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A cold-rolled steel shaft is designed on the basis of the maximum shear stress theory. The Principal stresses induced at its critical section are 50 MPa and -50 MPa respectively. If the yield stress for the shaft material is 400 MPa, the factor of safety of the design is
Guest theory is
The distortion energy theory is based on the work of
From Rankine's hypothesis Rankine, criteria for failure of brittle material is:

Consider the following statements :Which of the statements is/are correct?

  1. Based on the experiment results, the distortion energy theory predicts the failure of a component made of ductile material most accurately.
  2. According to the distortion energy theory, the shear yield strength is less than the shear strength in tension.
    The maximum shear stress theory predicts that the yield strength in shear is the yield strength in tension.
    Select the odd one.
    The maximum permissible twisting moment in a circular shaft, according to the maximum shear stress theory of failure, is 'T'. According to the maximum principal stress theory of failure, the permissible twisting moment for the same shaft is:
    The centre of the 'Mohr's circle' for a two-dimensional stress system lies
    For proper design of a shaft, it should be designed on the basis of
    St. Venant proposed the - theory.
    Guest's theory of failure is applicable for following type of materials
    According to Tresca's maximum shear stress criterion, plastic deformation occurs when maximum shear stress is equal to K, where K is equal to:(where σ₁, σ₂, σ₃ are principal stresses and also σ₁ ≥ σ₂ ≥ σ₃)
    At a point in a structure, there are two mutually perpendicular tensile stresses of 800 N/cm² and 400 N/cm². If the Poisson's ratio is 0.25, what would be the equivalent stress in simple tension according to maximum principal strain theory?
    Which theory of failure represents the given statement? 'The failure will occur in a material when the maximum principal strain reaches the strain due to yield stress in simple tension or when the minimum principal strain reaches the strain due to yield stress in simple compression.'
    According to St. Venant's theory for brittle material, the shape of the yield locus is _
    Maximum shear stress theory was postulated by
    The stresses at a point on the circumference of a circular rod in tension and shear are 120 MPa and 60 MPa respectively. If the yield strength of the rod material is 340 MPa, the factor of safety in the rod material using maximum shear stress theory is nearly equal to
    What do we alternatively call the Von-Mises theory?
    Von mises and Tresca criteria give different yield stress for
    According to the maximum normal stress theory, the diameter of circular shaft subjected to bending moment M and torque T is (where σy is the yield stress in the uniaxial tensile test and N is the factor of safety)
    A rod having a cross-sectional area of 100 x 10⁻⁶ m² is subjected to a tensile load. Based on the Tresca failure criterion, if the uniaxial yield stress of the material is 200 MPa, the failure load is:
    Which theory is best to estimate failure load for a ductile material ?
    Region of safety for maximum principal stress theory under bi-axial stress is shown by:
    Design of shafts made of brittle material is based on
    For ductile materials the most appropriate failure theory is

    Consider the following theories of failure.The most suitable for ductile materials is?

    1. Maximum principal stress theory
    2. Maximum strain theory
    3. Maximum shear stress theory
    4. Maximum distortion energy theory
      Which theory of failure will you use for aluminum components under steady loading?