Civil Engineering - Strength of Materials

1.
A rectangular bar of width b and height h is being used as a cantilever. The loading is in a plane parallel to the side b. The section modulus is
none of these.
Answer: Option
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2.
As compared to uniaxial tension or compression, the strain energy stored in bending is only
Answer: Option
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3.
The ratio of strengths of solid to hollow shafts, both having outside diameter D and hollow having inside diameter D/2, in torsion, is
1/4
1/2
1/16
15/16
3/8
Answer: Option
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4.
The weakest section of a diamond riveting, is the section which passes through
first row
second row
central raw
one rivet hole of end row.
Answer: Option
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5.
In a loaded beam, the point of con-traflexture occurs at a section where
bending moment is minimum
bending moment is zero or changes sign
bending moment is maximum
shearing force is maximum
shearing force is minimum.
Answer: Option
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