Q. A localised compressive stress at the area of contact between two members is known as

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Q. Two closely-coiled helical springs 'A' and 'B' are equal in all respects but the number of turns of spring 'A' is double that of spring 'B'. The stiffness of spring 'A' will be __________ that of spring 'B'.

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Q. In a tensile test, when the material is stressed beyond elastic limit, the tensile strain __________ as compared to the stress.

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Q. Poisson's ratio is the ratio of linear stein to the volumetric strain.

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Q. The product of Young's modulus (E) and moment of inertia (I) is known as

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Q. The relation between equivalent length (L) and actual length (l) of a column for both ends fixed is

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Q. The ratio of maximum shear stress developed in a rectangular beam and a circular beam of the same cross-sectional area is

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Q. Transverse fillet welds are designed for

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Q. The planes, which carry no shear stress, are known as principal planes.

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Q. The stiffness of a closely-coiled helical spring is __________ proportional to number of turns.

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Q. The maximum bending moment of a simply supported beam of span l and carrying a point load W at the centre of beam, is

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Q. A column of length (l) with both ends fixed may be considered as equivalent to a column of length __________ with one end fixed and the other end free.

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Q. For biaxial stress, the planes of maximum shear are at right angles to each other and are inclined at 45° to the principal planes.

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Q. For the two shafts connected in parallel and subjected to twisting moment, the angle of twist of each shaft will be same.

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Q. For a shaft, the shear stress at a point is __________ the distance from the axis of the shaft.

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Q. A spring used to absorb shocks and vibrations is

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Q. The shear stress at the centre of a circular shaft under torsion is

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Q. At the neutral axis of a beam, the shear stress is

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Q. A beam of triangular section is placed with its base horizontal. The maximum shear stress occurs at

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Q. When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σ) in one plane, then normal stress on an oblique section of the body inclined at an angle θ to the normal of the section is

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