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Failure of a material is termed as fatigue failure, if it fails below the yield point. The resistance to fatigue failure of a material is measured by the
A Ultimate tensile strength (U.T.S.)
B Endurance limit
C Elastic limit
D None of these
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
Fatigue limit improvement by over stressing the metal by successively increasing the load is called coaxing. In fatigue failure, the material fails
A Below the yield point
B Above the yield point
C Below the elastic limit
D At the elastic limit
According to maximum shear stress failure criterion, yielding in material occurs, when the maximum shear stress is equal to __________ times the yield stress.
A 0.5
B 2
C $$\sqrt 2 $$
D $$\sqrt {\frac{3}{2}} $$
Fatigue failure of a material may occur, when it is subjected to __________ stress.
A Fluctuating
B Tensile
C Compressive
D Torsion
The yield point in fatigue loading compared to that in static loading is less. The ratio of ultimate tensile strength to endurance limit of a material subjected to fatigue loading is
A 0.5
B 1
C 1.5
D 2
The endurance or fatigue limit is defined as the maximum value of the stress which a polished standard specimen can withstand without failure, for infinite number of cycles, when subjected to
A Static load
B Dynamic load
C Static as well as dynamic load
D Completely reversed load
Endurance limit or fatigue limit is the maximum stress that a member can withstand for an infinite number of load applications without failure when subjected to
A Dynamic loading
B Static loading
C Combined static and dynamic loading
D Completely reversed loading
Which of the following is not a characteristic observed in material failure by fatigue fracture ?
A Plastic deformation of material does not occur
B Initiation of crack from below the surface does not occur
C Initation of crack occurs on the surface of the machine part
D Presence of both rough & smooth zone with conchoidal markings in smooth zone of the surface
Failure of a material is called fatigue when it fails
A At the elastic limit
B Below the elastic limit
C At the yield point
D Below the yield point

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