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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 property of a material which enables it to resist fracture due to high impact loads is known as
A Elasticity
B Endurance
C Strength
D Toughness
In a tensile test on mild steel specimen, the breaking stress as compared to ultimate tensile stress is
A More
B Less
C Same
D More/less depending on composition
Property of a material to resist a tensile force without giving away is a measure of its
A Stiffness
B Toughness
C Resilience
D Tenacity
When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress ($${\sigma _{\text{x}}}$$) in one plane accompanied by a simple shear stress ($${\tau _{{\text{xy}}}}$$ ), the maximum shear stress is
A $$\frac{{{\sigma _{\text{x}}}}}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\sqrt {\sigma _{\text{x}}^2 + 4\tau _{{\text{xy}}}^2} $$
B $$\frac{{{\sigma _{\text{x}}}}}{2} - \frac{1}{2}\sqrt {\sigma _{\text{x}}^2 + 4\tau _{{\text{xy}}}^2} $$
C $$\frac{{{\sigma _{\text{x}}}}}{2} + \frac{1}{2}\sqrt {\sigma _{\text{x}}^2 - 4\tau _{{\text{xy}}}^2} $$
D $$\frac{1}{2}\sqrt {\sigma _{\text{x}}^2 + 4\tau _{{\text{xy}}}^2} $$
When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σ) in one plane, the maximum shear stress is __________ the maximum normal stress.
A Equal to
B One-half
C Two-third
D Twice
The property of a material which enables it to be drawn into wires with the application of a tensile force, is called
A Plasticity
B Elasticity
C Ductility
D Malleability
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 tensile strength of the welded joint for double fillet is (where s = Leg or size of the weld, $$l$$ = Length of weld and $${\sigma _{\text{t}}}$$ = Allowable tensile stress for weld metal)
A $$0.5\,{\text{s}}l{\sigma _{\text{t}}}$$
B $${\text{s}}l{\sigma _{\text{t}}}$$
C $$\sqrt 2 \,{\text{s}}l{\sigma _{\text{t}}}$$
D $$2\,{\text{s}}l{\sigma _{\text{t}}}$$
The ratio of the length and depth of a simply supported rectangular beam which experiences maximum bending stress equal to tensile stress, due to same load at its mid span, is
A $$\frac{1}{2}$$
B $$\frac{2}{3}$$
C $$\frac{1}{4}$$
D $$\frac{1}{3}$$

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