A simply supported beam which carries a uniformly distributed load has two equal overhangs. To have maximum B.M. produced in the beam least possible, the ratio of the length of the overhang to the total length of the beam, is_________________?
(A) 0.207
(B) 0.307
(C) 0.407
(D) 0.508
To determine the force in BD of the truss shown in the given figure a section is passed through BD, CD and CE, and the moments are taken about________________?
(A) A joint
(B) B joint
(C) C joint
(D) D joint
A short column (30 cm × 20 cm) carries a load P 1 at 4 cm on one side and another load P2at 8 cm on the other side along a principal section parallel to longer dimension. If the extreme intensity on either side is same, the ratio of P1 to P2 will be_________________?
(A) 2/3
(B) 3/2
(C) 8/5
(D) 5/8
For beams breadth is constant__________________?
(A) Depth d M
(B) Depth d 3
(C) Depth d
(D) Depth d 1/M
For calculating the permissible stress 0 y /[(1 + a(l/r)²] is the empirical formula, known as__________________?
(A) Straight line formula
(B) Parabolic formula
(C) Perry’s formula
(D) Rankine’s formula
The maximum B.M. due to an isolated load in a three hinged parabolic arch, (span l and rise h) having one of its hinges at the crown, occurs on either side of the crown at a distance_______________?
(A) l/4
(B) h/4
(C) l
(D) l
The force in AC of the truss shown in the given figure, is_________________?
(A) 5t tension
(B) 4t tension
(C) 4t compression
(D) 5t compression
The maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a uniformly distributed load w/unit length, is_________________?
(A) WI/2
(B) WI²/4
(C) WI²/8
(D) WI²/12
At any point of a beam, the section modulus may be obtained by dividing the moment of inertia of the section by_________________?
(A) Depth of the section
(B) Depth of the neutral axis
(C) Maximum tensile stress at the section
(D) Maximum compressive stress at the section
The yield moment of a cross section is defined as the moment that will just produce the yield stress in_________________?
(A) The outer most fibre of the section
(B) The inner most fibre of the section
(C) The neutral fibre of the section
(D) The fibre everywhere