Q1.
(a) What do you understand by the term characteristic strength of a material ? Please elaborate.
(b) A continuous beam ABCDE is subjected to Dead Load and Live Load. Draw the arrangements of Live Load that produce maximum Bending moment at support B and span BC of the beam.
(c) What do you understand by multiskilling of labour? What are the benefits of multiskilling?
(d) What are the main advantages of Activity on the Node (A-O-N) networks over activity on the Arrow (A-O-A) networks ?
(e) State the Muller-Breslau principle. Hence draw influence line for moment at D in the beam shown in Fig. 2.