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Strength of Materials problems


  • 1. The ratio of the flexural strengths of two square beams one placed with its two sides horizontal and the other placed with one diagonal vertical, diagonal, is

  • Options
  • A. 2
  • B. 2
  • C. 5
  • D. 7
  • Discuss
  • 2. Reactions at the supports of a structure can be determined by equating the algebraic sum of

  • Options
  • A. horizontal forces to zero
  • B. vertical forces to zero
  • C. moment about any point to zero
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 3. The property of a material by which it can be drawn to a smaller section, due to tension, is called

  • Options
  • A. plasticity
  • B. ductility
  • C. elasticity
  • D. malleability.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The maximum deflection of a simply supported beam of length L with a central load W, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • Discuss
  • 5. The ratio of the effective length of a column and minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area, is known

  • Options
  • A. buckling factor
  • B. slenderness ratio
  • C. crippling factor
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Failure of riverted joints is due to

  • Options
  • A. Tearing of the plates between the rivet hole and the edge of the plate
  • B. Tearing of plates between rivets
  • C. Shearing of rivets
  • D. Crushing of rivets
  • E. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 7. When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress develops on

  • Options
  • A. bottom fibre
  • B. top fibre
  • C. neutral axis
  • D. every cross-section.
  • Discuss
  • 8. Simple bending equation is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. The maximum compressive stress at the top of a beam is 1600 kg/cm2 and the corresponding tensile stress at its bottom is 400 kg/cm2 . If the depth of the beam is 10 cm, the neutral axis from the top, is

  • Options
  • A. 2 cm
  • B. 4 cm
  • C. 6 cm
  • D. 8 cm
  • E. 10 cm.
  • Discuss
  • 10. The neutral axis of a beam cross-section must

  • Options
  • A. pass through the centroid of the section
  • B. be equidistant from the top of bottom films
  • C. be an axis of symmetry of the section
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss

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