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This document contains exam questions for a Computational Structural Mechanics course. It includes questions on determining structural indeterminacy, comparing flexibility and stiffness methods, developing flexibility and stiffness matrices for beams and frames, analyzing continuous beams and frames using flexibility and stiffness methods, and solving simultaneous equations. Students are asked to analyze a variety of structures, develop their stiffness and flexibility matrices, draw bending moment diagrams, and solve practice problems related to linear algebra and matrix analysis.

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This document contains exam questions for a Computational Structural Mechanics course. It includes questions on determining structural indeterminacy, comparing flexibility and stiffness methods, developing flexibility and stiffness matrices for beams and frames, analyzing continuous beams and frames using flexibility and stiffness methods, and solving simultaneous equations. Students are asked to analyze a variety of structures, develop their stiffness and flexibility matrices, draw bending moment diagrams, and solve practice problems related to linear algebra and matrix analysis.

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USN 14CSE11

First Semester M.Tech. Degree Examination, Dec.2015 lJan.20l6


Gomputational Structural Mechanics
Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:100
Note: Answer any FIVE full questions.
I a. Determine the static and kinematic indeterminacy of the structures shown in Fig. Q1(ar),
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!u b. Compare flexibility method and stiffness rnethod. (08 Marks)
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1D c. Differentiate local fiom global coordinates system with example. (06 Marks)
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2 a. Cornpute the system flexibility matrix for the axially rigid continuous beam shown in Fig.
Q2 (a). Consider the moment at fixed end and the verlical reaction at mid-support as
rerJundants (10 Marks)
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b. Develop the system flexibility matrix of the truss shown in Fig. Q2 (b) by choosing the force
in member BD and horzontal reaction at support 'D' as redundant. Take AE constant for all
?o members. (10 Marks)
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Analyse the continuous beam if the support B sinks by 20 mm. Adopt flexibility method by
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developing force transformation matrix. Draw BMD. Take EI : 8000 kNm2 for all members.
; (20 Marks)
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Analyse the frame shown in Fig. Qa by flexibility method. Adopt element approach. Draw,
BMD and elastic curve. (20 Marks)

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Analyse the continuous beam shown in Fig. Q5 by stiffness method using elementAffi:Xi}

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6 Analyse the frame shown in Fig. Q6 by element approach of stiffness method. (20 Marks)

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7 Analyse the continuous beam shown in Fig. Q7 by direct stiffness method. EI constant for
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8a. Write short notes on:
i) Banded matrix ii) Band width iii) Sky line storage (08 Marks)
b. Solve the following linear simultaneous equation by Gauss elimination method:
5x+2y * z=12; x + 6y +22:19 ; 2x+ y + 4z=16 (12 Marks)

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