Mining Engineering
2020 · Paper 1
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Question 33
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A cylindrical sample of cross-sectional area
, length
, and Young’s Modulus
, is subjected to a constant uniaxial load
. Within the elastic limit of loading, the total strain energy stored isYour answerChoose one option.
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A surface mine production system along with the reliability of the individual components is shown below. The system reliability is ________ (round off to 3 decimal places).

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The selling price of one rock bolt (in Rs.) is given as,
, where
is the number of bolts produced. The manufacturing cost of rock bolts has a fixed component of Rs. 1500, and a variable component of Rs. 100 per bolt. The minimum break-even production, in number of rock bolts, is ________ (round off to 1 decimal place).Log in to check the answer
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