Civil Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 1 (Q.No. 39)
39.
The range within which a load can be applied on a rectangular column, to avoid any tensile stress, is
one-half of the base
one-third of the base
one-fourth of the base
one-fifth of the base
one sixth of the base on either side of centroid.
Answer: Option
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Birendra kumar said:   4 years ago
1/6 is the correct answer for the rectangle.

Inayat Ullah Kakar said:   9 months ago
For Rectangular section:
e<=b/3

And
e<=d/6 or h/6

For circular section
e<=d/8
So, the given answer is correct.

Deepak raj joshi said:   1 month ago
(b or d)/3 for rectangle.
R/4 for circle.
These regions refer to kern size or core size.


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