Q. A tensile test is performed on a round bar. After fracture, it has been found that the diameter remains approximately same at fracture. The material under test was

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Q. In a simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load w per unit length, the point of contraflexure

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Q. Modulus of rigidity may be defined as the ratio of

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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 normal stress will be

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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 beam 'B' has the same length and depth but its breadth is doubled. The deflection of beam 'B' will be __________ as compared to beam 'A'.

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Q. The moment of resistance of a balanced reinforced concrete beam is based on the stresses in

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Q. The load at which the column just buckles, is known as

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Q. The Rankine's constant for a mild steel column with both ends hinged is

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Q. The relation between equivalent length (L) and actual length (l) of a column for one end fixed and the other end hinged is

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Q. The total strain energy stored in a body is called proof resilience.

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Q. The thermal stress in a bar is __________ proportional to the change in temperature.

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Q. The section modulus of a circular section about an axis through its C.G., is

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Q. In the above question, the normal stress on an oblique section will be maximum, when θ is equal to

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Q. The strain energy stored in a body, when suddenly loaded, is __________ the strain energy stored when same load is applied gradually.

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Q. The shear force 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

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Q. The proof resilience per unit volume of a material is known as modulus of resilience.

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Q. According to Unwin's formula, the relation between diameter of rivet hole (d) and thickness of plate (t) is given by (where d and t are in mm)

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Q. A spring, when loaded, is permanently distorted and recover its original shape when the load is removed.

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Q. When a rectangular beam is loaded longitudinally, the shear force develops on the top layer.

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Q. The capacity of a strained body for doing work on the removal of the straining force, is called

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