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MID – I , 2/4 (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS -1
Answer any two questions, each question carries 5 Marks 10 Marks

1. Using method of Tension Coefficient analysis, determine the forces in the members of the
plane truss shown in fig.

2. shows the plan of a tripod ; the feet P, Q, R being in the horizontal plan and the apex S
being 4m above the plane Horizontal loads of 125kN and 200kN are applied at D as shown.
Find the forces in all the members assuming that all the joints are pin joints.

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3. Using Method of sections determine the forces in all the members of pin jointed
truss.

4. Explain about Castligrams theorem .? Calculate the deflection of a cantilver beam ?

1) If in a pin-jointed plane frame (m + r) > 2j, then the frame is ( )


Where ‘m’ is number of members, ‘r’ is reaction components and ‘j’ is number of joints
a) Stable and statically determinate b) Stable and statically indeterminate
c) Unstable d) None of the above
2) The principle of virtual work can be applied to elastic system by considering the virtual
work of ( )
a)Internal forces only b) External forces only
c)Internal as well as external forces d)  None of the above
3) A rigid-jointed plane frame is stable and statically determinate if ( )
a) (m + r) = 2j b)(m + r) = 3j c) (3m + r) = d) (m + 3r) = 3j
4) The number of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium of a plane
structure is ( )
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 6
5) Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam ( )
a)  Slope b) Curvature c) Deflection d) Bending moment
6) Degree of static indeterminacy of a rigid-jointed plane frame having 15 members, 3
reaction components and 14 joints is ( )
a) 2 b) 3 c )6 d)8
7) The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder
( )
a)  Always occurs at centre of span b) Always occurs under a wheel load
c)  Never occurs under a wheel load d) None of the above
8) Castigliano's first theorem is applicable ( )
a) For statically determinate structures only b) When the system behaves elastically
c) Only when principle of superposition is valid d) None of the above
9) The Castigliano's second theorem can be used to compute deflections ( )
a) In statically determinate structures only b) For any type of structure
c) At the point under the load only d) None of the above
10) Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method ( )
a) Slope deflection method b)Column analogy method
  c) Moment distribution method d)) None of the above

Fill in the blanks


1) The point of contraflexure is the point where _________________.
2) Stress may be defined as ______________________-.
3) The total strain energy of a beam of length L, having moment of inertia of its section I, when
subjected to a bending moment M, is _________________-
4) If ΣH and ΣV are the algebraic sums of the forces resolved horizontally and vertically
respectively, and ΣM is the algebraic sum of the moments of forces about any point, for the
equilibrium of the body acted upon _______,_____________,______________.
5) Trusses are subjected to ____________ stress.
6) ________________ is a frame structure composed of members.
7) How many equilibrium equations do we need to solve generally on a each joint of a truss
____________ .
8) The vertical distance between the axis of the beam before and after loading at a
point is called as _______.
9) Macaulay's method is used to determine ______
10) In cantilever beam, slope and deflection at free end is _____

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