Strength of Materials Questions

• The limit of eccentricity is based upon no tension condition.
• A load which is spread over a beam in such a manner that it varies uniformly over the whole length of abeam is called uniformly __________ load.
• The rectangular beam 'A' has length l, width b and depth d. Another beam 'B' has the same length and depth but width is double that of 'A'. The elastic strength of beam 'B' will be __________ as compared to beam A.
• If the tearing efficiency of a riveted joint is 50%, then ratio of rivet hole diameter to the pitch of rivets is
• Resilience is the
• In order to know whether a column is long or short, we must know its slenderness ratio.
• When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress is developed on the
• Strain energy is the
• The bending stress in a beam is __________ section modulus.
• For a beam, as shown in the below figure, when the load W is applied in the centre of the beam, the maximum deflection is
• If the slenderness ratio for a column is 100, then it is said to be a __________ column.
• A concentrated load is one which
• If the depth is kept constant for a beam of uniform strength, then its width will vary in proportional to (where M = Bending moment)
• The object of caulking in a riveted joint is to make the joint
• When two main plates are kept in alignment butting each other and riveted with cover plate on both sides of the main plates with two rows of rivets in each main plate, the joint is known as __________ double cover butt joint.
• In compression test, the fracture in cast iron specimen would occur along
• When shear force at a point is zero, then bending moment is __________ at that point.
• A masonry dam may fail due to
• The energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limit is known as
• The maximum stress produced in a bar of tapering section is at