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 1 : 1 : 2 1 : 1½ : 2 None of these 2 : 1½ : 1 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Y are the bending moment, moment of inertia, radius of curvature, modulus of If M, I, R, E, F, and elasticity stress and the depth of the neutral axis at section, then M/I = E/R = Y/F M/I = E/R = F/Y M/I = R/E = F/Y I/M = R/E = F/Y TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The equivalent length of a column of length L, having both the ends hinged, is L/2 2L L S TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A steel bar 5 m × 50 mm is loaded with 250,000 N. If the modulus of elasticity of the material is 0.2 MN/mm² and Poisson’s ratio is 0.25, the change in the volume of the bar is: 3.125 cm³ 4.125 cm² 1.125 cm³ 2.125 cm³ TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The ratio of maximum and average shear stresses on a rectangular section, is 1 2.5 1.5 1.25 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Total strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is known Guest’s or Trecas’ theory St. Venant’s theory Haig’s theory Rankine’s theory TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A three hinged arch is generally hinged at its supports and None of these At one quarter span Anywhere in the rib At the crown TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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: 5.5 mm 4.5 mm 4.0 mm 5.0 mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A simply supported rolled steel joist 8 m long carries a uniformly distributed load over it span so that the maximum bending stress is 75 N/mm². If the slope at the ends is 0.005 radian and the value of E = 0.2 × 106 N/mm², the depth of the joist, is 200 mm 250 mm 400 mm 300 mm 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/3 L/2 L/5 L/4 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?