DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY,

(AUTONOMOUS), RAJIV GANDHI PROUDYOGIKI VISHWAVIDYALAY, BHOPAL-462033 (M.P.)

SUBJECT: THEORY OF STRUCTURES-II (CE-3152)
ASSIGNMENT
SHORT ANSWERED QUESTIONS
UNIT-I
1. Indeterminate structures are always better than determinate structures. Comment on the
statement.
2. Comparison of moment distribution and Kanis method.
3. State the advantages of Kanis method over the other displacement methods.
4. Justify that the moment distribution method is a displacement method.
5. Mention the causes of side sway of portal frames.
6. What are the advantages of Kanis method particularly over moment distribution method of
analysis of frames?
7. Differentiate between static indeterminacy and kinematic indeterminacy. How kinematic
indeterminacy of a structure is estimated?
8. What is distribution factor? Derive necessary expressions for the same.
9. Compare force and displacement methods of structural analysis. State the methods falling in
each of these two broad categories.
10. Distribution factor and rotation factor.
11. Ratio of sway moments at column head for different end conditions in a portal frame.
UNIT-II
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General collapse conditions

State lower bound theorem and upper bound theorem.
State basis methods of limit analysis and procedure involved in any of them.
Compare elastic and plastic analysis of structures, stating clearly the assumptions made for
each analysis.
Explain how the assumptions in plastic analysis are different from the elastic analysis of
structures.
State lower bound theorem and upper bound theorem. Write the fundamental conditions for
plastic theory.
Differentiate (i) Equal area axis & Neutral axis (ii) Plastic modulus of section & Elastic section
modulus (iii) Shape factor & Load factor.
Assumptions of plastic analysis
Differentiate plastic analysis of structures with elastic analysis.
Fundamental conditions for plastic theory.
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Explain portal method for analyzing a building frame subjected to horizontal forces.
Write a short note on Structural behavior of tall buildings subjected lateral forces.
Why do we perform approximate analysis?
What are the approximate analysis of the structures is required? Explain clearly.
Explain the method of calculation of wind load for a multistoried building as per IS: 875.
Compare portal and cantilever methods for the approximate analysis of frames for lateral loads.

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Lateral stiffness of frame

Give a comparison of flexibility and stiffness method of analysis.
State the advantages of matrix methods of structural analysis over the conventional methods.
Compare the flexibility and stiffness methods of matrix of structural analysis.
Develop the displacement and force transformation matrices for a truss member.
Show that flexibility coefficient is inverse of stiffness coefficients.
To what type of structure, flexibility method of analysis is applicable?
List the advantages of stiffness method.
Describe the methodology of stiffness method of analysis.
What is structure stiffness matrix?
Write the matrix form of the load displacement equation for a truss member.
Explain how the matrix stiffness method can be applied to solve problems involving rigid
frames.
UNIT-V

1. What for the influence lines are required to be plotted for structures? How the influence line for
an indeterminate structure is different from that of determinate structure?
2. Differentiate between the bending moment diagram and the influence line diagram for a beam.
3. How the influence lines can be drawn qualitatively for determinate and indeterminate
structures? Explain.
4. What is a beam column? How does the structural behavior of a beam column differ from a
column?
5. State the Muller-Breslau principle and where is it used?
6. Write the governing differential equation for an axial loaded beam column. How can it be solved
in terms of constants of integration?
7. Beam column differential equations.
8. Write a brief note on influence lines.
9. Beam-column differential equation
MISCELLANEOUS

1. What is kinematic indeterminacy?

2. What is a degree of freedom?
3. What are the effects of construction deficiency and support settlement on indeterminate
structure?
4. Differentiate between absolute stiffness and relative stiffness.
5. What is modified stiffness factor?
6. What is matrix method of analysis?
7. Why flexibility method is called a force method?
8. Why stiffness method is called an equilibrium method?
9. Define flexibility influence coefficients.
10. Define stiffness influence coefficients.
11. What is flexibility matrix?
12. What is stiffness matrix?
13. State and prove the Muller-Breslaus principle.
14. Explain the indirect model analysis for influence lines of indeterminate structures.

15. Explain the Beggs deformeter. Explain how Beggs deformeter can be used to obtain influence
lines for various functions in a model.
16. Explain the assumptions taken in the analysis of multistoried frames using portal method.
17. State and explain Muller-Breslau principle.
18. What are the assumptions made in cantilever method of analysis of building frames?
19. Write down the steps involved in portal method of analysis.
20. Explain the portal method for analyzing a building frame subjected to horizontal forces.
21. Explain the cantilever method of analysis.
22. What is free frame?
23. Define stresses due to lack of fit.
24. For a space structure, how many degrees of freedom has a beam element?
25. What is meant by compatibility?
26. Differentiate Action & Displacement.
27. Differentiate between rigid jointed plane frames and pin jointed plane frames.
28. What is a Displacement function?
29. Compare flexibility method with stiffness method for analysing structures.
30. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
31. Relation between Slope Deflection Method and Stiffness Method.
32. Symmetric Properties of Flexibility and Stiffness Matrices.
33. Temperature -Stresses.
34. What is the main difference in portal method & cantilever method?
35. Draw diagram to show 2 types of substitute frames.
36. Where & how influence lines are used?
37. State Maxwells reciprocal theorem with its validity.
38. Find the structural indeterminacy for the fig.(III)
39. Find static indeterminacy and kinematic indeterminacy of structures given in Fig.1 and Fig.2
40. State the significance of ILD in the analysis of structures
41. What are the different indeterminacies in the structure? Explain their uses in the structural
analysis giving the examples.
42. What are the different types of the strain energies stored in the structure?
43. Why is it important for the analysis of the structure?
44. What do you understand by the term redundant frame?