Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Structural Analysis: part2



Civil Engineering : Structural Analysis QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 16 to 20

Following Civil Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

16.A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls along a girder of 15 m span. The absolute maximum bending moment will be

8 kN.m
15 kN.m
30 kN.m
60 kN.m

17.Select the correct statement

Flexibility matrix is a square symmetrical matrix
Stiffness matrix is a square symmetrical matrix
both (a) and (b)
none of the above

18.When a uniformly distributed load, longer than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the maximum bending moment at mid section of span occurs when the uniformly distributed load occupies

less than the left half span
whole of left half span
more than the left half span
whole span

19.The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder

always occurs at center of span
always occurs under a wheel load
never occurs under a wheel load
none of the above

20.For a two-hinged arch, if one of the supports settles down vertically, then the horizontal thrust

is increased
is decreased
remains unchanged
becomes zero

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