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    This document is the question paper for a structural analysis exam covering topics like influence lines, bending moments, trusses, frames, and plastic analysis. It contains 16 multi-part questions testing concepts in structural analysis for beams, arches, cables, and frames. Students are asked to determine forces, draw diagrams, calculate plastic hinges, analyze stability, and other analysis problems over 3 parts with a total of 100 marks.

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    This document is the question paper for a structural analysis exam covering topics like influence lines, bending moments, trusses, frames, and plastic analysis. It contains 16 multi-part questions testing concepts in structural analysis for beams, arches, cables, and frames. Students are asked to determine forces, draw diagrams, calculate plastic hinges, analyze stability, and other analysis problems over 3 parts with a total of 100 marks.

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    *X10250* Reg. No.

    Question Paper Code : X10250

    B.E./B.Tech. Degree Examinations, april/may 2021


    Sixth Semester
    Civil Engineering
    CE 8602 – Structural Analysis – II
    (Regulations 2017)

    Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks

    Answer all questions.

    Part – A (10×2=20 Marks)


    1. Define the Muller-Breslau’s principle.
    2. What are the uses of influence lines ?
    3. Draw the influence line diagram for the moment at the fixed end of a cantilever
    beam.
    4. What is meant by panel loading ?
    5. A three-hinged semi-circular arch of span L is subjected to a mid-span point load
    of W. Calculate the horizontal reaction at the supports.
    6. What is a funicular arch ?
    7. State Eddy’s theorem.
    8. What are the assumptions commonly made in the analysis of forces in cable systems ?
    9. Determine the plastic section modulus of a square section with a size of 10 mm.
    10. Briefly explain the length of plastic hinge in a beam with rectangular section.

    Part – B (5×13=65 Marks)


    11. a) A uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m covering a length of 3 m crosses a girder
    of span 15 m. Find the maximum shear force and bending moment at a section
    5 m from left support.
    (OR)
    b) Two point loads 50 kN and 100 kN spaced 5 m apart cross a girder of 15 m
    span with 50 kN load leading from left to right. Construct the maximum shear
    force and bending moment diagrams stating the absolute maximum values.
    X10250 -2- *X10250*

    12. a) A propped cantilever beam has a span of 25 m. Two point loads of 10 kN each
    spaced 5 m apart is positioned symmetrically on the beam. Construct the
    influence lines for the support reactions, and determine the moment created
    at the fixed support.
    (OR)
    b) A two-span continuous beam of 10 m (each span) with simple supports carries
    a uniformly distributed load of 8 kN/m. The load can be located over all or a
    portion of each span. Compute the maximum value of shear at the middle of
    the first span.

    13. a) A two-hinged parabolic arch of span (L) and rise (r) carries a uniformly
    distributed load of w/m run over the left half of the span. Obtain the expression
    for the horizontal thrust, and calculate the horizontal thrust and bending
    moment at quarter span point on the right half of the span with L = 20 m,
    r = 4 m and w = 20 kN/m.
    (OR)
    b) A three-hinged segmental arch has a span of 50 m and a rise of 8 m. A 100 kN
    load is acting at a point 15 m measured horizontally from the right support.
    Draw the bending moment diagram. Also determine the shear and normal
    forces under the load.

    14. a) A light flexible cable shown below hangs between two points which are separated
    horizontally by distance L. The cable carries a udl w per unit horizontal length
    over entire span. If the dip of the lowest point of the cable is d1 and d2 from left
    and right support respectively, show that the horizontal component of tension
    wL2
    in the cable is H = . Also determine the length of the cable if L
    ( )
    2
    2 d1 + d2
    = 100 m d1 = 2 m, d2 = 6 m.

    (OR)
    b) A foot bridge of width 3 m and span 50 m is carried by two cables of uniform
    section having a central dip of 5 m. If the platform load is 5 kN/m2 , calculate
    the maximum pull in the cables. Find the necessary section area required if
    the allowable stress is 120 N/mm2.
    *X10250* -3- X10250

    15. a) A two-span continuous beam of uniform cross-section is loaded as shown below.


    Determine the plastic moment.

    (OR)
    b) For the portal frame shown below, find the value of W at collapse. Assume that
    the plastic moment of resistance Mp is the same for all the members

    Part – C (1×15=15 Marks)

    16. a) Analyze the two-hinged parabolic arch shown in figure below, and draw the
    bending moment diagram.

    (OR)

    b) Determine the collapse moment for the frame shown in figure below.

    __________________

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