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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
The change in length due to a tensile or compressive force acting on a body is given by (where P = Tensile or compressive force acting on the body, $$l$$ = Original length of the body, A = Cross-sectional area of the body and E = Young's modulus for the material of the body)
A $$\frac{{{\text{P}}l{\text{A}}}}{{\text{E}}}$$
B $$\frac{{{\text{P}}l}}{{{\text{AE}}}}$$
C $$\frac{{\text{E}}}{{{\text{P}}l{\text{A}}}}$$
D $$\frac{{{\text{AE}}}}{{{\text{P}}l}}$$
If three forces acting in one plane upon a rigid body, keep it in equilibrium, then they must either
A Meet in a point
B Be all parallel
C At least two of them must meet
D All the above are correct
When a body is subjected to two equal and opposite forces, acting tangentially across the resisting section, as a result of which the body tends to shear off across the section, the stress and strain induced is
A Tensile stress, tensile strain
B Compressive stress, compressive strain
C Shear stress, tensile strain
D Shear stress, shear strain
Three forces acting on a rigid body are represented in magnitude, direction and line of action by the three sides of a triangle taken in order. The forces are equivalent to a couple whose moment is equal to
A Area of the triangle
B Twice the area of the triangle
C Half the area of the triangle
D None of these
Forces acting on a particle settling in fluid are __________ forces.
A Gravitational & buoyant
B Centrifugal & drag
C Gravitational or centrifugal buoyant drag
D External, drag & viscous
If a number of coplanar forces acting at a point be in equilibrium, the sum of clockwise moments must be __________ the sum of anticlockwise moments, about any point.
A Equal to
B Less than
C Greater than
D None of these
If two forces each equal to ‘T’ in magnitude act at right angles, their effect may be neutralized by a third force acting along their bisector in opposite direction whose magnitude will be
A 2T
B $$\frac{1}{2}{\text{T}}$$
C $$\sqrt 2 {\text{ T}}$$
D 3T
If a body floating in a liquid occupies a new position and remains at rest in this new position, when given a small angular displacement, the body is said to be in __________ equilibrium.
A Neutral
B Stable
C Unstable
D None of these
Varingon's theorem of moments states that if a number of coplanar forces acting on a particle are in equilibrium, then
A Their algebraic sum is zero
B Their lines of action are at equal distances
C The algebraic sum of their moments about any point in their plane is zero
D The algebraic sum of their moments about any point is equal to the moment of their resultant force about the same point

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