Civil Engineering - Strength of Materials - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Strength of Materials - Section 4 (Q.No. 3)
3.
A short masonry pillar is 60 cm x 60 cm in cross-section, the core of the pillar is a square whose side is
17.32 cm
14.14 cm
20.00 cm
22.36 cm
25.22 cm.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Anand said:   7 years ago
The shape of the core in the square section is square and side value is b/3 & d/3 so the answer is 20 cm.
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Sumit said:   7 years ago
Thanks all for explaining.
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Subhankar said:   7 years ago
Here, we can use ((B^2 +D^2)^.5)/6 for calculation.
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Ramya said:   6 years ago
Thank you @Yogesh.
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Deepankar said:   4 years ago
Its a sq.colum as its dimensions are equal,

For square column,the shape of kern is also square with diagonal = d/3 = 60/3 = 20cm.
Now the Q asks about the side of the core not the diagonal of the core.

But we know that Area of square=1/2(diagonal)^2.
Also area of sq.=a^2,
Solving these two we get a=diagonal/(underroot of 2).
So a=20/(under root 2)= 14.14cm.
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