Midterm Concepts Flashcards
The safe twisting moment for a compound shaft is equal to the ______
minimum calculated value
If equal and opposite forces applied to a body tend to elongate it, the stress so produced is called _______
tensile stress
The torsional rigidity of a shaft is expressed by the _______
torque required to produce a twist of one radian per unit length of shaft
The property of a material by virtue of which a body returns to its original shape after removal of the load is called _____
elasticity
The ratio of the ultimate stress to the allowable stress of the material is called _____
factor of safety
If the radius of wire stretched by a load is doubled, then its Young Modulus will be ____
remain unaffected
The total elongation produced in a bar of uniform section hanging vertically downwards due to its own weight is equal to that produced by a weight _____
half the weight of bar applied at lower end
The actual stress that the material has when under load is called _____
working stress
If a material expands freely due to heating, it will develop ______
no stress
The force acting along the circumference will cause stress in the walls in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis of cylinder, this stress is called:
hoop stress
Shearing stress is also known as:
tangential stress
Shear stress induced in a shaft subjected to tension will be:
not uniform
A shearing stress acting on a body changes its:
shape
A cylindrical tank is considered to be thin walled if its diameter is more than _____ times the wall thickness
10
Stress caused by forces acting along or parallel to the area resisting the forces is known as:
shearing stress
A metal wire is stretched along its length. Another identical wire is heated. The resultant length of two wires is the same. What can be said about the diameters of the two wires?
the hot wire has a larger diameter than the stretched wire
A spring is stretched by applying a load to its free end. The strain produced in the spring is:
longitudinal and shear
The maximum load a wire can withstand without breaking, when its length is reduced to half of its original length, will:
remain same
A physical quantity that has no dimension
strain
If the applied force on the object is such that it tends to decrease the length of an object then it is called:
compressive stress
It is known as the maximum allowable stress that material or object will be subjected to when in service
working stress
In a tensile test, when the material is stressed beyond the elastic limit, the tensile strain ______ as compared to the stress.
increases more quickly
The stress set up in the body, when a deforming force acts tangentially, is known as?
shearing stress
A shaft is said to be in pure torsion if:
two opposite turning moments are applied to the shaft
Which of the following is correct assumption made in the theory of torsion?
the twisting couple acts in the traverse plane only
Unit of Torsional Rigidity
N-mm^2
Pure torsion of a shaft produces:
a longitudinal shear stress and a circumferential shear stress on a surface element of a shaft
In solid shaft, stress at the center is:
zero
A hollow shaft of same cross-section area as solid shaft transmits:
more torque
For a circular shaft undergoing deformation due to a torsional force, what happens to length and radius of the shaft?
remain fixed
The shear stress at the center of a circular shaft under torsion is:
zero
The maximum shear stress occurs on the outermost fibers of a circular shaft under torsion. In a close coiled helical spring, the maximum shear stress occurs on the ______
innermost fibers
If a constant section beam is subjected to uniform bending moment throughout, it bends as -
a circular arc
The total area under the stress-strain curve of a mild steel specimen tested up to failure under tension is a measure of its:
toughness
What is shear modulus?
shear stress/ shear strain
According to Hooke’s law, stress is proportional to:
strain
If a part is constrained to move and heated, it will develop:
compressive stress
A material has identical properties in all directions, it is said to be:
isotropic
In a steam engine, the valve rod is connected by an eccentric rod by means of:
knuckle joint
If the hole’s width decreases in the direction of the load for an elliptical hole in a flat plate, the Stress Concentration Factor will:
increase
______ is defined as the maximum stress to which a material can be subjected without a fatigue failure, regardless the number of cycles
endurance limit