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Questions 1311–1320 of 1772. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

A piezoelectric material has a Young’s modulus of 72 GPa. The stress required to change the polarization from 640 to 645 C m⁻³ is _____ MPa. (round off to the nearest integer)

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An iron bar magnet having coercivity of 7000 A m⁻¹ is to be demagnetized. The bar is introduced fully inside a 0.25 m long solenoid having 150 turns of wire. The electric current required to generate the necessary magnetic field is _____ A. (round off to 1 decimal place)

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For a pinned-pinned slender column of length L, with uniform circular cross section, and with second moment of cross sectional area I, the critical buckling load is P_cr. For a similar column, made of same material, having length 2L and second moment of cross sectional area 4I, the critical buckling load is

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4P_cr

2P_cr

P_cr

0.5P_cr

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Two rods P and Q of uniform circular cross section are made of same material and are subjected to identical uniaxial tensile load. The length of rod P is twice the length of rod Q and the diameter of rod P is also twice the diameter of rod Q. The ratio of elastic strain energy stored in rod P to that stored in rod Q is

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4:1

2:1

1:1

1:2

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The frame comprises members ABC, CD, and BEDF. This frame is fixed at A, and the connections between the three members are pins. Load P is applied at F. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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ABC and CD are two-force members

CD is the only two-force member

BEDF and CD are two-force members

ABC is the only two-force member

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When two spheres moving in a horizontal plane collide obliquely, which one of the following statements is ALWAYS TRUE?

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Energy of the two-sphere system is conserved

Linear momentum of the two-sphere system is conserved along the normal to the plane of impact

Linear momentum of each individual sphere is conserved along the normal to the plane of impact

Linear momentum of each individual sphere is NOT conserved along the horizontal tangent to the plane of impact

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In a bending moment diagram of a simply supported beam, discontinuity in the bending moment occurs

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at the point of application of a couple

at the point of application of a concentrated force

at a point where the cross section of the beam changes abruptly

at a point where shear force is zero

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For a solid circular shaft fixed at one end and a torque applied at the other end, which one of the following is TRUE?

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Every cross section of the shaft is subjected to the same internal torque

The internal torque gradually increases from one end of the shaft to the other end

Every cross section of the shaft is subjected to the same bending moment

No cross section of the shaft rotates relative to another cross section

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Flexural stress occurs in a straight beam when

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it is subjected to pure torsion

it is subjected to axial loads

it is subjected to transverse loads

it is subjected to combined axial and torsional loads

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The bending moment at a point in a beam changes its sign. Which one of the following is ALWAYS TRUE?

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The slope of the beam changes its sign at that point

The deflection of the beam changes its sign at that point

The shear force of the beam changes its sign at that point

The curvature of the beam changes its sign at that point

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