Mechanics of Materials & Structures Online Test – Paper 2

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

2. *A beam is said to be loaded in pure bending when

3. The relation between deflection (y) and bending moment (M) is

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

5. *Fatigue is the failure of a material under:

6. The slope of the curve of S.F. diagram at any section will be equal to

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

8. In simple bending theory, the assumption that a plane section before bending remains plane after bending implies that

9. *If a beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress develops on

10. In a beam where shear force is maximum, the bending moment will be

11. *A member which does not regain its original shape after the load producing deformation is removed, is said to be:

12. *Which of the following sections is the most efficient in carrying bending moments

13. *In a simply supported beam subjected to a point load at the center, the maximum bending moment occurs at

14. Euler's formula for a column of length 1, with one end fixed and other hinged is

15. In rectangular column having cross section b X h, the core is

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

17. The difference between BM values at any two sections will be equal to

18. Which of the following is a relatively ductile material?

19. The shear center in the case of a T-beam section is

20. The square root of the ratio of moment of inertia and cross-section area of the member is known as

21. *The velocity of a moving body is:

22. *The magnitude of a shear force at a distance of L/4 from either end of a simply supported beam with load P applied at midspan is equal to:

23. The maximum deflection of a beam occurs at

24. Which of the following gives Modulus of Rigidity

25. A body having similar properties throughout

26. A column that fails primarily due to buckling is known as

27. The rate of change of shear force is called

28. The bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam subjected to a moment at the end of the beam would be

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

30. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of square cross-section of 10 cm side and 500 cm long is