Engineering Sciences
GATE XE Mechanics of deformable bodies PYQs
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Question 75
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Two circular rods shown below carry the same axial load
. The Rod-A has uniform cross-section and the Rod-B has non-uniform cross-section as shown. The ratio of elongation of Rod-A to Rod-B is given by 
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A composite shaft is made of a steel tube with an inner brass core perfectly bonded together as shown. The shaft is fixed at one end and subjected to a torque of
at the other end. Shear modulus of steel is
and that of brass is
. The outer radius of the steel tube is
and radius of the inner brass core is
. The magnitude of shear stress at the interface (point X) and in the steel tube is closest to 
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A massless rod of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a force
at origin
as shown. The expression for the stress
at point
is given by 
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