Q. If Q is load factor, S is shape factor and F is factor of safety in elastic design, the following:

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Q. In plastic analysis, the shape factor for a triangular section, is

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. The tangential component of stress on an plane inclined θ° to the direction of the force, may be obtained by multiplying the normal stress by

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Q. There are two hinged semicircular arches A, B and C of radii 5 m, 7.5 m and 10 m respectively and each carries a concentrated load W at their crowns. The horizontal thrust at their supports will be in the ratio of

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Q. A spring of mean radius 40 mm contains 8 action coils of steel (N = 80000 N/mm²), 4 mm in diameter. The clearance between the coils being 1 mm when unloaded, the minimum compressive load to remove the clearance, is

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Q. A load of 1960 N is raised at the end of a steel wire. The minimum diameter of the wire so that stress in the wire does not exceed 100 N/mm² is :

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Q. In plastic analysis, the shape factor for rectangular section, is

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Q. In case of a simply supported rectangular beam of span L and loaded with a central load W, the length of elasto-plastic zone of the plastic hinge, is

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Q. A truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if

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Q. The assumption in the theory of bending of beams, is :

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Q. The shape factor of standard rolled beam section varies from

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Q. Shear strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is due to

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Q. The point of contraflexure is the point where

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Q. The normal component of a force inclined through θ° is obtained by multiplying the force by

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Q. If ΣH and ΣV are the algebraic sums of the forces resolved horizontally and vertically respectively, and ΣM is the algebraic sum of the moments of forces about any point, for the equilibrium of the body acted upon

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Q. For determining the support reactions at A and B of a three hinged arch, points B and C are joined and produced to intersect the load line at D and a line parallel to the load line through A at D'. Distances AD, DD' and AD' when measured were 4 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. The angle between the reactions at A and B is

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Q. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following : The torsional resistance of a shaft is directly proportional to

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Q. A material is said to be perfectly elastic if

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Q. Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one piece, are known as

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