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GATE Structures: Special topics: Equilibrium and compatibility equations in two-dimensional elasticity – Previous Year Questions

3 GATE previous year questions on Special topics: Equilibrium and compatibility equations in two-dimensional elasticity (Structures, Aerospace Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 AE Q29 (1 mark, Multiple select) – An isotropic linear elastic material point under plane strain condition in the x-y plane always obeys:
  2. GATE 2025 AE Q28 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – A stress field is given by xx = zz = C 1 y; yy = C 2 y; xy = yz = zx = 0, where C 1 and C 2 are non-zero constants. If the stress field satisfies…
  3. GATE 2024 AE Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the plane strain field given by xx = 10xy2, yy = -5x2y and xy = Axy(2x - y) where, A is a constant and xy is the engineering shear strain.…