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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Finite Element Method knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
I the distribution of the change in temperature ΔT, the strain due to this change is ____ |
A. | Constant strain |
B. | Stress |
C. | Initial strain |
D. | Uniform strain |
Answer» D. Uniform strain | |
2. |
Principal stresses and their directions are calculated by using ____ |
A. | Galerkin approach |
B. | Rayleigh method |
C. | Potential energy method |
D. | Mohr’s circle method |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
In the equation KQ=F, K is called as ____ |
A. | Stiffness matrix |
B. | Modified stiffness matrix |
C. | Singular stiffness matrix |
D. | Uniform stiffness matrix |
Answer» C. Singular stiffness matrix | |
4. |
Traction force term represented as ___ |
A. | ∫uT Tl |
B. | ∫uTT |
C. | ∫uT |
D. | uTTl |
Answer» B. ∫uTT | |
5. |
In a constant strain triangle, element body force is given as ____ |
A. | fe=[fx,fy,fx,fy,fx,fy]T |
B. | fe=\(\frac{t_eA_e}{3}\) |
C. | fe=\(\frac{t_eA_e}{3}\)[fx,fy,fx,fy,fx,fy]T |
D. | fe=\(\frac{t_eA_e}{3}\)[fx,fy]T |
Answer» D. fe=\(\frac{t_eA_e}{3}\)[fx,fy]T | |
6. |
For plane stress or plane strain, the element stiffness matrix can be obtained by taking _____ |
A. | Shape functions, N |
B. | Material property matrix, D |
C. | Iso parametric representation, u |
D. | Degrees of freedom, DoF |
Answer» C. Iso parametric representation, u | |
7. |
The equation u=Nq is a _____ representation. |
A. | Nodal |
B. | Isoparametric |
C. | Uniparametric |
D. | Co-ordinate |
Answer» C. Uniparametric | |
8. |
A1 is the first area and N1 is its shape function then shape function N1= ___ |
A. | A1/A |
B. | A-A1 |
C. | A1+A |
D. | A1 |
Answer» B. A-A1 | |
9. |
The shape functions are physically represented by _____ |
A. | Triangular co-ordinates |
B. | ξ-,η-Co-ordinates |
C. | Area co-ordinates |
D. | Surface co-ordinates |
Answer» D. Surface co-ordinates | |
10. |
In two dimensional problems x-, y- co-ordinates are mapped onto ____ |
A. | x-, y- co-ordinates |
B. | x-, ξ – co-ordinates |
C. | η-, y- co-ordinates |
D. | ξ-η-Co-ordinates |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
If N3 is dependent shape function, It is represented as ____ |
A. | N3=ξ |
B. | N3=1-ξ |
C. | N3=1-η |
D. | N3=1-ξ-η |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
In particular, N1+N2+N3 represent a plane at a height of one at nodes ______ |
A. | One |
B. | Two |
C. | Three |
D. | One, two and three |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
Linear combination of these shape functions represents a ______ |
A. | Square surface |
B. | Linear surface |
C. | Plane surface |
D. | Combinational surface |
Answer» D. Combinational surface | |
14. |
For constant strain elements the shape functions are ____ |
A. | Spherical |
B. | Quadratical |
C. | Polynomial |
D. | Linear |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
Finite element method uses the concept of _____ |
A. | Nodes and elements |
B. | Nodal displacement |
C. | Shape functions |
D. | Assembling |
Answer» D. Assembling | |