The number of independent displacement components at each joint of a rigid-jointed space frame is 2 3 1 6 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The Castigliano's second theorem can be used to compute deflections For beams and frames only In statically determinate structures only At the point under the load only For any type of structure TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the specified thickness of a footing is 100 cm, the depth of the form work may be tolerated from -3 mm to +3 mm -5 mm to +5 mm -2 mm to +2 mm -4 mm to +4 mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
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 The correct answer is (i) and (iv) (i) and (iii) (ii) and (iii) (ii) and (iv) TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method? Slope deflection method Moment distribution method Column analogy method None of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method? None of these Column analogy method Three moment equation Moment distribution method TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A pin-jointed plane frame is unstable if (where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints) m + r = 2j None of these (m + r)<2j (m + r)>2j TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The thickness of the rectangular plate for the cap or base of a solid round steel columns, is calculated from the formulat = √[(9W/16 fbct) × D/(D -d)] where ‘d’ is The diameter of the base The diameter of the top The dimension of the base The reduced diameter of the column TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Number of unknown internal forces in each member of a rigid jointed plane frame is 3 4 9 6 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In column analogy method, the area of an analogous column for a fixed beam of span L and flexural rigidity El is taken as L/3EI L/4EI L/EI L/2EI TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?