SOLID MECHANICS VIVA QUESTIONS

What is the difference between stress and strain?
What is the modulus of elasticity?
What is the Poisson’s ratio?
What is the difference between brittle and ductile materials?
What is Hooke’s law?
What is the difference between axial and bending stress?
What is the difference between torsion and shear stress?
What is the difference between a beam and a column?
What is the difference between static and dynamic loading?
What is the difference between fatigue and creep?
What is the difference between tensile and compressive stress?
What is the difference between ultimate strength and yield strength?
What is the difference between isotropic and anisotropic materials?
What is the difference between linear and nonlinear materials?
What is the difference between elastic and plastic deformation?
What is the difference between stress and pressure?
What is the difference between normal and tangential stress?
What is the difference between a truss and a frame?
What is the difference between shear stress and bearing stress?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a simply supported beam?
What is the difference between tensile and compressive strain?
What is the difference between modulus of elasticity and modulus of rigidity?
What is the difference between a bar and a shaft?
What is the difference between axial and eccentric loading?
What is the difference between strength and stiffness?
What is the difference between bending moment and torque?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate structure?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a distributed load?
What is the difference between deflection and deformation?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear beam?
What is the difference between a beam and a plate?
What is the difference between normal and transverse loading?
What is the difference between a fixed and a hinged support?
What is the difference between a moment and a couple?
What is the difference between ductile and malleable materials?
What is the difference between elastic and inelastic deformation?
What is the difference between a pin-jointed and a rigid joint?
What is the difference between a prismatic and a non-prismatic beam?
What is the difference between a rectangular and a circular cross-section beam?
What is the difference between a primary and a secondary structure?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate beam?
What is the difference between a short and a long column?
What is the difference between a beam and a truss?
What is the difference between an axial and a flexural member?
What is the difference between a beam and a girder?
What is the difference between a slender and a stocky member?
What is the difference between a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional structure?
What is the difference between a moment of inertia and a polar moment of inertia?
What is the difference between a beam and a lintel?
What is the difference between a shear force and a bending moment?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a composite material?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate truss?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a distributed moment?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate column?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a distributed force?
What is the difference between a simply supported and a fixed beam?
What is the difference between a load and a stress?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate frame?
What is the difference between a beam and a joist?
What is the difference between a tensile and a compressive force?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate plate?
What is the difference between a truss and a cable?
What is the difference between a beam and a slab?
What is the difference between a rigid and a flexible structure?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a overhanging beam?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate arch?
What is the difference between a beam and a beam-column?
What is the difference between a point load and a distributed load?
What is the difference between a pinned support and a roller support?
What is the difference between a moment diagram and a shear diagram?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate shell?
What is the difference between an elastic and a plastic stress-strain curve?
What is the difference between a column and a pillar?
What is the difference between a bearing stress and a compressive stress?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate cable?
What is the difference between a torsion and a bending moment?
What is the difference between a distributed load and a uniformly distributed load?
What is the difference between a beam and a truss bridge?
What is the difference between a lumped load and a distributed load?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate cantilever?
What is the difference between a tensile stress and a shear stress?
What is the difference between a cross-sectional area and a moment of inertia?
What is the difference between a structural member and a non-structural member?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate frame-column?
What is the difference between a reaction force and a support reaction?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate beam-column?
What is the difference between a distributed load and a concentrated load?
What is the difference between a composite beam and a steel beam?
What is the difference between a compression member and a tension member?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate prestressed concrete beam?
What is the difference between a load cell and a strain gauge?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate moment-resisting frame?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate space truss?
What is the difference between a plate and a shell?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate space frame?
What is the difference between a member and an element?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a fixed-fixed beam?
What is the difference between a compression and a tension test?
What is the difference between a bridge and a viaduct?
What is the difference between an orthotropic and an isotropic material?
What is the difference between a force and a moment?
What is the difference between a hyperstatic structure and a statically determinate structure?
What is the difference between a bending stress and a shear stress?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a simply supported beam?
What is the difference between a displacement and a strain?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate arch?
What is the difference between a plastic and a elastic deformation?
What is the difference between a brittle and a ductile material?
What is the difference between a long column and a short column?
What is the difference between a deflection and a slope?
What is the difference between a moment and a torque?
