Advanced Structural Analysis Mid - I, September - 2014

1.The moment distribution method was formulated by
  • Mohr
  • Kani
  • Thomas Young
  • Hardy Cross
Answer: D
2.The stiffness factor at the near end of a member When far end is fixed
  • 3EI / l
  • 4 EI / l
  • EI / l
  • EI
Answer: B
3.If KI is the stiffness of the member at a joint the distribution factor for the member is
  •  KI - KI
  •  KI / KI
  • KI /  KI
  •  KI
Answer: C
4.The moment required to rotate one end of beam by one unit rotation is called
  • torsion
  • flexibility
  • stiffness
  • rigidity
Answer: C
5.Shape factor is the ratio of
  • Plastic Modulus of section to Elastic Modulus of section
  • Elastic Modulus of section to Bulk Modulus
  • Elastic Modulus of section to Plastic Modulus of section
  • Plastic Modulus of section to Rigidity Modulus
Answer: A
6.A mechanical hinge may be treated as plastic hinge with full plastic moment _______
  • Equal to unity
  • equal to zero
  • less than zero
  • more than unity
Answer: B
7.Static theorem is known as
  • Lower bound theorem
  • upper bound theorem
  • no bound theorem
  • boundary layer theorem
Answer: B
8.The shape factor of a circular section is
  • 2
  • 2.34
  • 5
  • 1ry layer
Answer: B
9.In a portal frame when a vertical point load acts near the right support of the beam then sway occurs towards
  • right
  • left
  • up wards
  • downwards
Answer: A
10.The Kani’s method in structural analysis can be treated as
  • force method
  • displacement method
  • flexibility method
  • rigid method
Answer: B
11.The method of moment distribution in structural Analysis is an _______________________
Answer: Iterative method
12.The ratio of carry over moment to applied moment Is called _____________________
Answer: Carry over factor
13.The collapse load is equal to working load multiplied by _____________________
Answer: Load factor
14.In most of the analytical work it is assumed that all plastic rotations occur at a pointie. The length of the hinge approaches _____________
Answer: zero
15.For a A fixed beam carrying u d l ,over the enter span the collapse load will be __________________
Answer: 6mp / L
16.When the number of unknown reactions exceed the number of conditions of stasitic equilibrium, the system is said to be _______________
Answer: Statically indeterminate
17.The plastic theory is developed based on ____________________ of steel.
Answer: Ductility
18.The strain that occurs after the yield point with no increase in stress is called ____________
Answer: Plastic strain
19.The ultimate load or collapse load is reached when a ____________ is formed
Answer: Mechanism
20.________________ theorem states that for a given structure subject to a set of loads W the value of W found to correspond to any assumed mechanism must be greater or equal to collapse load W ’
Answer: Upper bound