When a series of wheel loads crosses a simply supported girder, the maximum bending moment under any given wheel load occurs when________________?

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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_______________?

A. less than the left half span B. whole of left half span C. more than the left half span D. whole span...

Which of the following is not the displacement method ?

A. Equilibrium method B. Column analogy method C. Moment distribution method D. Kani’s method...

The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder_________________?

A. always occurs at centre of span B. always occurs under a wheel load C. never occurs under a wheel load D. none of the above...

The degree of static indeterminacy up to which column analogy method can be used is__________________?

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. unrestricted...

For stable structures, one of the important properties of flexibility and stiffness matrices is that the elements on the main diagonal________________?

i) of a stiffness matrix must be positive ii) of a stiffness matrix must be negative iii) of a flexibility matrix must be positive iv) of a flexibility matrix must be negative The correct answer is A. (i) and (iii) B. (ii) and (iii) C. (i) and (iv) D. (ii) and (iv)...