PE Machine Design and Materials exam guide
PE Machine Design and Materials drill: Mechanics of Materials
10 problems · Untimed · Worked solution after each answer
Axial, shear, bending and torsion stresses, buckling, combined loading, static and fatigue failure, thermal and interference stresses. Knowledge area 2 of the PE Mechanical: Machine Design and Materials specification carries 17 to 26 of the 80 questions.
- 2A Axial Loading
- 2B Shear and Transverse Loading
- 2C Bending
- 2D Buckling
- 2E Torsion
- 2F Combined Loading
- 2G Static Failure
- 2H Fatigue Failure
- 2I Thermal Stresses and Interference Stresses
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