THEORY OF STRUCTURES QUIZ

All of these

A distributed load varying from zero at the left end to ? per unit horizontal run at the right end, is ? ?R/?

A uniformly distributed load ? per unit run over its right half span, is ? ?R/?

A uniformly distributed load ? per unit run over its entire span is 4/3 ?R/?

b³h/12

bh²/12

bh³/12

b²h/12

Composite beams

Determinate beams

Indeterminate beams

Compound beams

Rankine’s theory

St. Venant’s theory

Haig’s theory

Guest’s or Trecas’ theory

Normal stresses only

Tangential stresses only

None of these

Normal stresses as well as tangential stresses

e²l²/3d²

ee²l/3d²

el²/3d²

el/2d

WL3/24EL

WL3/3EL

WL3/8EL

WL3/48EL

1.7

1.5

1.3

1.2

[W (1 + f/ G)]/ A

(1 – g/f)/A

[W (2 + f/G)]/A

[W (2 + g/f)]/A

wa²/27

w²a

wa/27

wa²