$E,$$Poisson’s ratio,$$ν,$$and coefficient of thermal expansion,$$\alpha .$$T... The stress-strain curve for mild steel is shown in the figure given below. Choose the correct option referring to both figure and table ... A metallic rod of$$500$$mm length and$$50$$mm diameter, when subjected to a tensile force of$$100$$kN at the ends, experiences an increase in its l... A circular rod of length$$‘L’$$and area of cross-section$$‘A’$$has a modulus of elasticity$$‘E’$$and coefficient of thermal expansion$$‘α’.$$O... A metallic rod of$$500$$mm length and$$50$$mm diameter, when subjected to a tensile force of$$100$$kN at the ends, experiences an increase in its l... A rod of length$$L$$having uniform cross-sectional area$$A$$is subjected to a tensile force$$P$$as shown in the figure below. If the Young’s mod... A steel rod of length$$L$$and diameter$$D$$, fixed at both ends, is uniformly heated to a temperature rise of$$\Delta T.$$The Young's modulus is ... In terms of Poisson's ratio$$\left( \mu \right)$$the ratio of Young's Modulus$$(E)$$to Shear Modulus$$(G)$$of elastic materials is A uniform, slender cylindrical rod is made of a homogeneous and isotropic material. The rod rests on a frictionless surface. The rod is heated uniform... Two identical circular rods of same diameter and same length are subjected to same magnitude of axial tensile force. One of the rods is made out of mi... A free bar of length 1 m is uniformly heated from$${0^ \circ }C$$to a temperature of$${t^ \circ }C$$.$$\alpha $$is the coefficient if linear exp... A large uniform plate containing a rivet-hole is subjected to uniform uniaxial tension of 95 MPa. The maximum stress in the plate is ... ## Marks 2 A horizontal bar, fixed at one end (x = 0), has a length of 1 m, and cross-sectional area of 100 mm2. Its elastic modulus varies along its length as g... A point mass of$$100$$kg is dropped onto a massless elastic bar (cross-sectional area =$$100mm$$2 ,length =$$1$$m, Young's modulus =$$100$$... A square plate of dimension L$$ \times $$L is subjected to a uniform pressure load P = 250 MPa on its edges as shown in the figure. Assume plane str... In the figure, the load P = 1 N, length L = 1 m, Young’s modulus E = 70 GPa, and the cross-section of the links is a square with dimension 10 mm$$ \t...
A circular metallic rod of length 250 mm is placed between two rigid immovable walls as shown in the figure. The rod is in perfect contact with the wa...
A horizontal bar with a constant cross-section is subjected to loading as shown in the figure. The Young’s modules for the sections AB and BC are 3E a...
A hypothetical engineering stress-strain curve shown in the figure has three straight lines PQ, QR, RS with coordinates P(0,0), Q(0.2,100), R(0.6,140)...
A solid steel cube constrained on all six faces is heated so that the temperature rises uniformly by $$\Delta T.$$ If the thermal coefficient of the m...
A $$200$$ mm long, stress free rod at room temperature is held between two immovable rigid walls. The temperature of the rod is uniformly raised by $$... A bar having a cross-sectional area of 700 mm2 is subjected to axial loads at the positions indicated. The value of stress in the segment BC is ... A steel bar of 40 mm × 40 mm square cross-section is subjected to an axial compressive load of 200 kN. If the length of the bar is 2m and E = 200 GPa.... The figure below shows a steel rod of$$25$$mm2 cross sectional area. It is loaded at four points, K, L, M and N. Assume Esteel$$=200$$GPa. Th... A$$200 \times 100 \times 50$$mm steel block is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure of$$15 MPa. The Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of the mat...
Below Fig. shows a rigid bar hinged at A and supported in a horizontal position by two vertical identical steel wires. Neglect the weight of the beam....
Determine the temperature rise necessary to induce buckling in a 1 m long circular rod of diameter 40 mm shown in the figure below. Assume the rod to ...
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