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Worked solutions to 13 past sittings (2013–2018), 104 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2018

  1. Question 1: Stability and Determinacy of Six Structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams for Three Structures
  3. Question 3: Vertical Deflections at B and D of a Stepped Beam
  4. Question 4: Member Forces in Two Trusses
  5. Question 5: Influence Lines for a Two-Span Beam and for a Truss Member
  6. Question 6: Moment Distribution Analysis of a Frame
  7. Question 7: Vertical Deflection of a Truss Joint by Virtual Work
  8. Question 8: Three-Hinged Gabled Frame — Reactions and Diagrams

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Stability and Degree of Indeterminacy
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
  3. Question 3: Deflection of a Non-Prismatic Beam
  4. Question 4: Truss Member Forces
  5. Question 5: Influence Lines
  6. Question 6: Moment Distribution of a Symmetric Four-Column Frame
  7. Question 7: Frame with an Inclined Member by Slope Deflection
  8. Question 8: Truss Deflections by Virtual Work

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Stability and Degree of Static Indeterminacy
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
  3. Question 3: Vertical Deflection of a Stepped Continuous Beam
  4. Question 4: Truss Member Forces by the Method of Sections
  5. Question 5: Influence Lines for a Truss and for Shear in a Beam
  6. Question 6: Slope-Deflection Analysis of a Propped Frame
  7. Question 7: Horizontal Deflection of a Portal Frame by Virtual Work
  8. Question 8: Moment Distribution of a Symmetric Four-Column Frame

May 2017

  1. Question 1: Stability and Degree of Static Indeterminacy
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
  3. Question 3: Vertical Deflection at the Overhang Tip by Virtual Work
  4. Question 4: Truss Member Forces
  5. Question 5: Influence Lines
  6. Question 6: Triangular Truss — Member Forces and Joint Deflection
  7. Question 7: Frame by Slope Deflection — Shear and Moment Diagrams
  8. Question 8: Deflection of a Strut-Propped Beam by Virtual Work

December 2016

  1. Question 1: Stability and Degree of Static Indeterminacy
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams
  3. Question 3: Vertical Deflection of a Beam by Virtual Work
  4. Question 4: Truss Member Forces
  5. Question 5: Frame Analysis by Slope Deflection
  6. Question 6: Three-Hinged Gable Frame
  7. Question 7: Influence Lines for a Truss and for a Gerber Beam
  8. Question 8: Deflection of a Frame by Virtual Work

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Stability and Degree of Static Indeterminacy
  2. Question 2: Reactions, Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
  3. Question 3: Vertical Deflection of a Doubly Overhanging Beam
  4. Question 4: Truss Member Forces
  5. Question 5: Influence Lines and a Moving Load Train
  6. Question 6: Frame Analysis by Slope Deflection
  7. Question 7: Vertical Deflection of a Frame by Virtual Work
  8. Question 8: Three-Hinged Frame — Reactions and Diagrams

December 2015

  1. Question 1: Determinacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear and bending moment for three structures
  3. Question 3: Deflection of a trapezoidal frame by virtual work
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two trusses
  5. Question 5: Propped continuous frame by moment distribution
  6. Question 6: Three-hinged frame with a vertical load and a wind pressure
  7. Question 7: Influence lines for a truss and for a moving vehicle
  8. Question 8: Horizontal deflection of a truss by virtual work

May 2015

  1. Question 1: Determinacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear force and bending moment diagrams for three structures
  3. Question 3: Vertical deflection of a pin-jointed truss by virtual work
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two trusses
  5. Question 5: Influence lines for a compound beam and for a truss diagonal
  6. Question 6: Frame by the slope-deflection method
  7. Question 7: Deflection of a tie-rod-supported beam by virtual work
  8. Question 8: Three-hinged gable frame

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Determinacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear and bending moment diagrams for three structures
  3. Question 3: Vertical deflection at B of a beam with stepped stiffness
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two determinate trusses
  5. Question 5: Influence lines for a determinate three-span structure, and a moving vehicle
  6. Question 6: Two-storey frame by slope-deflection
  7. Question 7: Three-hinged gabled frame
  8. Question 8: Horizontal deflection at C by virtual work

May 2014

  1. Question 1: Stability and determinacy of seven structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear force and bending moment diagrams for three structures
  3. Question 3: Centre-line deflection of a beam of stepped flexural rigidity
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two trusses
  5. Question 5: Frame with an internal hinge, analysed by slope deflection
  6. Question 6: Influence lines for a truss and for shear in a beam
  7. Question 7: Three-hinged gabled frame
  8. Question 8: Deflection by the principle of virtual work

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Determinacy, indeterminacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear force and bending moment diagrams for three determinate structures
  3. Question 3: Vertical deflection of a non-prismatic beam by virtual work
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two determinate trusses
  5. Question 5: Frame analysis by slope-deflection, with shear and bending moment diagrams
  6. Question 6: Vertical deflection of a truss joint by virtual work
  7. Question 7: Influence lines for a truss and for a hinged frame under a moving vehicle
  8. Question 8: Reactions and internal-force diagrams for a determinate portal frame with an internal hinge

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Determinacy, indeterminacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear force and bending moment diagrams for three structures
  3. Question 3: Vertical deflection of the apex joint of a symmetrical roof truss
  4. Question 4: Member forces in two trusses by the method of sections
  5. Question 5: Frame analysis by slope-deflection, with shear and bending moment diagrams
  6. Question 6: Horizontal deflection of a joint on a determinate frame (alternative 1 of 3)
  7. Question 7: Three-hinged frame under a point load and a horizontal distributed load (alternative 2 of 3)
  8. Question 8: Influence lines for a subdivided truss, and the effect of a moving distributed load (alternative 3 of 3)

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: Determinacy and stability of six structures
  2. Question 2: Reactions, shear and bending-moment diagrams
  3. Question 3: Member forces in a Pratt truss
  4. Question 4: Deflection of a cable-propped beam
  5. Question 5: Influence lines and moving loads
  6. Question 6: Frame by slope deflection — shear and moment diagrams
  7. Question 7: Trapezoidal frame with a crown hinge
  8. Question 8: Horizontal deflection of a frame by virtual work