A simply supported beam which carries a uniformly distributed load has two equal overhangs. To have maximum B.M. produced in the beam least possible, the ratio of the length of the overhang to the total length of the beam, is 0.508 0.207 0.407 0.307 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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 35 N 40 N 30 N 25 N TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A shaft rotating N.R.M. under a torque T, transmits a power /60 Newton metres/min /30 Newton metres/sec /30 Newton metres/min /60 Newton metres/sec TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Slenderness ratio of a long column, is Radius of gyration divided by area of cross-section Length of column divided by least radius of gyration Area of cross-section divided by radius of gyration Area of cross-section divided by least radius of gyration TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A steel rod of sectional area 250 sq. mm connects two parallel walls 5 m apart. The nuts at the ends were tightened when the rod was heated to 100°C. If steel = 0.000012/C°, Esteel = 0.2 MN/mm², the tensile force developed at a temperature of 50°C, is 120 N/mm² 80 N/mm² 100 N/mm 2 150 N/mm² TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In case of a simply supported I-section beam of span L and loaded with a central load W, the length of elasto-plastic zone of the plastic hinge, is L/4 L/2 L/5 L/3 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A rolled steel joist is simply supported at its ends and carries a uniformly distributed load which causes a maximum deflection of 10 mm and slope at the ends of 0.002 radian. The length of the joist will be, 16 m 13 M 15 M 14 M TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A steel plate d × b is sandwiched rigidly between two timber joists each D × B/2 in section. The steel will be (where Young’s modulus of steel is m times that of the timber). BD² + mbd²)/4D] BD³ + mbd³)/6D] BD² + mbd³)/4D] BD² + mbd²)/6D] TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In case of principal axes of a section None of these Product of moment of inertia is zero Sum of moment of inertia is zero Difference of moment inertia is zero TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The assumption in the theory of bending of beams is: Young’s modulus is same in tension as well as in compression Material is homogeneous Material is isotropic All of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?