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Day 94-Jan 1-worksheet-Btech-Transverse shear stress

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When stacked wooden planks are bonded to act as a single beam, ______ must develop to prevent relative sliding between layers.

a)

Bearing stress

b)

Longitudinal shear stress

c)

Direct tensile stress

d)

Torsional shear stress

2.

In beam shear analysis, it is generally easier to evaluate ______ shear stresses acting between layers than vertical shear on the cross-section.

a)

Horizontal

b)

Torsional

c)

Thermal

d)

Radial

3.

For a rectangular beam section under transverse shear, the shear stress distribution with depth is best described as:

a)

Constant throughout the depth

b)

Linear with maximum at extreme fibres

c)

Parabolic with maximum at neutral axis

d)

Zero at neutral axis and maximum at top fibre

4.

In bending of beams of rectangular cross-section, the maximum shear stress is larger than the average shear stress by:

a)

50%

b)

150%

c)

250%

d)

100%

5.

The ratio (average shear stress)/(maximum shear stress) for a rectangular beam is:

a)

1

b)

2/3

c)

3/2

d)

2

6.

A beam has a triangular cross-section (base = b, height = h). If shear force = F, the shear stress at the neutral axis is:

a)

4F/3bh

b)

3F/4bh

c)

8F/3bh

d)

3F/8bh

7.

For a triangular section, maximum shear stress occurs:

a)

At the neutral axis

b)

At the top vertex (apex)

c)

At half the depth of the triangle

d)

At the bottom fibre only

8.

In a rectangular section, shear stress varies parabolically with depth and is maximum at the neutral axis. Choose True or False.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In a triangular section, maximum shear stress occurs at the neutral axis. Choose True or False.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In a rectangular section, shear stress varies (a)   with respect to y.

11.

In a rectangular section, shear stress is maximum at the (a)   axis.

12.

In a rectangular section, tau_max = (a)   × tau_avg.

13.

For a triangular section, shear stress at NA = ( (a)   ) F/(bh).

14.

A rectangular beam section has b = 120 mm and h = 240 mm. At a section, the shear force V = 36 kN. Find the average shear stress tau_avg.

(a)  

15.

A rectangular beam section has b = 120 mm and h = 240 mm. At a section, the shear force V = 36 kN. Find the maximum shear stress tau_max (at NA).

(a)