Civil Engineering - Strength of Materials

36.
A simply supported wooden beam 150 cm long and having a cross section 16 cm x 24 cm carries a concentrated load, at the centre. If the permissible stress ft = 75 kg/cm2 and fs = 10 kg/cm2 the safe load is
3025 kg
3050 kg
3075 kg
3100 kg.
Answer: Option
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37.
If the normal cross-section A of a member is subjected to tensile force P, the resulting normal stress in an oblique plane inclined at angle θ to transverse plane will be
Answer: Option
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38.
The nature of the stress in horizontal members of the truss shown in below figure may be
compressive
tensile
shear
zero
all the above.
Answer: Option
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39.
A solid cube is subjected to equal normal forces on all its faces. The volumetric strain will be x-times the linear strain in any of the three axes when
x = 1
x = 2
x = 3
x = 4
Answer: Option
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40.
The structure shown in below figure is stable, if
x = 2y
x = y
2x = y.
Answer: Option
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