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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Q. When a material is loaded within elastic limit, the material will regain its shape and size when the load is removed.

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Q. The critical neutral axis of a reinforced cement concrete beam is based on the principle that the neutral axis is situated at the centre of gravity of a given section.

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Q. The bending stress in abeam is __________ bending moment.

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

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Q. The distance between the centres of rivets in adjacent rows of zig-zag riveted joint, is called back pitch.

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Q. In a watch, the spring is used to store strain energy. This energy is released

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Q. A flitched beam is used to

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Q. A closely-coiled helical spring of stiffness k is cut into (n) equal parts. The stiffness in each part of the spring will be

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Q. The ratio of the lateral strain to the linear strain is called

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Q. A beam supported on more than two supports is called

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Q. In a leaf spring, the length of all the leaves are equal.

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Q. Two beams, one of circular cross-section and the other of square cross-section, have equal areas of cross-sections. When these beams are subjected to bending,

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Q. A beam extending beyond the supports is called

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Q. The compression test is carried on __________ materials.

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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 free end.

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