GATE Steel Structures: Plastic analysis of beams and portal frames – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Plastic analysis of beams and portal frames (Steel Structures, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – The steel angle section shown in the figure has elastic section modulus of 150.92 cm3 about the horizontal X−X axis, which passes through the centroid…
2. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q49 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A rigid-jointed portal frame, shown in the figure, consists of beam and columns of equal length L. The frame has a fixed support at one end and a…
3. GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q52 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The cross-section of a steel T-beam is shown in the figure where all dimensions are in mm. The plastic section modulus of the given cross-section is…