CE6501 SA 1 Important Questions, STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I Answer Key – CIVIL 5th SEM Anna University

UNIT- II

MOVING LOADS AND INFLUENCE LINES (DETERMINATE & INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES WITH REDUNDANCY RESTRICTERD TO ONE)

PART – A

1. StateimportanceofILD.
2. State Muller Breslau‟s principle?
3. What are the types of connections possible in the model of begg‟s deformeter?
4. Whatistheinfluencelinediagram?
5. Draw influence lines for support reactions in a simply supported beam?
6. Whatdoyouunderstandbyaninfluencelineforbendingmoment?
7. When a series of wheel loads move along a girder, what is the condition for getting maximum bending moment under any one point load?
8. Draw a qualitative influence line diagrams for the support reactions of a simply supported beam of span L?
9. What is meant by absolute maximum bending moment in a beam?

10.What is the absolute maximum bending moment due to a moving udl longer than the span of a simply supported beam?

11.What are the three types of connections possible with the model used with Begg‟s deformeter?
12.What is Begg‟s deformeter?
13.Where do you get rolling loads in practice?
14.Name the type of rolling loads for which the absolute maximum bending moment occurs at the mid span of a beam?
15.Define similitude?
16.What is the principle of dimensional similarity?
17.Where do you have the absolute maximum bending moment in a simply supported beam when a series of wheel loads cross it?