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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FOURTH SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018

Course Code: CE202
Course Name: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS — I (CE)

Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer any two full questions, each carries 15 marks. Marks
1 9) State the assumptions made in the analysis of plane trusses. (3)
b) A Pratt roof truss is loaded as shown. Using the method of sections, determine the (12)
forces in members FH and GI.

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1.5 kN

3m 3m 3m 3m 3m 3m
2 9) Obtain the expression for strain energy due to bending in a flexural member. (3)
b) Determine the vertical deflection at C using unit load method. Assume EI constant.
(12)
3 a) State and prove Maxwell’s law of reciprocal deflections. (6)
b) Determine the static and kinematic indeterminacies of the structures shown. (9)
2 kN/m

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