A steel rod of sectional area 250 sq. mm connects two parallel walls 5 m apart. The nuts at the ends were tightened when the rod was heated to 100°C. If steel = 0.000012/C°, Esteel = 0.2 MN/mm2, the tensile force developed at a temperature of 50°C, is_________________?

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1. A steel rod 1 metre long having square cross section is pulled under a tensile load of 8 tonnes. The extension in the rod was 1 mm only. If Esteel = 2 × 106 kg/cm2, the side of the rod, is_________________?

   A. 1 cm
   B. 1.5 cm
   C. 2 cm
   D. 2.5 cm

2. A compound bar consists of two bars of equal length. Steel bar cross -section is 3500 mm2and that of brass bar is 3000 mm2. These are subjected to a compressive load 100,000 N. If Eb = 0.2 MN/mm2 and Eb = 0.1 MN/mm2, the stresses developed are___________________?

   A. b = 10 N/mm2 s = 20 N/mm 2
   B. b = 8 N/mm2 s = 16 N/mm2
   C. b = 6 N/mm2 s = 12 N/mm2
   D. b = 5 N/mm2 s = 10 N/mm2

3. If a concrete column 200 × 200 mm in cross-section is reinforced with four steel bars of 1200 mm2 total cross-sectional area. Calculate the safe load for the column if permissible stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and Es is 15 Ec________________?

   A. 264 MN
   B. 274 MN
   C. 284 MN
   D. 294 MN

4. A steel bar 20 mm in diameter simply-supported at its ends over a total span of 40 cm carries a load at its centre. If the maximum stress induced in the bar is limited to N/mm2, the bending strain energy stored in the bar, is___________________?

   A. 411 N mm
   B. 511 N mm=
   C. 611 N mm
   D. 711 N mm

5. A simply supported rolled steel joist 8 m long carries a uniformly distributed load over it span so that the maximum bending stress is 75 N/mm². If the slope at the ends is 0.005 radian and the value of E = 0.2 × 106 N/mm2, the depth of the joist, is________________?

   A. 200 mm
   B. 250 mm
   C. 300 mm
   D. 400 mm

6. A load of 1960 N is raised at the end of a steel wire. The minimum diameter of the wire so that stress in the wire does not exceed 100 N/mm2 is________________?

   A. 4.0 mm
   B. 4.5 mm
   C. 5.0 mm
   D. 5.5 mm

7. A rolled steel joist is simply supported at its ends and carries a uniformly distributed load which causes a maximum deflection of 10 mm and slope at the ends of 0.002 radian. The length of the joist will be________________?

   A. 10 m
   B. 12 m
   C. 14 m
   D. 16 m

8. A spring of mean radius 40 mm contains 8 action coils of steel (N = 80000 N/mm2), 4 mm in diameter. The clearance between the coils being 1 mm when unloaded, the minimum compressive load to remove the clearance, is_____________?

   A. 25 N
   B. 30 N
   C. 35 N
   D. 40 N

9. A steel bar 5 m × 50 mm is loaded with 250,000 N. If the modulus of elasticity of the material is 0.2 MN/mm2 and Poisson’s ratio is 0.25, the change in the volume of the bar is_________________?

   A. 1.125 cm3
   B. 2.125 cm3
   C. 3.125 cm3
   D. 4.125 cm2

10. The ratio of crippling loads of a column having both the ends fixed to the column having both the ends hinged, is________________?

    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 4