What is the difference between a reinforced concrete and a prestressed concrete beam?
What is the difference between a homogenous and a composite material?
What is the difference between a fixed support and a hinged support?
What is the difference between a beam and a girder?
What is the difference between a strain energy and a kinetic energy?
What is the difference between a stress concentration factor and a fatigue limit?
What is the difference between a stress and a strain?
What is the difference between a point of contraflexure and a point of inflection?
What is the difference between a line load and a point load?
What is the difference between a uniformly varying load and a triangular load?
What is the difference between a beam and a joist?
What is the difference between a section modulus and a bending moment?
What is the difference between a uniaxial and a biaxial stress state?
What is the difference between a material’s elastic modulus and shear modulus?
What is the difference between a bolt and a screw?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate flat plate?
What is the difference between a prismatic and a tapered beam?
What is the difference between a pulley and a sheave?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate reinforced concrete beam?
What is the difference between a support settlement and a support rotation?
What is the difference between a shear center and a centroid?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate truss-girder?
What is the difference between a post-tensioned and a pre-tensioned concrete beam?
What is the difference between a free body diagram and a shear force diagram?
What is the difference between a beam and a lintel?
What is the difference between a Newtonian and a non-Newtonian fluid?
What is the difference between a modulus of elasticity and a modulus of rigidity?
What is the difference between a failure load and a yield load?
What is the difference between a rectangular and a circular cross-section?
What is the difference between a thin and a thick shell?
What is the difference between a long and a short cantilever?
What is the difference between a uniformly distributed load and a triangular load?
What is the difference between a closed and an open section?
What is the difference between a composite material and a hybrid material?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate retaining wall?
What is the difference between a flexural and a torsional buckling?
What is the difference between a center of gravity and a centroid?
What is the difference between a beam and a plate girder?
What is the difference between a stress intensity factor and a fracture toughness?
What is the difference between a point of maximum shear stress and a point of maximum bending stress?
What is the difference between a short column and a slender column?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate space truss-girder?
What is the difference between a beam and a slab?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate composite column?
What is the difference between a Poisson’s ratio and a thermal expansion coefficient?
What is the difference between a concentrated load and a point load?
What is the difference between a normal stress and a shear stress?
What is the difference between a parabolic and a triangular distributed load?
What is the difference between a column and a strut?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a fixed beam?
What is the difference between a hyperstatic and a hypostatic beam?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear material?
What is the difference between a simply supported and a fixed beam?
What is the difference between a torsional moment and a bending moment?
What is the difference between a point load and a distributed load?
What is the difference between a static and a dynamic load?
What is the difference between a beam and a post?
What is the difference between a principal stress and a maximum shear stress?
What is the difference between a closed-form and a numerical solution?
What is the difference between a principal plane and a maximum shear plane?
What is the difference between a plane stress and a plane strain state?
What is the difference between a load factor and a safety factor?
What is the difference between a hinge and a roller support?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a heterogeneous material?
What is the difference between a truss and a beam?
What is the difference between a live load and a dead load?
What is the difference between a moment of inertia and a section modulus?
What is the difference between a tapered and a uniform column?
What is the difference between a strut and a tie?
What is the difference between a slab and a plate?
What is the difference between a tensile and a compressive stress?
What is the difference between a beam and a bar?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a propped cantilever?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear structure?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate shell?
What is the difference between a point load and a concentrated load?
What is the difference between a slender and a short strut?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a composite beam?
What is the difference between a sagging moment and a hogging moment?
What is the difference between a propped beam and a fixed beam?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate plate girder?
What is the difference between a line constraint and a point constraint?
What is the difference between a cross-sectional area and a moment of inertia?
What is the difference between a distributed load and a load per unit length?
What is the difference between a section property and a material property?
What is the difference between a hinge and a fixed support?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a simply supported plate?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a laminated composite material?
What is the difference between an axial load and a transverse load?
What is the difference between a closed and an open shell structure?
What is the difference between a beam and a column?
What is the difference between a compression and a tension test?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear strain relationship?
What is the difference between a pinned and a fixed joint?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a uniformly distributed load?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a fixed-end beam?
What is the difference between a viscoelastic and a viscoplastic material?
What is the difference between a primary and a secondary load?
