The horizontal thrust on the ends of a two hinged semicircular arch of radius carrying_________________?

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1. There are two hinged semicircular arches A, B and C of radii 5 m, 7.5 m and 10 m respectively and each carries a concentrated load W at their crowns. The horizontal thrust at their supports will be in the ratio of_______________?

   A. 1 : 1½ : 2
   B. 2 : 1½ : 1
   C. 1 : 1 : 2
   D. None of these

2. An isolated load W is acting at a distance a from the left hand support, of a three hinged arch of span 2l and rise h hinged at the crown, the horizontal reaction at the support, is_________________?

   A. Wa/h
   B. Wa/2h
   C. 2W/ha
   D. 2h/Wa

3. A three hinged arch is generally hinged at its supports and__________________?

   A. At one quarter span
   B. At the crown
   C. Anywhere in the rib
   D. None of these

4. The ratio of crippling loads of a column having both the ends fixed to the column having both the ends hinged, is________________?

   A. 1
   B. 2
   C. 3
   D. 4

5. The horizontal deflection of a parabolic curved beam of span 10 m and rise 3 m when loaded with a uniformly distributed load l t per horizontal length is (where Ic is the M.I. at the crown, which varies as the slope of the arch)___________________?

   A. 50/EIc
   B. 100/EIc
   C. 150/EIc
   D. 200/EIc

6. A two hinged parabolic arch of span l and rise h carries a load varying from zero at the left end to________________?

   A. /4h thrust is
   B. /8h
   C. /12h
   D. /16h

7. For determining the support reactions at A and B of a three hinged arch, points B and Care joined and produced to intersect the load line at D and a line parallel to the load line through A at D’. Distances AD, DD’ and AD’ when measured were 4 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. The angle between the reactions at A and B is___________________?

   A. 30°
   B. 45°
   C. 60°
   D. 90°

8. The locus of reaction of a two hinged semi-circular arch, is_________________?

   A. Straight line
   B. Parabola
   C. Circle
   D. Hyperbola

9. The maximum B.M. due to an isolated load in a three hinged parabolic arch, (span l and rise h) having one of its hinges at the crown, occurs on either side of the crown at a distance_______________?

   A. l/4
   B. h/4
   C. l
   D. l

10. If a three hinged parabolic arch, (span l, rise h) is carrying a uniformly distributed load w/unit length over the entire span__________________?

    A. Horizontal thrust is wl2/8h
    B. S.F. will be zero throughout
    C. B.M. will be zero throughout
    D. All the above