MID-TERM EXAM STRUCTURAL THEORY

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

NAME: ________________________________________________ SECTION: ________________

INSTRUCTOR: _________________________________________

REMINDERS:
No cellphone is allowed inside the testing room.

I. Analyze the frame shown and draw the shear and bending moment diagrams.
Determine the internal forces developed due to the effects of the loads.

250 N/m

8m B C
120N/m ooo
6m 6m
o
60
A
II. Draw the shear and bending moment diagrams of the beam shown. The uniform load at span
CD is ω = 10 N/m and points B and E are hinges. Sketch the elastic curve.

30N/m 50N 30N/m

A
o o F
B C D E

4m 6m 2m 10m 10m 4m 6m
III. Determine the forces in the members of the truss shown if P 1 = 30Kn and P2 = 50kN. Indicate
whether tension or compression

D
E

4m 7m
A

B C
∞

6m 6m
P1 P2
IV. Find the value of P1 and P2 if the absolute maximum bending moment in the beam shown
is 2,642.65 kN-m and that the center of gravity of the loads (location of the equivalent load,
R) is x = 17.3 m from the load P4.

P1 P2 P3=20kN P4=15kN
10m 12m 14m

A B
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50 m