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GATE 2024 PI – Question 28

General Engineering · Applied Mechanics · 1 mark · Multiple select

For mild steel under uniaxial tension, which ONE OR MORE statements are true?

  1. Engineering stress–strain is linear throughout the elastic limit.
  2. Failure is cup-and-cone fracture.
  3. True stress exceeds engineering stress at any finite strain.
  4. Complete unloading after stress above yield does not restore original dimensions.

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Correct answer: (B) Failure is cup-and-cone fracture.; (C) True stress exceeds engineering stress at any finite strain.; (D) Complete unloading after stress above yield does not restore original dimensions.

Explanation

Ductile mild steel commonly forms a cup-and-cone fracture. In tensile deformation its current area decreases, so force/current area exceeds force/original area for positive finite strain. Plastic strain beyond yield remains after unloading. Thus **B,C,D**. Linear proportional behavior ends at the proportional limit; the elastic range need not be entirely linear, so A is overbroad. C is understood for tensile strain before complete rupture.

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