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Strength of Materials
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Strength of Materials

by P. Purushothama Raj, V. Ramasamy
May 2012
Intermediate to advanced
485 pages
10h 45m
English
Pearson India
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QUESTIONS
  1. Distinguish between a long and short column. How slenderness ratio play a role in deciding the kind of a column?
  2. What are end conditions of a column? How do they affect the performance of a column?
  3. What is the effective length of a column? How the end conditions affect the effective length?
  4. State the assumptions made in Euler’s formula. Give generalized Euler’s equation for different conditions.
  5. What are the limitations of Euler’s formula? Under what conditions Eurler’s formula is reliable?
  6. How Rankine’s formula gains importance over Euler’s formula? Compare their merits.
  7. Give Johnson’s parabolic formula. In which way it is differenct from Rankine’s formula?
  8. An eccentric point laod W is carried by a short column of external diameter ...
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