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The degree of static indeterminacy of a pin-jointed space frame is given by_________________?

  • (A)  m + r – 2j
  • (B)  m + r – 3j
  • (C)  3m + r – 3j
  • (D)  m + r + 3j
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A rigid-jointed plane frame is stable and statically determinate if_______________?

  • (A)  (m + r) = 2j
  • (B)  (m + r) = 3j
  • (C)  (3m + r) = 3j
  • (D)  (m + 3r) = 3j where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints
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If in a pin-jointed plane frame (m + r) > 2j, then the frame is________________?

  • (A)  stable and statically determinate
  • (B)  stable and statically indeterminate
  • (C)  unstable
  • (D)  none of the above where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints
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The fixed support in a real beam becomes in the conjugate beam a___________________?

  • (A)  roller support
  • (B)  hinged support
  • (C)  fixed support
  • (D)  free end
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Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method ?

  • (A)  moment distribution method
  • (B)  column analogy method
  • (C)  three moment equation
  • (D)  none of the above
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Effects of shear force and axial force on plastic moment capacity of a structure are respectively to_________________?

  • (A)  increase and decrease
  • (B)  increase and increase
  • (C)  decrease and increase
  • (D)  decrease and decrease
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If in a rigid-jointed space frame, (6m + r) < 6j, then the frame is_______________?

  • (A)  unstable
  • (B)  stable and statically determinate
  • (C)  stable and statically indeterminate
  • (D)  none of the above
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Which of the following is not the displacement method ?

  • (A)  Equilibrium method
  • (B)  Column analogy method
  • (C)  Moment distribution method
  • (D)  Kani’s method
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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________________?

  • (A)  the centre of gravity of the load system is midway between the centre of span and wheel load under consi-deration
  • (B)  the centre of span is midway between the centre of gravity of the load system and the wheel load under consideration
  • (C)  the wheel load under consideration is midway between the centre of span and the centre of gravity of the load system
  • (D)  none of the above
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