Tutorial-5&6

Structural Analysis (CE21004)

Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Due Date: 09/03/2020

March 4, 2020

Question 1: Use conjugate-beam method for solving the slope and dis-
placement of the free end C for the beam shown in figure 1. Take E as 200
GPa and I = 70 × 106 mm4 .

Figure 1: Structure for Question 1.

Question 2: Use Castigliano’s theorem and unit load method (aka virtual
force method) to solve question 1.
Question 3: Use Castligliano’s theorem and unit load method (aka virtual
force method) to determine the deflection at D for figure 2. Take EI to be
constant.

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 Figure 2: Structure for Question 3.

Question 4: Use Castigliano’s theorem and unit load method to determine

the deflection of node C for the truss shown in figure 3. Take EA to be
constant for all members.

Figure 3: Structure for Question 4.

Question 5: Prove Müller-Breslau principle using virtual work method.

Question 6: Use Conjugate beam method to determine the slope and de-
flection of free end of the cantilever beam as shown in figure 4. Take EI to
be constant for all members.

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 Figure 4: Structure for Question 6.

Question 7: Use Castigliano’s theorem and virtual work principle to solve

question 6.
Question 8: Use conjugate beam method to compute the vertical deflection
and the rotation to the left and the right of the hinge at C as shown in figure
5. Given: E = 200 GP a, IAC = 100 × 106 mm4 , and ICF = 50 × 106 mm4 .

Figure 5: Structure for Question 8.

Question 9: Use Castigliano’s theorem to find out rotation of point D of

the frame shown in figure 6.

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 Figure 6: Structure for Question 9.

Question 10: Determine the vertical displacement of the joint D of the

truss shown in figure 7. Assume AE constant.

Figure 7: Structure for Question 10.