Q. Two solid shafts 'A' and 'B' are made of the same material. The shaft 'A' is of 50 mm diameter and shaft 'B' is of 100 mm diameter. The strength of shaft 'B' is __________ as that of shaft A.

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Q. In calculating the strength of a riveted joint in tearing, shearing and crushing, the

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Q. The tensile test is carried on __________ materials.

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Q. If percentage elongation of a certain specimen made of a material 'A' under tensile test is 30% and the percentage elongation of a specimen with same dimensions made of another material 'B' is 40%, then material 'B' is more ductile than material 'A'.

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Q. A fixed beam is one which is fixed at __________ of its ends.

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Q. Factor of safety is defined as the ratio of

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Q. The value of equivalent length is taken to be half of the actual length of a column with one end fixed and the other end free.

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Q. The strain energy stored in a hollow circular shaft of outer diameter (D) and inner diameter (d) subjected to shear stress is

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Q. Fatigue test is carried out for

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Q. The section modulus (Z) of a beam is given by

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Q. Every direct stress is always accompanied by a strain in its own direction and an opposite kind of strain in every direction, at right angles to it. Such a strain is known as

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Q. The shear force of 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 __________ at the fixed end.

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Q. When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum tensile stress is developed on the

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Q. The compressive strength of brittle materials is __________ its tensile strength.

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Q. In spring balances, the spring is used

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Q. According to Euler's column theory, the crippling load of a column is given by p = π2 EI/Cl2. In the Euler's formula, the value of C for a column with both ends fixed is 4.

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Q. The centre to centre distance, between two consecutive rivets in a row, is called

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Q. The buckling load for a given column depends upon

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Q. A continuous beam is one which is

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Q. When a body is subjected to two equal and opposite pulls, as a result of which the body tends to extend its length, the stress and strain induced is

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