Degree of static indeterminacy of a rigid-jointed plane frame having 15 members, 3 reaction components and 14 joints is
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For heavily reinforced concrete member, the nominal maximum size of the aggregates should be restricted to
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The fixed support in a real beam becomes in the conjugate beam a
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When a series of wheel loads crosses a simply supported girder, the maximum bending moment under any given wheel load occurs when
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The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder
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When a uniformly distributed load, shorter than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the conditions for maximum bending moment at a section is that
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In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are
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If the specified thickness of a footing is 100 cm, the depth of the form work may be tolerated from
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For the stability of a structural part, the weight or anchorage should be
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The width of the analogous column in the method of column analogy is
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For stable structures, one of the important properties of flexibility and stiffness matrices is that the elements on the main diagonal
(i) Of a stiffness matrix must be positive
(ii) Of a stiffness matrix must be negative
(iii) Of a flexibility matrix must be positive
(iv) Of a flexibility matrix must be negative
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(i) Of a stiffness matrix must be positive
(ii) Of a stiffness matrix must be negative
(iii) Of a flexibility matrix must be positive
(iv) Of a flexibility matrix must be negative
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Study the following statements.
i) The displacement method is more useful when degree of kinematic indeterminacy is greater than the degree of static indeterminacy.
ii) The displacement method is more useful when degree of kinematic indeterminacy is less than the degree of static indeterminacy.
iii) The force method is more useful when degree of static indeterminacy is greater than the degree of kinematic indeterminacy.
iv) The force method is more useful when degree of static indeterminacy is less than the degree of kinematic indeterminacy.
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i) The displacement method is more useful when degree of kinematic indeterminacy is greater than the degree of static indeterminacy.
ii) The displacement method is more useful when degree of kinematic indeterminacy is less than the degree of static indeterminacy.
iii) The force method is more useful when degree of static indeterminacy is greater than the degree of kinematic indeterminacy.
iv) The force method is more useful when degree of static indeterminacy is less than the degree of kinematic indeterminacy.
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Muller Breslau’s principle for obtaining influence lines is applicable to
i) trusses
ii) statically determinate beams and frames
iii) statically indeterminate structures, the material of which is elastic and follows Hooke’s law
iv) any statically indeterminate structure
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i) trusses
ii) statically determinate beams and frames
iii) statically indeterminate structures, the material of which is elastic and follows Hooke’s law
iv) any statically indeterminate structure
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In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by
i) bending moment
ii) shear force
iii) axial force
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i) bending moment
ii) shear force
iii) axial force
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A simply supported beam deflects by 5 mm when it is subjected to a concentrated load of 10 kN at its centre. What will be deflection in a 1/10 model of the beam if the model is subjected to a 1 kN load at its centre ?
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The deflection at any point of a perfect frame can be obtained by applying a unit load at the joint in
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Independent displacement components at each joint of a rigid-jointed plane frame are
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The thickness of the rectangular plate for the cap or base of a solid round steel columns, is calculated from the formula
where 'd' is
where 'd' is
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While using three moments equation, a fixed end of a continuous beam is replaced by an additional span of
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