Q. The ratio of bulk modulus to Young's modulus for a Poisson's ratio of 0.25 will be

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Q. The bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a gradually varying load from zero at the free end and w per unit length at the fixed end is a parabolic curve.

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Q. The bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length, will be

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Q. The bending moment at the centre of a simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at both ends to w per metre at the centre is wl/4.

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Q. A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress of 300 MPa in one plane accompanied by a simple shear stress of 200 MPa. The maximum shear stress will be

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Q. In a thick cylindrical shell subjected to an internal pressure (p), the tangential stress is always a tensile stress where as the radial stress is a compressive stress

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Q. A column is said to be a short column, when

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Q. In a thick cylindrical shell subjected to an internal pressure (p), the radial stress across the thickness of the cylinder is

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Q. In order to avoid tearing off the plate at an edge, the distance from the centre of the rivet hole to the nearest edge of the plate (i.e. margin) should be (where d = Diameter of rivet hole in mm)

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Q. In a riveted joint, when the rivets in the various rows are opposite to each other, the joint is said to be

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Q. The load required to produce a unit deflection in a spring is called

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Q. A pressure vessel is said to be a thin shell when it is made of thin sheets.

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Q. When a column is subjected to an eccentric load, the stress induced in the column will be

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Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?

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Q. When a shaft is subjected to a twisting moment, every cross-section of the shaft will be under

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Q. A double strap butt joint with equal straps is

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Q. At the neutral axis of a beam

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Q. The line of intersection of the neutral layer with any normal cross-section of the beam is called neutral axis.

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Q. In a thick cylindrical shell subjected to an internal pressure (p), the maximum radial stress at the inner surface of the shell is

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Q. Shear strength of the welded joint for double parallel fillet is (where τ = Allowable shear stress for weld metal)

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