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  • Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one piece, are known as


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  • A. Compound beams
  • B. Indeterminate beams
  • C. Determinate beams
  • D. Composite beams.

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  • Composite beams. 

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    • 1. In case of a simply supported rectangular beam of span L and loaded with a central load W, the length of elasto-plastic zone of the plastic hinge, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 2. The assumption in the theory of bending of beams, is :

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    • A. material is homogeneous
    • B. material is isotropic
    • C. Young's modulus is same in tension as well as in compression
    • D. each layer is independent to expand or to contract
    • E. all the above.
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    • 3. In plastic analysis, the shape factor for rectangular section, is

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    • A. 1.4
    • B. 1.5
    • C. 1.6
    • D. 1.7
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    • 4. A shaft is subjected to bending moment M and a torque T simultaneously. The ratio of the maximum bending stress to maximum shear stress developed in the shaft, is

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    • A.
    • B.
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    • D.
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    • 5. Critical path method

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    • A. is an improvement upon bar chart method
    • B. provides a realistic approach to daily problems
    • C. avoids delays which are very common in bar charts
    • D. was invented by Morgan R. Walker of Dupot and James E. Kalley or Remington U.S.A. in 1957
    • E. All the above.
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    • 6. A rolled steel joist is simply supported at its ends and carries a uniformly distributed load which causes a maximum deflection of 10 mm and slope at the ends of 0.002 radian. The length of the joist will be,

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    • A. 10 m
    • B. 12 m
    • C. 14 m
    • D. 16 m
    • E. 18 m
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    • 7. Total strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is known

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    • A. Guest's or Trecas' theory
    • B. St. Venant's theory
    • C. Rankine's theory
    • D. Haig's theory
    • E. Von Mises's theory.
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    • 8. Shear strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is due to

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    • A. Rankine
    • B. Guest or Trecas
    • C. St. Venant
    • D. Haig
    • E. Von Mises.
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    • 9. For determining the support reactions at A and B of a three hinged arch, points B and C are joined and produced to intersect the load line at D and a line parallel to the load line through A at D'. Distances AD, DD' and AD' when measured were 4 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. The angle between the reactions at A and B is

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    • A. 30°
    • B. 45°
    • C. 60°
    • D. 90°
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    • 10. A material which obeys Hook's law, is subjected to direct stress ?0. At its elastic limit, the following statement is true,

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    • A. Strain is equal to
    • B. Maximum shear stress =
    • C. Strain energy =
    • D. Shear strain energy =
    • E. All the above.
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