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GATE Structural Analysis: Analysis of determinate arches and cables – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Analysis of determinate arches and cables (Structural Analysis, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2018 CE (CE2) Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 25 m cable PQ is supported at equal levels 20 m horizontally apart. A 150 kN point load acts at R, dividing the cable into equal lengths, as shown.…
  2. GATE 2020 CE (CE1) Q29 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The shown planar elastic parabolic structure has span 8.0 m, rise 2.4 m and uniformly distributed load 12 kN/m. Neglect self-weight. Find maximum…
  3. GATE 2021 CE (CE2) Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Cable EFGH has horizontal spans EF,FG,GH each 2 m. F is 3 m below E; H is 1 m below E. Downward loads at F,G are 10,12 kN. Find tension magnitude in…