Q. Every material obeys the Hooke's law within its

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Q. The maximum compressive stress at the top of a beam is 1600 kg/cm² and the corresponding tensile stress at its bottom is 400 kg/cm² . If the depth of the beam is 10 cm, the neutral axis from the top, is

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Q. In a continuous bending moment curve the point where it changes sign, is called

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Q. A beam of length L supported on two intermediate rollers carries a uniformly distributed load on its entire length. If sagging B.M. and hogging B.M. of the beam are equal, the length of each overhang, is

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Q. A long vertical member, subjected to an axial compressive load, is called

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Q. The property by which a body returns to its original shape after removal of the force, is called

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Q. A column is said to be of medium size if its slenderness ratio is between

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Q. Ties are load carrying members of a frame, which are subjected to

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Q. At either end of a plane frame, maximum number of possible transverse shear forces, are

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Q. The stress necessary to initiate yielding, is considerably

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Q. Strain energy of any member may be defined as work done on it

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Q. If the length of a cantilever carrying an isolated load at its free end is doubled, the deflection of the free end will increase by

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Q. The value of Poisson's ratio always remains

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Q. For a beam having fixed ends, the unknown element of the reactions, is

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Q. If all the dimensions of a bar are increased in the proportion n : 1, the proportion with which the maximum stress produced in the prismatic bar by its own weight, will increase in the ratio

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Q. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of square cross- section of 10 cm side and 500 cm long, is

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Q. The cross sections of the beams of equal length are a circle and a square whose permissible bending stress are same under same maximum bending. The ratio of their flexural weights is,

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Q. When two plates butt together and are riveted with two cover plates with two rows of rivets, the joint is known as

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Q. The moment diagram for a cantilever which is subjected to a uniformly distributed load will be a

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Q. The areas of cross-section of a square beam and a circular beam subjected to equal bending moments, are same.

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