Machine Design Questions and Answers – Fluctuating Stresses & Fatigue Failure

This set of Machine Design Questions & Answers for freshers focuses on “Fluctuating Stresses & Fatigue Failure”.

1. The stress represented by sin (t) + 1 belongs to which category?
a) Fluctuating Stresses
b) Alternating stresses
c) Repeated Stresses
d) Reversed Stresses
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Answer: c
Explanation: The minimum stress value is zero and hence is belongs to Repeated Stress category.

2. The stress represented by sin (t) + 2 belongs to which category?
a) Fluctuating Stresses
b) None of the mentioned
c) Repeated Stresses
d) Reversed Stresses
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Answer:a
Explanation: The mean as well as the amplitude value is non zero hence it belongs to Fluctuation Stress Category.

3. The stress represented by sin (t) + 4 belongs to which category?
a) Alternating Stresses
b) None of the mentioned
c) Repeated Stresses
d) Reversed Stresses
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Answer: a
Explanation: The mean as well as the amplitude value is non zero hence it belongs to Alternation Stresses category which is the other name of Fluctuation Stresses.
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4. The stress represented by cos (t) belongs to which category?
a) Fluctuating Stresses
b) Alternating Stresses
c) Repeated Stresses
d) Reversed Stresses
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Answer: d
Explanation: Half cycle is in tensile stress and other half in compressive stress, hence it belongs to Reversed Stresses Category.

5. If the mean stress value for a sinusoidal stress function is zero, then this type of stress falls in which category?
a) Fluctuating Stresses
b) Alternating Stresses
c) Repeated Stresses
d) Reversed Stresses
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Answer: d
Explanation: If mean is to be zero, then there must be compressive as well as tensile stresses and hence belongs to reversed stresses category.
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6. The phenomenon of decreased resistance of the materials to fluctuating stresses is the main characteristic of _____ failure.
a) Fracture
b) Fatigue
c) Yielding
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Fatigue failure of the material is the failure at low stress levels under fluctuating syresses.

7. Fatigue failure is time dependent failure.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: Fatigue failure is defined as time delayed fracture under cyclic loading.
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8. There is sufficient plastic deformation prior to fatigue failure, which gives a warning well in advance.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Fatigue cracks are not visible until they reach the surface and by that time the failure has already taken place. Material nevers enters in the plastic range.

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