Civil Engineering MCQJE Level Civil Engineering
The working stress method is based primarily on:
RCCRCC, Steel and Timber StructuresHARD
Choose the correct answer
A
hydraulic similitude
B
plastic collapse only
C
random load factors only
D
elastic theory and permissible stresses
Correct Answer
D. elastic theory and permissible stresses
Why is this the answer?
WSM keeps stresses under service loads within permissible elastic limits.
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