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Strength of Materials problems


  • 1. The ratio of elongations of a conical bar due to its own weight and that of a prismatic bar of the same length, is

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  • 2. The maximum twisting moment a shaft can resist, is the product of the permissible shear stress and

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  • A. moment of inertia
  • B. polar moment of inertia
  • C. polar modulus
  • D. modulus of rigidly.
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  • 3. The deflection due to couple M at the free end of a cantilever length L is

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  • 4. The weakest section of a diamond riveting, is the section which passes through

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  • A. first row
  • B. second row
  • C. central raw
  • D. one rivet hole of end row.
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  • 5. A reinforced concrete beam is assumed to be made of

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  • A. homogeneous material
  • B. heterogeneous material
  • C. isotropic material
  • D. none of these.
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  • 6. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of a square cross-section of 2.5 cm sides and 300 cm length, is

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  • A. 200
  • B. 240
  • C. 360
  • D. 416
  • E. 500
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  • 7. For a simply supported beam with a central load, the bending moment is

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  • A. least at the centre
  • B. least at the supports
  • C. maximum at the supports
  • D. maximum at the centre.
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  • 8. For a given material Young's modulus is 200 GN/m2 and modulus of rigidity is 80 GN/m2. The value of Poisson's ratio is

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  • A. 0.15
  • B. 0.20
  • C. 0.25
  • D. 0.30
  • E. 0.40
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  • 9. A triangular section having base b, height h, is placed with its base horizontal. If the shear stress at a depth y from top is q, the maximum shear stress is

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  • 10. As compared to uniaxial tension or compression, the strain energy stored in bending is only

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