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GATE Structural Analysis: Deflections of determinate beams, frames and trusses – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Deflections of determinate beams, frames and trusses (Structural Analysis, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2023 CE (CE1) Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the pin-jointed truss shown in the figure (not to scale). All members have the same axial rigidity, AE. Members QR, RS, and ST have the same…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – 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…
  3. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For the 6 m long horizontal cantilever beam PQR shown in the figure, Q is the mid-point. Segment PQ of the beam has flexural rigidity EI = 2 105 kN.m2…
  4. GATE 2025 CE (CE1) Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – For the beam and loading shown in the figure, the second derivative of the deflection curve of the beam at the mid-point of AC is given by M 08EI. The…
  5. GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q39 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – The plane frame has a hinge and a roller support, and is loaded as shown in the figure. Both the columns have same height. What is the absolute value…