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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
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
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
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
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 results from __________ stress.
A Tensile
B Compressive
C Fluctuating
D None of these
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
A plate with an elliptical hole in the centre, with semi-major axis (a) perpendicular to the direction of loading and semi-minor axis (b) along the direction of loading, is subjected to a pull P. The maximum stress induced at the edge of the hole is equal to (where $$\sigma $$ = Stress for a plate with no hole i.e. nominal stress)
A $$\sigma \left( {1 + \frac{{\text{b}}}{{2{\text{a}}}}} \right)$$
B $$\sigma \left( {1 + \frac{{2{\text{a}}}}{{\text{b}}}} \right)$$
C $$\sigma \left( {1 + \frac{{\text{b}}}{{3{\text{a}}}}} \right)$$
D $$\sigma \left( {1 + \frac{{3{\text{a}}}}{{\text{b}}}} \right)$$

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