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#1📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Poisson’s Ratio is the ratio of the
AUnit lateral deformation to the unit longitudinal deformation
BUnit stress to unit strain
CElastic limit to proportional limit
DShear strain to compressive strain
#2📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The differential of the shear equation is which one of the following?
ALoad on the beam
BTensile strength of beam
CBending moment of the beam
DSlope of the elastic curve
#3📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the form of the moment diagram of a beam supported at both end and carrying a uniformly distributed load?
ATriangle
BHyperbola
CParabola
DRectangle
#4📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Structural steel elements subjected to torsion develop
ATensile stress
BCompressive stress
CShearing stress
DBending stress
#5📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
At the highest or lowest point of the moment diagram
AMaximum shear occur
BShear is zero
CMaximum moment is twice the shear
DShear is negative
#6📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The three moment equation may be used to analyse
AA continuous beam
BA beam loaded at the third points
CA step tapered column
DA three element composite beam
#7📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The simple mathematical statement of the relationship between elastic stress and strain: stress is proportional to strain. What is this law?
ABoyle’s law
BHooke’s law
CCharle’s law
DGas law
#8📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
When a body is subjected to three mutually perpendicular stresses, of equal intensity, the ratio of direct stress to the corresponding volumetric strain is known as
AYoung’s modulus
BModulus of rigidity
CBulk modulus
DPoisson’s ratio
#9📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
A diagram which shows the variations of the axial load for all sections of the span of a beam, is called
ABending moment diagram
BShear force diagram
CThrust diagram
DStress diagram
#10📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The ratio of the lateral strain to the linear strains is
AModulus of elasticity
BModulus of rigidity
CBulk modulus
DPoisson’s ration
#11📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The three moment equation may be used to analyze ____
AAn axially end-loaded beam
BA beam loaded at the third points
CA continuous beam
DA step tapered column
#12📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Deformation per unit length in direction of force is known as
AStrain
BLateral strain
CLinear strain
DUnit strain
#13📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Simple stress is often called
ADirect stress
BVertical stress
CTotal stress
DAll of these
#14📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the unit of strain?
APa
BUnitless
CN-m
DN-m/s
#15📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is another term for modulus of elasticity?
ABulk modulus
BShear strain
CConstant elongation
DYoung’s modulus
#16📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
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
AUniform throughout
BIncrease uniformly
CFirst increase and then decrease
DIncrease uniformly first and then increase rapidly
#17📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
If the radius of wire stretched by a load is doubled, then its Young’s modulus will be
ADoubled
BHalved
CBecomes four time
DRemain unaffected
#18📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The deformation of a bar per unit length in the direction of force is known as
ALinear strain
BLateral strain
CShear strain
DVolumetric strain

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