Q. The columns whose slenderness ratio is less than 80, are known as

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Q. The equivalent length, of a given column with given end conditions, is the length of an equivalent column of the same material and cross-section with hinged ends, and having the value of crippling load equal to that of the given column.

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Q. Within elastic limit, shear stress is __________ shear strain.

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Q. For a given stress, the ratio of moment of resistance of a beam of square cross-section when placed with its two sides horizontal to the moment of resistance with its diagonal horizontal, is

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Q. The Young's modulus of a material is 125 GPa and Poissons ratio is 0.25. The modulus of rigidity of me material is

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Q. If the modulus of elasticity for a given material is twice its modulus of rigidity, then bulk modulus is equal to

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Q. A simply supported beam 'A' of length l, breadth b and depth d carries a central point load W. Another bream 'B' has the same length and breadth but its depth is doubled. The deflection of beam 'B' will be double as compared to beam 'A'.

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Q. In a beam of uniform strength, the bending stress developed is constant and is equal to the allowable stress at every section of the beam.

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Q. The bending moment of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length is __________ at the fixed end.

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Q. Two shafts 'A' and 'B' are made of same material. The shaft 'A' is of diameter D and shaft 'B' is of diameter D/2. The strength of shaft 'B' is __________ as that of shaft 'A'

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Q. A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σ) in one plane. The shear stress is maximum at a section inclined at __________ to the normal of the section.

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Q. The bending moment on a section is maximum where shear force is

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Q. The springs in cars are used to store strain energy.

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Q. The unit of Young's modulus is same as that of stress.

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Q. According to Euler's column theory, the crippling load for a column of length (L) with one end fixed and the other end hinged, is

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Q. The pull required to shear off a rivet, in double shear, per pitch length is

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Q. Lame's theory is associated with

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Q. The ductility of the material __________ with the decrease in percentage elongation of a specimen under tensile test.

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Q. The shear force diagram of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length will be

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Q. Whenever some external system of forces acts on a body, it undergoes some deformation. As the body undergoes some deformation, it sets up some resistance to the deformation. This resistance per unit area to deformation, is called

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