Structural Engineering - Online Test
Q1. A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel having a radius of 0.5 m and wall
thickness of 25 mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 700 kPa. The hoop
stress developed is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q2. The point within the cross sectional plane of a beam through which the resultant
of the external loading on the beam has to pass through to ensure pure bending
without twisting of the cross-section of the beam is called
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q3. Consider the following statements :
1. On a principal plane, only normal stress acts.
2. On a principal plane, both normal and shear stresses act.
3. On a principal plane, only shear stress acts
4. Isothermal state of stress is independent of frame of reference.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q4. A hollow circular shaft has an outer diameter of 100 mm and a wall thickness of
25 mm. The allowable shear stress in the shaft is 125 MPa. The maximum torque
the shaft can transmit is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q5. Match List-I (Shear Force Diagrams) beams with List-II (Diagram of beams with
supports and loading) and select the correct answer by using the codes given
below the lists :
List-I
Codes:
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q6. In the cantilever beam PQR shown in figure below, the segment PQ has flexural
rigidity EI and the segment QR has infinite flexural rigidity
The deflection and slope of the beam at Q are respectively
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q7. In the cantilever beam PQR shown in figure below, the segment PQ has flexural
rigidity EI and the segment QR has infinite flexural rigidity
The deflection of the beam at R is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q8. The degree of static indeterminacy of rigidity jointed frame in a horizontal plane
and subjected to vertical load only, as shown in figure below, is
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q9. The shape of the cross-section, which has the largest shape factor, is
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
Q10. Rivets and bolts subjected to both shear stress (τvf,cal), cal and axial tensile stress
(σtf,cal) shall be so proportioned that the stresses do not exceed the respective
allowable stresses τvf and σtf and the value of 
does not exceed
does not exceed
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
No Explaination.
