Q. When a load on the free end of a cantilever beam is increased, failure will occur

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Q. The length of a conical bar is l, diameter of base is d and weight per unit volume is w. It is fixed at its upper end and hanging freely. The elongation of the bar under the action of its own weight will be

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Q. A pressure vessel is said to be a thin shell when the ratio of wall thickness of the vessel to its diameter is __________ 1/10.

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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 one end fixed and the other end hinged, is 1/2.

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Q. A tensile test is performed on a mild steel round bar. Its diameter after fracture will

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

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Q. When a closely-coiled helical spring of mean diameter (D) is subjected to an axial load (W), the stiffness of the spring is given by

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Q. A leaf spring is supported at the

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Q. In leaf springs, the maximum bending stress developed in the plates is (where W = Load acting on the spring, l = Span of the spring, n = Number of plates, b = Width of plates, and t = Thickness of plates)

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Q. The unit of stress in S.I. units is

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Q. The modulus of elasticity for mild steel is approximately equal to

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Q. The Rankine's formula holds good for

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Q. The strain energy stored in a body due to shear stress, is (where τ = Shear stress, C = Shear modulus, and V = Volume of the body)

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Q. In case of eccentrically loaded struts __________ is preferred.

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Q. In case of an over-reinforced beam, the depth of actual neutral axis is the same as that of the critical neutral axis.

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Q. The thickness of a thin cylindrical shell with hemispherical ends is __________ that of spherical ends.

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Q. The assumption made in Euler's column theory is that

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Q. The limit of eccentricity for no tensile conditions for a column of circular section of diameter (d) is

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Q. The bending moment at the ends of a simply supported beam will be zero.

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Q. A closely-coiled helical spring is cut into two halves. The stiffness of the resulting spring will be

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