Mechanics of Materials & Structures Online Test – Paper 2

1. *When the equal and opposite forces are applied to a body, tending to elongate it, then the stress produced is called

2. *The maximum deflection of a simply supported beam subjected to a concentrated load (W) at the midpoint is

3. *Tensile internal force tends to:

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

5. The shear center may be defined as

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

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

8. *The maximum bending moment in a simply supported beam UDL is applied

9. The maximum bending moment caused by a large number of equally spaced identical loads on a simply supported beam is (W = wL)

10. The section modulus of a circular section about an axis through its C.G. is

11. *If the shear force along a section of a beam is zero, the bending moment at the section is:

12. *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:

13. *The maximum bending moment caused by a moving load on a simply supported beam is

14. *Short column taking maximum load having equal section

15. The radius of gyration of a rectangular section is not proportional to

16. The equivalent length of column fixed at one end and free at the other end is

17. Find the maximum BM induced in a cantilever beam subjected to a point load of 10 KN and a length of the beam is 10 m. The load is located at a distance of 3 m from the free end:-

18. The number of reaction components at a hinged end of a general loading is

19. If the Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.25, the ratio of Modulus of Rigidity to the Young's Modulus is

20. The property of material by which it can be drawn, due to tension, to a smaller section, is called

21. *The inclined member carrying compressive load in the case of frames and trusses is

22. If the value of Young's Modulus of elasticity for a material is zero, it implies that the material is

23. In a simply supported beam with span, L subjected to a point load, W at the center. Find the maximum bending moment induced in the beam

24. A Prismatic bar when subjected to pure bending assumes the shape of

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

26. In an I section, almost all the shear force is taken by

27. *The shear flow in a section can be defined as

28. The algebraic sum of the shear flow of a section in any direction must be equal to

29. Moment of inertia of a rectangular beam bxd is

30. The beam strongest in flexure will have the maximum