Structural Analysis - I (3140603) MCQs

MCQs of Fundamentals of Statically Determinate Structures

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61.
A circular three pinned arch of span 20 m and a rise of 5 m is hinged at a crown and springing. It carries a load of u.d.l. of 10 kN/m over entire span. The horizontal thrust at the right springing will be
(a) 100 kN
(b) 600 kN
(c) 400 kN
(d) 800 kN
Answer:

Option (a)

62.
A cylinder is said to be thin if the ratio of its thickness and diameter, is less than
(a) 1/25
(b) 1/20
(c) 1/15
(d) 1/10
Answer:

Option (d)

63.
An open-ended cylinder of radius r and thickness t is subjected to internal pressure p. The Young's modulus for the material is E and Poisson's ratio is μ. The longitudinal strain is
(a) zero
(b) prtE
(c) pr2tE
(d) none of these
Answer:

Option (a)

64.
The stress in the wall of a cylinder in a direction normal to its longitudinal axis, due to a force acting along the circumference, is known as
(a) yield stress
(b) longitudinal stress
(c) hoop stress
(d) circumferential stress
Answer:

Option (c)

65.
The ratio of the tensile stress developed in the wall of a boiler in the circumferential direction to the tensile stress in the axial direction, is
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
Answer:

Option (c)

66.
If p is the internal pressure in a thin cylinder of diameter d and thickness t, the developed hoop stress, is
(a) pd2t
(b) pd4t
(c) pdt
(d) 2pdt
Answer:

Option (a)

67.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(a) Hoop strain of the walls of a cylinder due to liquid is pd2tE1-12m
(b) Longitudinal strain in the walls of a cylinder due to liquid is pd2tE12-1mh>
(c) Volumetric change in the cylinderdue to liquid is pd2tE52-2m
(d) All the above
Answer:

Option (d)

68.
The ratio of circumferential stress to the longitudinal stress in the walls of a cylindrical shell, due to flowing liquid, is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1
(c) 3/2
(d) 2
Answer:

Option (d)

69.
An isolated load W is acting at 'a' distance a from the left hand support, of a three hinged arch of span 2L and rise h hinged at the crown, the horizontal reaction at the support, is
(a) Wah
(b) Wa2h
(c) 2Wha
(d) 2hWa
Answer:

Option (b)

70.
The equation of a parabolic arch of span l and rise h, is given by
(a) y=hxL2L-x
(b) y=2hxL2L-x
(c) y=3hxL2L-x
(d) y=4hxL2L-x
Answer:

Option (d)

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