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    This document outlines the midterm exam for an engineering structural analysis course, including instructions, a signed honor code statement, and three practice problems. Problem 1 involves determining the statics of a truss under various loads, the member forces, and joint displacements. Problem 2 examines the tensions in a cable hanging in a catenary curve between two poles and added support cables. Problem 3 asks the student to determine reactions and internal forces for a three-hinged arch under a quarter-span load.

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    This document outlines the midterm exam for an engineering structural analysis course, including instructions, a signed honor code statement, and three practice problems. Problem 1 involves determining the statics of a truss under various loads, the member forces, and joint displacements. Problem 2 examines the tensions in a cable hanging in a catenary curve between two poles and added support cables. Problem 3 asks the student to determine reactions and internal forces for a three-hinged arch under a quarter-span load.

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    This document outlines the midterm exam for an engineering structural analysis course, including instructions, a signed honor code statement, and three practice problems. Problem 1 involves determining the statics of a truss under various loads, the member forces, and joint displacements. Problem 2 examines the tensions in a cable hanging in a catenary curve between two poles and added support cables. Problem 3 asks the student to determine reactions and internal forces for a three-hinged arch under a quarter-span load.

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    ENGN1300: Structural Analysis

    Midterm Exam
    Thursday, March 25, 2010
    Division of Engineering
    Brown University

    NAME:

    General Instructions

    • Exam is open notes and homework.


    • You may access the course website and use Maple. No other websites or
    computational aids are allowed.
    • All work must be shown in these pages. You can use Maple for the calculations,
    but write down your final answers on these pages.
    • If you do use Maple, please save your maple file in RTF and email it to me. Use
    a single Maple file for each problem. Be aware that I don’t plan to grade the
    Maple---I should be able to follow your work by looking at these pages alone.

    Sign your name to the statement below:

    I affirm that I have executed the examination in accordance with the Academic
    Honor Code of Brown University.

    ______________________

    1. (12 points)

    2. (8 points)

    3. (5 points)

    TOTAL (25 points)


    1. A truss is shown below. Both members have identical values of E and A. Joint A is pinned and
    joints A and C are on roller supports. Loads Px and Py are applied as shown.
    Py
    B
    j

    d k i

    A C Px

    d d

    a. Is this truss statically determinate, indeterminate, or a mechanism? Why?

    b. As a first step towards determining the member forces and joint displacements, determine
    expressions for the elongation of each member as functions of the nonzero displacement
    components of joints B and C. The answer may also involve the dimension d. Assume small
    deflections.

    2
    Py
    B

    d
    k i

    A C Px

    d d

    c. Find the potential energy for the structure as a function of the nonzero displacement components
    of joints B and C, and any of the other parameters of the problem.

    d. Determine the joint displacements and member forces for the case in which Px=0. The answers
    may involve Py, EA, and d.

    3
    2. A uniform, inextensible transmission cable hangs under its own weight. Cable weight per unit
    length is ω. The desired sag is equal to d/4.

    a. Find the cable length required, and the maximum tension T0 in the cable in terms of the given
    parameters of the problem.

    h=d/4

    4
    b. To avoid bending in the poles, support cables are added as shown to ensure that the poles carry
    only axial load. Determine the tension Ts of the support cables and the resulting compressive force
    F in the poles in terms of the given parameters of the problem. To do this, begin with a free body
    diagram of the point A at the top of the left-hand pole.
    d
    A B

    π/6 h=d/4 π/6

    5
    3. For the three-hinged arch shown subjected to a load P at quarter span, determine the reactions
    and the forces transmitted through the hinge in terms of the parameters of the problem. No credit
    will be given if you don’t draw free body diagrams!

    d/4
    P
    B

    h
    A C
    d

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