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  1. Question 1 Statical indeterminacy and slope-deflection degrees of freedom
  2. Question 2 Schematic shear force and bending moment diagrams
  3. Question 3 Castigliano's theorem — deflection at an internal hinge
  4. Question 4 Least work — two-hinged portal frame under a uniform load
  5. Question 5 Moment distribution — symmetric gable with overhangs
  6. Question 6 Slope deflection — symmetric portal with a thermal elongation
  7. Question 7 Flexibility (force) method — portal with combined gravity and horizontal load
  8. Question 8 Slope deflection — symmetric two-storey, two-bay frame
  9. Question 9 Deriving the stiffness equations of a frame with an inclined member

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Paper format. National Exams – May 2019, 07-Str-A4 Advanced Structural Analysis. Three hours, closed book (an approved Casio or Sharp calculator is the only aid). Nine questions: #1 and #2 are compulsory, then any two of #3, #4, #5 and any two of #6, #7, #8, #9 — six questions constitute a complete paper and total 100 marks. Marks are printed in the left margin (9, 11, 18, 18, 18, 22, 22, 22, 22). All nine questions are solved here, because the set is a study resource rather than a three-hour sitting.

Reference texts. R. C. Hibbeler, Structural Analysis, 10th ed. (slope-deflection, moment distribution, Castigliano and the force method); A. Kassimali, Structural Analysis, 6th ed. (degrees of freedom, influence of support settlement and lack of fit); J. C. McCormac, Structural Analysis: Using Classical and Matrix Methods, 5th ed. (matrix formulation of the stiffness equations); CSA S16:19 Design of Steel Structures and CSA A23.3:19 Design of Concrete Structures for the Canadian design context in which these analyses are used.