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  • The equivalent length of a column of length L having one end fixed and the other end free, is


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  • A. 2L
  • B. L
  • C. The equivalent length of a column of length L having one end fixed and the other end free, is 2L L
  • D. The equivalent length of a column of length L having one end fixed and the other end free, is 2L L

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  • 2L 

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    • 1. A close coil helical spring of mean diameter D consists of n coils of diameter d. If it carries an axial load W, the energy stored in the spring, is

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    • 2. The ratio of maximum and average shear stresses on a rectangular section, is

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    • B. 1.25
    • C. 1.5
    • D. 2.0
    • E. 2.5
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    • 3. A lift of weight W is lifted by a rope with an acceleration f. If the area of cross-section of the rope is A, the stress in the rope is

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    • 4. The maximum deflection of a simply supported beam of span L, carrying an isolated load at the centre of the span ; flexural rigidity being EI, is

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    • 5. The maximum deflection due to a load W at the free end of a cantilever of length L and having flexural rigidity EI, is

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    • 6. The force in BC of the truss shown in the given figure, is

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    • A. 3.0t compression
    • B. 3.0t tension
    • C. t tension
    • D. t compression
    • E. None of these.
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    • 7. If the strain energy stored per unit volume in a hollow shaft subjected to a pure torque when t attains maximum shear stress fs the ratio of inner diameter to outer diameter, is

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    • 8. The moment of inertia of a circular section about any diameter D, is

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    • 9. A simply supported beam A carries a point load at its midspan. An other identical beam B carries the same load but uniformly distributed over the entire span. The ratio of the maximum deflections of the beams A and B, will be

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    • 10. The load on a spring per unit deflection, is called

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    • A. stiffness
    • B. proof resilience
    • C. proof stress
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