Mechanics of Materials & Structures Online Test – Paper 2

1. The region of c/s of a column in which compressive load may be applied without producing tensile load is known as

2. A cantilever beam is the one which is supported with

3. *Young's modulus is the ratio of

4. A perfectly elastic body is

5. The variation of the bending moment in the segment of a beam where no external load is present is

6. *A point where SF is zero, BM is

7. *Centre of gravity of a semi-circle is... above the base AB (Dia.)

8. The maximum bending moment caused on a simply supported beam subjected to two equal concentrated loads (W/2) spaced at an equal distance (L/3) over the span is

9. According to Hook's law, which one is correct?

10. A long vertical member subjected to an axial compressive load is called

11. The strain energy stored by a member when strained within the elastic limit is known as

12. The maximum number of transverse shear forces possible at one end of an element of a plane frame are

13. What is tenacity?

14. *The ratio of change in volume to the original volume is called:

15. *The critical bending moment caused in a fixed end beam loaded with a uniformly distributed load (W = wL) throughout is

16. The moment of inertia of a triangular section b x h about the base is

17. For a beam of uniform strength if its depth is maintained constant then its width will vary in proportion to

18. For a column of given material, the Rankine's constant depends on

19. The phenomenon of slow growth of strain under steady tensile stress, i.e., increasing with time, is called

20. The diagram showing the variation of axial load along the span is called

21. The effective length of a column if both ends are hinged

22. A brittle material has

23. *The Young's Modulus of elasticity is defined as the ratio of stress & strain within the

24. The number of points of contraflexture in a simply supported beam carrying udl is

25. *The slope of an elastic curve at the point of contraflexture

26. In the case of a simply supported beam subjected to UDL, the maximum shear force occurs at a point

27. *In a simply supported beam with span (L) having a triangular load with its intensity 0 at both ends and W at center. The maximum BM will be

28. The value of buckling load is ... than the crushing load in the case of a long column

29. *The maximum BM produced in a simply supported beam having a span of 4 m and subjected to a UDL of 10 kN/m

30. *As the elastic limit reaches, tensile strain