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University of Alberta
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
CivE 398: Mid Term Exam II
Time allowed: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Date: November 6th 2014
1. The position function of a continuum follows the relationship
1.001 0.002
1.002 0.003
Then, the component of the infinitesimal strain matrix is:
a. 0.005
b. 0.0025
c. 0.002
d. 0.001
2. The position function of a continuum follows the same relationship as in question 1.
Then, the component is:
a. 0.005
b. 0.0025
c. 0.002
d. 0.001
3. The stress at a point is given by the following matrix
2
4. The shown figure represents a specimen under a confined compression test. The vertical stress
is 200MPa while the confining pressure is kept at 100MPa.
200MPa
100MPa 100MPa
200MPa
The maximum shear stress inside the specimen is:
a. Zero
b. 50 MPa
c. 100 MPa
d. 200 MPa
5. The shown figure represents a specimen under a confined compression test. The vertical stress
is – where is a positive real number while the confining pressure is applied by ensuring that
the specimen does not expand or contract laterally. The specimen is isotropic linear elastic with
Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio .
Confining pressure Confining pressure
The confining pressure is equal to:
a.
b.
c. –
d.
3
6. Let : → 1,1 be defined such that ∀ ∈ : sin . Then, the following is true
about :
a. is surjective but not injective
b. is injective but not surjective
c. is bijective
d. None of the above
7. In a tensile test of a steel specimen, the engineering stress was measured at 350MPa while the
corresponding engineering strain was measured at 0.1. The true stress is equal to:
a. 318MPa
b. 350MPa
c. 385MPa
d. None of the above
8. If the stress matrix in a three dimensional state of stress is represented by
0 0
0 0
0 0
where ∈ , 0. Then the normal stress on a plane perpendicular to the direction of the
vector , , is:
a.
b.
c.
d. 3
9. The longitudinal engineering strains on the surface of a test specimen were measured using a
strain rosette to be 0.02, 0.01 and ‐0.01 along the three directions: , and ∈ respectively,
where 1,0 , 1,1 and 0,1 . If the material is assumed to be in a small strain
state, then the strain component is equal to:
a. 0.01
b. 0.02
c. ‐0.01
d. ‐0.025
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11. In a linear elastic isotropic material with Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio , the stress
matrix is:
0
0
0 0
Where , ∈ . Then, the strain matrix is:
1 2 1 0
a. 1 1 2 0
0 0 1 2
1 1 0
b. 1 1 0
0 0 2
2 1 0
c. 1 1 0
0 0 1
1 2 1 /2 0
d. 1 /2 1 2 0
0 0 1 2
12. The stress matrix at point A on the outside wall of the shown pipe expressed using the
coordinate system indicated in the figure is:
2
A 4
0.01
400 0 0
a. 0 0 0
0 0 200
200 0 0
b. 0 0 0
0 0 400
400 0 0
c. 0 200 0
0 0 0
200 0 0
d. 0 400 0
0 0 0
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13. Let , ∈ (i.e., is the set of vectors which have the form , , ). Then
set represents the geometry of:
a. a line in 3D space
b. a plane in 3D space
c. a cube of unit length in 3D space
d. None of the above
14. An object expanded such that if the original position is , , , then the final position
vector is 1.1 . The Green Strain matrix associated with this deformation is:
1.1 0 0
a. 0 1.1 0
0 0 1.1
0.1 0 0
b. 0 0.1 0
0 0 0.1
1.105 0 0
c. 0 1.105 0
0 0 1.105
0.105 0 0
d. 0 0.105 0
0 0 0.105
15. The stress matrix as a function of the position in a continuum has the following form:
6 5 0
10 0
0 0 0
Where , and ∈ . If the body forces vector applied to the continuum is equal to
1,0,0 units, then for the stress matrix to satisfy the differential equation of static equilibrium:
a. 0, 3, 6
b. 0, 3, 3
c. 5, 0, 0
d. 6, 0, 0
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17. Before any deformation is applied, the cuboid has the dimensions shown in the figure below. A
deformation described by the following small strain matrix is applied to the cube:
0.01 0.005 0
0.005 0.04 0
0 0 0.01
The length of after deformation is: 1
a. 2.01 units
b. 2.02 units 1
c. 1.99 units 2
d. 1.98 units
18. Before any deformation is applied, the cuboid has the dimensions shown in the figure below. A
deformation described by the following small strain matrix is applied to the cube:
0.01 0 0
0 0.04 0
0 0 0.01
1
The length of the line after deformation is: 1
a. 1.015 √2 units 2
b. 1.03 √2 units
c. 0.97 √2 units
d. 0.985 √2 units
19. Before any deformation is applied, the cuboid has the dimensions shown in the figure below.
The cuboid is subjected to a stress state described by the following stress matrix:
200 0 0
0 200 0
0 0 100
The cuboid is made out of a linear elastic material with
Young’s modulus 2 and a negative Poisson’s 1
ratio of value 0.1. The length of the vector after
deformation is: 1
a. 0.93 units 2
b. 0.97 units
c. 1.07 units
d. 1.03 units
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20. A possible position function describing the shown two dimensional deformation is:
1 1
1
1
Reference configuration
Deformed configuration ( is a small angle)
1 1/
a.
1/ 1
1 0
b.
1
1
c.
0 1
1
d.
1
21. The shown beam has a constant width 1 units and a height that varies according to the
equation
2
200
The beam is subjected to a horizontal body forces that is equal to units of force/unit volume and
a horizontal boundary force of value . If is the only nonzero stress component, then the
following is the differential equation of equilibrium written in terms of :
a. 2
b. 2 2
c. 2 2
d. 2
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22. The following relationship between the uniaxial engineering (small) strain and the uniaxial
Green strain measures is true (where is the stretch):
a.
b. 1
c.
d. None of the above
23. The stress matrix representing the stress at a point inside a continuum is symmetric as a result
of:
a. The strain matrix being symmetric
b. The law of the balance of moments
c. The body is a linear material
d. The material conserving energy
24. In a linear elastic structure, the matrix of coefficients relating the stresses and the strains is
symmetric as a result of:
a. The strain matrix being symmetric
b. The stress matrix being symmetric
c. Both the strain and the stress matrix being symmetric
d. The material conserving energy
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1 b
2 d
3 d
4 b
5 a
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 b
10 a
11 a
12 d
13 a
14 d
15 c
16 c
17 b
18 a
19 b
20 d
21 c
22 b
23 b
24 d