Civil Engineering - UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Discussion

Discussion Forum : UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Section 20 (Q.No. 7)
7.
The given figure shows the section of a wooden beam stiffened with two steel plates each of thickness 't' securely fixed to the sides. The second moment of area of the flitched beam about the X-X axis is (given: d = overall depth of the beam, b = width of the wooden section and m = modular ratio of the moduli of elasticity of steel and wood)
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Anonymous said:   4 years ago
C is the right answer.

The Width of the equivalent section will be B = b + 2mt and depth will be D only.

V.narayanan said:   8 years ago
Only D is the right one. The materials are different. Hence D.

Chhaya said:   8 years ago
I Think C is the right Answer.

Rahul said:   3 years ago
C & D both are right.

Shivakumar said:   8 years ago
C and D both are right.

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