Engineering Sciences
2021 · Paper 1
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Question 8
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A beam having rectangular cross section is subjected to transverse loading. The ratio of maximum shear stress developed in the beam to the average shear stress is
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During an earthquake, a structure vibrates and the vibration can be assumed to be in simple harmonic motion at 5 Hz. At a measurement point, the RMS value of acceleration is 10 m/s². The approximate amplitude of motion (in mm) at this point (rounded off to two decimal places) is
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For the state of plane stress shown, the components of normal and shear stresses are given in terms of stress
and unknown constants
and
. If the normal and shear components of stress on a 45° plane are
and zero, the values of
and
would be: 
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