Engineering Sciences
2018 · Paper 1
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Question 14
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A cylindrical member, made up of ductile material, is subjected to pure torsion as shown in the figure. The failure plane (from Option-I to Option-IV) for ductile material as per maximum shear stress theory is represented by

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A simply supported beam of span
is subjected to a couple
at a distance
from support
. Among the four options (Option-I to Option-IV) shown, the correct shear force diagram of the beam is 
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A circular shaft
of diameter,
and length,
is fixed at end
. It is subjected to the torsional moments at point
and point
as shown in the figure. The ratio of angle of twists at point
to point
is 
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