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GATE Civil Engineering · Structural Analysis - Influence Line Diagram · 1995-2026

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2026 Q18

The horizontal beam shown in the figure has fixed supports at F and L. Internal hinges are provided at locations G and J. The beam supports vertically downward concentrated loads a...

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2026 Q38

A simply supported, linearly elastic, homogeneous, prismatic beam of length L and flexural rigidity EI is shown in the figure. The expression for the Influence Line Diagram (ILD) o...

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2025 Q41

Consider the beam ACDEB given in the figure. Which of the following statements is/are correct:

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2025 Q52

Consider a reinforced concrete beam section of 300 mm width and 700 mm depth. The beam is reinforced with the tension steel of 2000 mm² area at an effective cover of 50 mm. Concret...

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2024 Q16

A 3 m long, horizontal, rigid, uniform beam PQ has negligible mass. The beam is subjected to a 3 kN concentrated vertically downward force at 1 m from P, as shown in the figure. Th...

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2024 Q37

A linearly elastic beam of length 2l with flexural rigidity EI has negligible mass. A massless spring with a spring constant k and a rigid block of mass m are attached to the beam...

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2024 Q39

The beam shown in the figure is subjected to a uniformly distributed downward load of intensity q between supports A and B. Considering the upward reactions as positive, the suppor...

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2024 Q50

The horizontal beam PQRS shown in the figure has a fixed support at point P, an internal hinge at point Q, and a pin support at point R. A concentrated vertically downward load (V)...

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2023 Q14

A singly reinforced concrete beam of balanced section is made of M20 grade concrete and Fe415 grade steel bars. The magnitudes of the maximum compressive strain in concrete and the...

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2023 Q26

Consider the following three structures: Structure I: Beam with hinge support at A, roller at C, guided roller at E, and internal hinges at B and D Structure II: Pin-jointed truss,...

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2023 Q49

Consider the beam shown in the figure (not to scale), on a hinge support at end A and a roller support at end B. The beam has a constant flexural rigidity, and is subjected to the...

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2023 Q53

A beam is subjected to a system of coplanar forces as shown in the figure. The magnitude of vertical reaction at Support P is ________ N (round off to one decimal place).

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2022 Q16

Consider a beam PQ fixed at P, hinged at Q, and subjected to a load F as shown in figure (not drawn to scale). The static and kinematic degrees of indeterminacy, respectively, are

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2022 Q16

Consider the cross-section of a beam made up of thin uniform elements having thickness t (t << a) shown in the figure. The (x, y) coordinates of the points along the center-line of...

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2022 Q52

Consider a simply supported beam PQ as shown in the figure. A truck having 100 kN on the front axle and 200 kN on the rear axle, moves from left to right. The spacing between the a...

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2021 Q20

A propped cantilever beam XY, with an internal hinge at the middle, is carrying a uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m, as shown in the figure. The vertical reaction at support X...

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2021 Q21

The equation of deformation is derived to be y = x² - xL for a beam shown in the figure. The curvature of the beam at the mid-span (in units, in integer) will be ________

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2021 Q28

A prismatic steel beam is shown in the figure. The plastic moment, M_p calculated for the collapse mechanism using static method and kinematic method is

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2019 Q36

A long uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m and a concentrated load of 60 kN are moving together on the beam ABCD shown in the figure (not drawn to scale). The relative positions...

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2018 Q7

A vertical load of 10 kN acts on a hinge located at a distance of L/4 from the roller support Q of a beam of length L (see figure). The vertical reaction at support Q is

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2018 Q30

The figure shows a simply supported beam PQ of uniform flexural rigidity EI carrying two moments M and 2M. The slope at P will be

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2018 Q38

An 8 m long simply-supported elastic beam of rectangular cross-section (100 mm × 200 mm) is subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m over its entire span. The maximum p...

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2018 Q39

A prismatic beam P-Q-R of flexural rigidity EI=1×10⁴ kNm² is subjected to a moment of 180 kNm at Q as shown in the figure. The rotation at Q (in rad, up to two decimal places) is _...

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2018 Q40

The value of M in the beam ABC shown in the figure is such that the joint B does not rotate. The value of support reaction (in kN) at B should be equal to _________.

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2018 Q41

Consider the beam ABCD shown in the figure. For a moving concentrated load of 50 kN on the beam, the magnitude of the maximum bending moment (in kN-m) obtained at the support C wil...

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2007 PYQ

The shear stress at the neutral axis in a beam of triangular section with a base of $$40$$ $$mm$$ and height $$20$$ $$mm,$$ subjected to a shear force of $$3$$ $$kN$$ is

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2005 PYQ

If a beam of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a vertical shear force $$V,$$ the shear force carried by the upper one-third of the cross-section is

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1995 PYQ

If the Shear Force at a section of a beam under bending is equal to zero then the Bending Moment at the section is

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