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Strength of Materials

It equal and opposite forces applied to a body tend to elongate it, the stress so produced is called______________________?

Strength of Materials /
It equal and opposite forces applied to a body tend to elongate it, the stress so produced is called______________________?

A. internal resistanpe
B. tensile stress
C. transverse stress
D. compressive stress
E. working stress

It equal and opposite forces applied to a body tend to elongate it, the stress so produced is called______________________? Read More »

Strength of Materials

A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equal increments till it breaks. The extensions noted with increasing loads will behave as under_________________?

Strength of Materials /
A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equal increments till it breaks. The extensions noted with increasing loads will behave as under_________________?

A. uniform throughout
B. increase uniformly
C. first increase and then decrease
D. increase uniformly first and then increase rapidly
E. increase rapidly first and then uniformly

A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equal increments till it breaks. The extensions noted with increasing loads will behave as under_________________? Read More »

Strength of Materials

Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load during the test by the_________________?

Strength of Materials /
Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load during the test by the_________________?

A. area at the time of fracture
B. original cross-sectional area
C. average of A. and B.
D. minimum area after fracture
E. none of the above.

Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load during the test by the_________________? Read More »

Strength of Materials

The Young’s modulus of a wire is defined as the stress which will increase the length of wire compared to its original length________________?

Strength of Materials /
The Young’s modulus of a wire is defined as the stress which will increase the length of wire compared to its original length________________?

A. half
B. same amount
C. double
D. one-fourth
E. four times

The Young’s modulus of a wire is defined as the stress which will increase the length of wire compared to its original length________________? Read More »

Strength of Materials