GATE ME · 2025 · ME
Question 56: Mechanics of Materials
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Question 56
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The state of stress at a point is shown in the figure given below. Under plane stress assumption, the normal strain along the thickness direction (
) is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).Use the Young’s Modulus E = 200 GPa and Poisson’s ratio
= 0.27.

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GATE ME 2025 · Paper 1
Mechanical Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Mechanical Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
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- 2 marks
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