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CE 3491 Strength of Materials question papers

CE3491 Strength of Materials previous year question papers from Anna University (Regulation 2021), with the full syllabus. Read online or download the PDF.

Fourth semester · Core · L T P C: 3 0 0 3

Question papers

Syllabus

  1. Unit 1: Stress, Strain and Deformation of Solids9 hours

    Rigid bodies and deformable solids · Tension, Compression and Shear Stresses · Deformation of simple and compound bars · Thermal stresses · Elastic constants · Volumetric strains · Stresses on inclined planes · Principal stresses and principal planes · Mohr's circle of stress

  2. Unit 2: Transverse Loading on Beams and Stresses in Beam9 hours

    Beams · Types · Transverse loading on beams · Shear force and Bending moment in beams · Cantilever, Simply supported and over hanging beams · Theory of simple bending · Bending stress distribution · Load carrying capacity · Proportioning of sections · Flitched beams · Shear stress distribution

  3. Unit 3: Torsion9 hours

    Theory of Torsion · Stresses and Deformations in Solid and Hollow Circular Shafts · Combined bending moment and torsion of shafts · Power transmitted to shaft · Shaft in series and parallel · Closed and Open Coiled helical springs · springs in series and parallel

  4. Unit 4: Deflection of Beams9 hours

    Elastic curve · Governing differential equation · Double integration method · Macaulay's method · Area moment method · Conjugate beam method for computation of slope and deflection of determinant beams

  5. Unit 5: Thin Cylinders, Spheres and Thick Cylinders9 hours

    Stresses in thin cylindrical shell due to internal pressure · circumferential and longitudinal stresses · Deformation in thin cylinders · Spherical shells subjected to internal pressure · Deformation in spherical shells · Thick cylinders · Lame's theory