Correct Answer: length of column divided by least radius of gyration.
2. A masonry dam (density = 20, 000 N/m3) 6 m high, one metre wide at the top and 4 m wide at the base, has vertical water face. The minimum stress at the base of the dam when the reservoir is full, will be
3. A steel plate d x b is sandwiched rigidly between two timber joists each D x B/2 in section. The moment of resistance of the beam for the same maximum permissible stress ? in timber and steel will be (where Young's modulus of steel is m times that of the timber).
5. The eccentricity (e) of a hollow circular column, external diameter 25 cm, internal diameter 15 cm for an eccentric load 100 t for non-development of tension, is
6. If normal stresses due to longitudinal and transverse loads on a bar are ?1 and ?2 respectively, the normal component of the stress on an inclined plane ?° to the longitudinal load, is