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Engineering Mechanics
1st Semester (CE-2014)
FINAL PAPER, JAN, 2015
ROLL .NO

SEC

Note: - Use of mobile phones and programmable calculator is not allowed. Attempt all questions, all
questions carry equal marks, solve PART 1 on the question paper.
PART 1
Time allowed = 20 min

(MAX MARKS = 20)

Q .NO. 1) Multiple Choice Questions.

1) The forces exerted by bodies on one another by remote action, without physical contact are
called
a) Contact forces
b) body forces
c) Distributed forces
d) none of these
2) The no. of equilibrium equations per joint of a plane truss is
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d) 1
3) A particle is an object having
a) Mass but no volume
b) both mass and volume
c) Volume but no mass
d) none of these
4) Velocity of a rigid body moving along a straight line is denoted by a
a) Sliding vector
b) fixed vector
c) Free vector
d) unit vector
5) A rigid bar lying along x-axis, with a force exerted along y-axis the moment will be produced
a) About x-axis
b) about y-axis
c) About an arbitrary axis
d) about z axis
6) The basis for application of parallelogram law is
a) Conditions of equilibrium
b) newtons law of motion
c) Principle of transmissibility
d) Verignons theorem
7) Cables and strings have
a) Both compression and tension b) Tension only
c) Compression only
d) Flexure
8) The internal static indeterminacy of a truss can be increased by
a) By eliminating a support
b) eliminating a member
c) Providing additional member
d) providing extra support
9) Equilibrium equations cannot be used to find the unknowns if
a) The no. of unknowns is less than no. of equilibrium equations
b) The no. of unknowns is more than no. of equilibrium equations
c) The no. of equations is equal to no. of equilibrium equations
d) Both a) and c).
10) If the density is not uniform throughout the body the position of centroid and center of mass is

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a) Identical
b) does not coincide
c) center of mass is above centroid d) center of gravity is not related to density
Engineering Mechanics
1st Semester (CE-2014)
FINAL PAPER, JAN, 2015
PART 2
Time allowed = 2 hrs. 40 min

(MAX MARKS = 80)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q .NO. 2)
a) State principle of transmissibility and write down its significance.
b) The plate as shown in fig-1 is subjected to the forces at A and B as shown. If = 500
determine the magnitude of the resultant of these two forces and its direction measured
clockwise from the horizontal.

Fig-1
Q .NO. 3)
a) Differentiate between internal and external static indeterminacy?
b) Three cables are joined at the junction ring C. Determine the tension in the cables AC and
BC caused by the weight of 30 kg cylinder.

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Fig-2
Q .NO. 4)
a) Differentiate between plane truss and space truss.
b) Analyze the given truss by the method of joints and show the forces on a neat sketch.
P1 = 600 lb

P2 = 400 lb

Fig-3
Q .NO. 5)
a) Define
i. Shear force
ii.
Bending moment
iii. Torsion.
iv.
Center of mass
b) Analyze the given beam and draw the shear force and bending moment diagram, also find
the Maximum moment and its location.

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Fig-4

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