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GATE Machine Design: Design for static and dynamic loading, failure theories – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Design for static and dynamic loading, failure theories (Machine Design, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 ME Q26 (1 mark, Multiple select) – The principal stresses at a point P in a solid are 70 MPa, −70 MPa and 0. The yield stress of the material is 100 MPa. Which prediction(s) about…
  2. GATE 2024 ME Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A solid massless cylindrical member of 50 mm diameter is rigidly attached at one end, and is subjected to an axial force P = 100 kN and a torque T =…
  3. GATE 2026 ME Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A steel plate having yield strength of 550 MPa, is subjected to biaxial state of stress as x = and y = -2. Using distortion energy theory and…