Mechanical Engineering
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Question 16
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The effective stiffness of a cantilever beam of length
and flexural rigidity
subjected to a transverse tip load
is

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The options show frames consisting of rigid bars connected by pin joints. Which one of the frames is non-rigid?
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The S-N curve from a fatigue test for steel is shown. Which one of the options gives the endurance limit?

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Air (density = 1.2 kg/m
, kinematic viscosity = 1.5×10
m
/s) flows over a flat plate with a free-stream velocity of 2 m/s. The wall shear stress at a location 15 mm from the leading edge is
. What is the wall shear stress at a location 30 mm from the leading edge?Your answerChoose one option.
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Consider an isentropic flow of air (ratio of specific heats = 1.4) through a duct as shown in the figure.
The variations in the flow across the cross-section are negligible. The flow conditions at Location 1 are given as follows:
kPa,
kg/m
,
m/sThe duct cross-section area at Location 2 is given by A₂ = 2A₁, where A₁ denotes the duct cross-section area at Location 1. Which one of the given statements about the velocity
and pressure
at Location 2 is TRUE? 
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Consider incompressible laminar flow of a constant property Newtonian fluid in an isothermal circular tube. The flow is steady with fully-developed temperature and velocity profiles. The Nusselt number for this flow depends on
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A heat engine extracts heat (
) from a thermal reservoir at a temperature of 100 K and rejects heat (
) to a thermal reservoir at a temperature of 100 K, while producing work (
). Which one of the combinations of [
and
] given is allowed?Your answerChoose one option.
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Two surfaces P and Q are to be joined together. In which of the given joining operation(s), there is no melting of the two surfaces P and Q for creating the joint?
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A beam is undergoing pure bending as shown in the figure. The stress (
)-strain (
) curve for the material is also given. The yield stress of the material is
. Which of the option(s) given represent(s) the bending stress distribution at cross-section AA after plastic yielding? 
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In a metal casting process to manufacture parts, both patterns and moulds provide shape by dictating where the material should or should not go. Which of the option(s) given correctly describe(s) the mould and the pattern?
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