Strength of Materials Test Questions


Q.  A uniformly distributed load of 20 kN/m acts on a simply supported beam of rectangular cross section of width 20 mm and depth 60 mm. What is the maximum bending stress acting on the beam of 5m?

a. 5030 Mpa
b. 5208 Mpa
c. 6600 Mpa
d. Insufficient data


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