Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions - Discussion

Discussion Forum : GATE Exam Questions - Section 5 (Q.No. 38)
38.
The strain energy stored in member AB of the pin-jointed truss shown in the below figure, when E and A are same for all members, is
2P2L/AE
P2L/AE
P2L/2AE
Zero
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Shashi said:   5 years ago
Zero is the correct answer.

PVK said:   7 years ago
Strain energy= 0.5 * P * DELTA.

DELTA= PL/(AE).

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