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Three elastic constants for a completely anisotropic elastic material which follows the Hooke's law are young's modulus, elastic limit stress and yield stress. Which of the following properties is most sensitive to increase in strain rate ?
A Tensile strength
B Elastic limit
C Proportional limit
D Yield strength
All materials obey Hooke's law within elastic limit. When elastic limit is reached, the tensile strain
A Increases very quickly
B Decreases very quickly
C Increases in proportion to stress
D Decreases in proportion to stress
A cylinderical rod subjected to a tensile strain within the elastic limit undergoes a volume change. If the volume strain is equal to half the tensile strain, then the Poisson's ratio of the rod is
A 0
B 0.33
C 0.44
D 0.25
The ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain within elastic limit is known as
A Young's modulus
B Bulk modulus
C Modulus of rigidity
D Poisson's ratio
In a tensile test, when the material is stressed beyond elastic limit, the tensile strain __________ as compared to the stress.
A Decreases slowly
B Increases slowly
C Decreases more quickly
D Increases more quickly
The design stress, which is more than the damaging stress, is the least unit stress that will render a member unfit for service before the end of its normal life. The design stress factor or factor of safety indicates the margin between design stress and the __________ stress.
A Working
B Damaging
C Allowable
D None of these
Poisson's ratio of a material is the ratio of unit lateral strain to the unit axial elongation within its elastic limit. The value of Poisson's ratio for structural and pressure vessel steel may be taken as
A 0.01
B 0.3
C 0.75
D 0.95
The strain energy stored in a body, when suddenly loaded, is __________ the strain energy stored when same load is applied gradually.
A Equal to
B One-half
C Twice
D Four times
Every direct stress is always accompanied by a strain in its own direction and an opposite kind of strain in every direction, at right angles to it. Such a strain is known as
A Linear strain
B Lateral strain
C Volumetric strain
D Shear strain
Shear strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is due to
A Rankine
B Guest or Trecas
C St. Venant
D Von Mises

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