Recent questions tagged gateme-2016-set2

A single degree of freedom mass-spring-viscous damper system with mass $m$, spring constant $k$ and viscous damping coefficient $q$ is critically damped. The correct rela...

The forces $F_1$ and $F_2$ in a brake band and the direction of rotation of the drum are as shown in the figure. The coefficient of friction is $0.25$. The angle of wrap ...

A thin cylindrical pressure vessel with closed-ends is subjected to internal pressure. The ratio of circumferential (hoop) stress to the longitudinal stress is$0.25$$0.50...

A shaft with a circular cross-section is subjected to pure twisting moment. The ratio of the maximum shear stress to the largest principal stress is$2.0$$1.0$$0.5$$0$

The condition for which the eigenvalues of the matrix$A=\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1\\ 1 & k \end{bmatrix}$are positive, is$k 1/2$$k −2$$k 0$$k < −1/2$