What is the difference between a Bernoulli-Euler and a Timoshenko beam theory?
What is the difference between a normal and a shear strain?
What is the difference between a beam and a frame?
What is the difference between a truss and a frame?
What is the difference between a local and a global buckling mode?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a composite plate?
What is the difference between a post and a pile?
What is the difference between a strain energy and a potential energy?
What is the difference between a laminate and a sandwich composite material?
What is the difference between a moment and a torque?
What is the difference between a flitch beam and a composite beam?
What is the difference between a stress and a strain?
What is the difference between a ductile and a brittle material?
What is the difference between a plate and a membrane?
What is the difference between a simple and a continuous beam?
What is the difference between a point and a distributed force?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a composite shell?
What is the difference between a flexural and a shear modulus?
What is the difference between a longitudinal and a transverse strain?
What is the difference between a beam and a lintel?
What is the difference between a Bending Moment Diagram (BMD) and a Shear Force Diagram (SFD)?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a uniformly varying load?
What is the difference between a yield point and an ultimate strength point?
What is the difference between a nonuniform and a uniform stress distribution?
What is the difference between a beam and a truss?
What is the difference between a simply supported and a cantilever beam?
What is the difference between a composite beam and a reinforced concrete beam?
What is the difference between a point of contraflexure and a point of zero shear?
What is the difference between a principle plane and a plane of maximum shear?
What is the difference between a homogeneous and a heterogeneous cross-section?
What is the difference between a ductile and a brittle fracture?
What is the difference between a hyperelastic and an elastic material?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and a statically indeterminate structure?
What is the difference between a uniform and a non-uniform beam?
What is the difference between a Euler-Bernoulli and a Timoshenko beam?
What is the difference between a cantilever and a simply supported beam?
What is the difference between an isotropic and an anisotropic material?
What is the difference between a uniaxial and a biaxial stress state?
What is the difference between a tensile and a compressive stress?
What is the difference between a laminar and a turbulent flow?
What is the difference between a contact and a non-contact force?
What is the difference between a principal stress and a von Mises stress?
What is the difference between a buckling and a yield failure?
What is the difference between a plastic and an elastic deformation?
What is the difference between a stress concentration factor and a fatigue factor?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear material behavior?
What is the difference between a column and a strut?
What is the difference between a plate and a shell?
What is the difference between a force and a moment?
What is the difference between a static and a dynamic load?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate beam?
What is the difference between a long column and a short column?
What is the difference between a ductile and a brittle failure mode?
What is the difference between a single and a double shear joint?
What is the difference between a torsion and a bending load?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear structural analysis?
What is the difference between a normal and a shear stress?
What is the difference between a rigid and a flexible body?
What is the difference between a bending and a shear stress?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear force-displacement relationship?
What is the difference between a stress and a strain rate?
What is the difference between a stress and a deformation state?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear geometric behavior?
What is the difference between a symmetric and an unsymmetric cross-section?
What is the difference between a static and a dynamic structural response?
What is the difference between a cross-sectional area and a moment of inertia?
What is the difference between a material failure and a structural failure?
What is the difference between a pre-stressed and a non-pre-stressed structure?
What is the difference between a composite and a homogeneous material?
What is the difference between a tension and a compression member?
What is the difference between a linear and a nonlinear stress-strain relationship?
What is the difference between a kinematic and a isotropic hardening material?
What is the difference between a statically determinate and an indeterminate truss?
What is the difference between a fixed and a pinned support?
What is the difference between a free body diagram and a shear force diagram?
What is the difference between a stiffness matrix and a load vector?
What is the difference between a homogenous and an inhomogeneous deformation field?
What is the difference between a plane stress and a plane strain condition?
What is the difference between a uniaxial and a biaxial strain state?
What is the difference between a bar and a beam?
What is the difference between a concentrated and a distributed load?
What is the difference between a geometric and a material nonlinearity?
What is the difference between a local and a global coordinate system?
What is the difference between a slender and a short column?
What is the difference between a bar and a cable?
What is the difference between a lap joint and a butt joint?
What is the difference between a first and a second moment of area?
What is the difference between a shear and a bending moment?
What is the difference between a normal and a tangential stress?
What is the difference between a stress and a strain concentration factor?

SOLID MECHANICS VIVA QUESTIONS

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