The ratio of maximum deflection of a beam to its                        is called stiffness of the beam.

Related MCQs

• Stiffness of the beam is inversely proportional to the            of the beam.
• The maximum deflection in cantilever beam of span “l”m and loading at free end is “W” kN.
• Compute the maximum deflection at free end of a cantilever beam subjected to udl for entire span of l metres.
• In cantilever beam the deflection occurs at
• What is the maximum bending moment for simply supported beam carrying a point load “W” kN at its centre?
• What is the maximum shear force, when a cantilever beam is loaded with udl throughout?
• The maximum          should not exceed the permissible limit to the span of the beam.
• Temperatures of two stars are in ratio 3:2. If wavelength of maximum intensity of first body is 4000 Å, what is corresponding wavelength of second body?
• A composite wall of a furnace has two layers of equal thickness having thermal conductivities in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of the temperature drop across the two layers?
• If the sun were to increase in temperature from T to 2T and its radius from R to 2R, then the ratio of the radiant energy received on earth to what it was previously, will be