Compression members always tend to buckle in the direction of the

A load which is spread over a beam in such a manner that it varies uniformly over the whole length of abeam is called uniformly __________ load.

Whenever a material is loaded within elastic limit, stress is __________ strain.

When two main plates are kept in alignment butting each other and riveted with cover plate on both sides of the main plates with two rows of rivets in each main plate, the joint is known as __________ double cover butt joint.

The strain energy stored in a solid circular shaft subjected to shear stress (τ) is (where C = Modulus of rigidity for the shaft material)