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Principle of superposition is applicable when___________________?

  • (A)  deflections are linear functions of applied forces
  • (B)  material obeys Hooke’s law
  • (C)  the action of applied forces will be affected by small deformations of the structure
  • (D)  none of the above
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While using three moments equation, a fixed end of a continuous beam is replaced by an additional span of__________________?

  • (A)  zero length
  • (B)  infinite length
  • (C)  zero moment of inertia
  • (D)  none of the above
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Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam_________________?

  • (A)  slope
  • (B)  curvature
  • (C)  deflection
  • (D)  bending moment
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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
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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___________________?

  • (A)  the head of the load reaches the section
  • (B)  the tail of the load reaches the section
  • (C)  the load position should be such that the section divides it equally on both sides
  • (D)  the load position should be such that the section divides the load in the same ratio as it divides the
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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
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In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are__________________?

  • (A)  displacements
  • (B)  force
  • (C)  displacements and forces
  • (D)  none of the above
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal