Structural analysis / exercises
Advanced structural analysis
Modules 16 to 18: indeterminate structures, influence lines and instability. These are the topics where the wrong assumption is most expensive, so several questions test whether a method applies at all.
Teaching basis and review status
These are educational models and exercises. Check their assumptions before using the results. The full technical content and every diagram have not yet been independently verified.
Concrete and steel calculations retain their stated first-generation Eurocode teaching basis. Use the standards and amendments specified for your project; do not mix generations without an appropriate design basis.
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A propped cantilever spans 7.00 m and carries a UDL of 18.0 kN/m. What is the prop reaction, in kN?
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For that same propped cantilever, what is the fixing moment at the built-in end, in kNm?
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One support of a three-span continuous beam settles by 15 mm. What happens to the bending moments?
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A pin-ended column 5.00 m long has E = 205 000 N/mm² and I = 1.20 × 10⁷ mm⁴. What is its Euler critical load, in kN?
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That column also carries a first-order moment of 40.0 kNm, under an axial load of 400 kN. What is the second-order moment, in kNm?
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A simply supported span of 15.0 m carries a moving load train. What is the peak ordinate of the influence line for bending moment at mid-span, in metres?