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Strength of Materials
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The Rankine's formula holds good for
Options
A. short columns
B. long columns
C. both short and long columns
D. weak columns
Correct Answer
both short and long columns
Strength of Materials problems
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1. The limit of eccentricity for no tensile conditions for a column of circular section of diameter (
d
) is
Options
A.
d
/4
B.
d
/8
C.
d
/12
D.
d
/16
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Correct Answer:
d
/8
2. The critical neutral axis of a reinforced cement concrete beam is based on the principle that the neutral axis is situated at the centre of gravity of a given section.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: True
3. When a material is loaded within elastic limit, the material will regain its shape and size when the load is removed.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
4. The distance between the centres of rivets in adjacent rows of zig-zag riveted joint, is called back pitch.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: False
5. The capacity of a strained body for doing work on the removal of the straining force, is called
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A. strain energy
B. resilience
C. proof resilience
D. impact energy
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Correct Answer: resilience
6. The bending stress in abeam is __________ bending moment.
Options
A. equal to
B. less than
C. more than
D. directly proportional to
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Correct Answer: directly proportional to
7. Shear modulus is the ratio of
Options
A. linear stress to linear strain
B. linear stress to lateral strain
C. volumetric strain to linear strain
D. shear stress to shear strain
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Correct Answer: shear stress to shear strain
8. The bending moment of a cantilever beam of length
l
and carrying a uniformly distributed load of
w
per unit length is __________ at the free end.
Options
A. zero
B.
wl
/4
C.
wl
/2
D.
wl
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Correct Answer: zero
9. The shear force at the ends of a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of
w
per unit length is
Options
A. zero at its both ends
B.
wl
at one end and -
wl
at the other end
C.
wl
/2 at one end and -
wl
/2 at the other end
D.
wl
2
/2 at one end and -
wl
2
/2 at the other end
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Correct Answer:
wl
/2 at one end and -
wl
/2 at the other end
10. In case of eccentrically loaded struts __________ is preferred.
Options
A. solid section
B. hollow section
C. composite section
D. reinforced section
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Correct Answer: composite section
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