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Strength of Materials problems


  • 1. If the beam is supported so that there are only three unknown reactive elements at the supports. These can be determined by using the following fundamental equation of statics

  • Options
  • A. ?H = 0
  • B. ?V = 0
  • C. ?H = 0; ?H = 0
  • D. ?H = 0; ?V = 0; ?M = 0
  • E. ?M = 0; ?H = 0
  • Discuss
  • 2. In a continuous bending moment curve the point where it changes sign, is called

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  • A. point of inflexion
  • B. point of contraflexture
  • C. point of virtual hinge
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 3. The property by which a body returns to its original shape after removal of the force, is called

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  • A. plasticity
  • B. elasticity
  • C. ductility
  • D. malleability.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The under mentioned type is simple strain

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  • A. tensile strain
  • B. compressive strain
  • C. shear strain
  • D. volumetric strain
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Pick up the correct assumption of the theory of simple bending

  • Options
  • A. The value of the Young's modulus is the same in tension as well as in compression
  • B. Transverse section of a beam remains plane before and after bending
  • C. The material of the beam is homogeneous and isotropic
  • D. The resultant pull or thrust on transverse section of a beam is zero
  • E. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 6. A member is balanced at its end by two inclined members carrying equal forces. For equilibrium the angle between the inclined bars must be

  • Options
  • A. 3°
  • B. 45°
  • C. 60°
  • D. 90°
  • E. 120°
  • Discuss
  • 7. For a stable frame structure, number of members required, is

  • Options
  • A. three times the number of joints minus three
  • B. twice the number of joints minus three
  • C. twice the number of joints minus two
  • D. twice the number of joints minus one
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 8. For keeping the stress wholly compressive the load may be applied on a circular column anywhere within a concentric circle of diameter

  • Options
  • A. d/2
  • B. d/3
  • C. d/4
  • D. d/8
  • E. d/10
  • Discuss
  • 9. A short masonry pillar is 60 cm x 60 cm in cross-section, the core of the pillar is a square whose side is

  • Options
  • A. 17.32 cm
  • B. 14.14 cm
  • C. 20.00 cm
  • D. 22.36 cm
  • E. 25.22 cm.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If Z and I are the section modulus and moment of inertia of the section, the shear force F and bending moment M at a section are related by

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss

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