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Strength of Materials problems


  • 1. A section of beam is said to be in pure bending, if it is subjected to

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  • A. constant bending moment and constant shear force
  • B. constant shear force and zero bending moment
  • C. constant bending moment and zero shear force
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. The columns whose slenderness ratio is less than 80, are known as

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  • A. short columns
  • B. long columns
  • C. weak columns
  • D. medium columns
  • Discuss
  • 3. The lower layer of the beam as shown in the below figure, will be
    Mechanical Engineering Strength of Materials: The lower layer of the beam as shown in the below figure, will be

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  • A. in tension
  • B. in compression
  • C. neither in tension nor in compression
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  • 4. A square beam and a circular beam have the same length, same allowable stress and the same bending moment. The ratio of weights of the square beam to the circular beam is

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  • A. 1/2
  • B. 1
  • C. 1/1.12
  • D. 1/2
  • Discuss
  • 5. The perpendicular distance between the centre lines of the successive rows, is called pitch.

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  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree
  • Discuss
  • 6. The values of equivalent length (L) and actual length (l) of a column for both ends hinged is the same

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  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 7. When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (?) in one plane, then tangential or shear stress on an oblique section of the body inclined at an angle ? to the normal of the section is

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  • A. ? sin 2?
  • B. ? cos 2?
  • C. ?/2 sin 2?
  • D. ?/2 cos 2?
  • Discuss
  • 8. The neutral axis of a transverse section of a beam passes through the centre of gravity of the section and is

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  • A. in the vertical plane
  • B. in the horizontal plane
  • C. in the same plane in which the beam bends
  • D. at right angle to the plane in which the beam bends
  • Discuss
  • 9. The distance between the centre of a rivet hole to the nearest edge of plate, is called

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  • A. margin
  • B. pitch
  • C. back pitch
  • D. diagonal pitch
  • Discuss
  • 10. The change in length due to a tensile or compressive force acting on a body is given by (where P = Tensile or compressive force acting on the body, l = Original length of the body, A = Cross-sectional area of the body, and E = Young's modulus for the material of the body)

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

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