Strength of Materials Ass I
Strength of Materials Ass I
1. A horizontal steel girder has a span of 3 m and is built-in at the left-hand end and freely supported
at the other end. It carries a uniformly distributed load of 30 kN/m over the whole span, together
with a single concentrated load of 20 kN at a point 2 m from the left-hand end. The supporting
conditions are such that the reaction at the left-hand end is 65 kN.
a) Determine the bending moment at the left-hand end and draw the B.M. diagram.
b) Give the value of the maximum bending moment.
c) If the girder is 200 mm deep and has a second moment of area of
40 x10−6 m4 determine the maximum stress resulting from bending.
2. A 200 mm wide x 300 mm deep timber beam is reinforced by steel plates 200 mm wide x 12
mm deep on the top and bottom surfaces as shown in Figure below. If the maximum allowable
stresses for the steel and timber are 120 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2 and 8 𝑀𝑁/𝑚2 respectively, determine the
maximum bending moment which the beam can safely carry.
For steel 𝐸 = 200 𝐺𝑁/𝑚2; for timber 𝐸 = 10 𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 .
3. A beam ABCD, 6 m long, is simply-supported at the right-hand end D and at a point B 1 m from
the left- hand end A. It carries a vertical load of 10 kN at A, a second concentrated load of 20 kN
at C, 3 m from D, and a uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m between C and D. Determine the
position and magnitude of the maximum deflection if 𝐸 = 208 𝐺𝑁/𝑚2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 =
35 𝑥 10−6 𝑚4.