Question

Pretend that you're working as a transportation engineer for an agency like Caltrans, for example. Let's...

Pretend that you're working as a transportation engineer for an agency like Caltrans, for example. Let's just say that you're part of a team working on the construction of a new bridge for automobile traffic. A structural engineer comes into your cubicle and offers to draw influence lines for the beam reactions at the support columns. Explain why these influence line drawings s/he makes will be very relevant to your project. Your explanation had better be clear and complete, or you will be marked down!

Homework Answers

Answer #1

Before discuss about application of influence line diagram (ILD)we have to know besic definition of ILD.

It tells you the effect of unit load (shear force bending moment, axial force, deflection) which is applied at some location of structure over total span of structure.

The main purpose of drawing ILD to find out worst effect due to rolling loads(moving traffic) . In order to design structure(bridge) or to check and analyse the structure. From observing ILD we can find critical location and keep in mind such critical location we have to design components of bridge such as diamensions of girders, steel reinforcement details etc.

This ILD reduce complicated calculations and also consume time of calculation and make it easy.

That's why for design of traffic bridge structural engineer offers you draw ILD.

Know the answer?
Your Answer:

Post as a guest

Your Name:

What's your source?

Earn Coins

Coins can be redeemed for fabulous gifts.

Not the answer you're looking for?
Ask your own homework help question
Similar Questions
ADVERTISEMENT
Need Online Homework Help?

Get Answers For Free
Most questions answered within 1 hours.

Ask a Question
ADVERTISEMENT
Active Questions
  • Your company is thinking of introducing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. You have been...
    asked 5 minutes ago
  • Attached is the file GeometricObject.java. Include this in your project, but do not change. Create a...
    asked 7 minutes ago
  • Suppose the number of cars in a household has a binomial distribution with parameters n =...
    asked 10 minutes ago
  • HR needs some information on the new interns put into a database. Given an id, email,...
    asked 31 minutes ago
  • Problem solving strategies Questions years = input("Enter a number of years and I'll tell you how...
    asked 35 minutes ago
  • Calculate ?Hrxn for the following reaction: CH4(g)+4Cl2(g)?CCl4(g)+4HCl(g) Use the following reactions and given ?H?s. C(s)+2H2(g)?CH4(g)?H=?74.6kJC(s)+2Cl2(g)?CCl4(g)?H=?95.7kJH2(g)+Cl2(g)?2HCl(g)?H=?184.6kJ Express...
    asked 42 minutes ago
  • ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) has an encoding for every character of the alphabet,...
    asked 56 minutes ago
  • Is home confinement with electronic monitoring a deterrent? Are there negatives to being confined to one’s...
    asked 1 hour ago
  • Social hostility can have severe lasting effects of interperpersonal relationship during our adolescence years, which if...
    asked 1 hour ago
  • - A series RLC circuit has R=15 ?, L=1.5 H, and C=15 ?F. (a) For what...
    asked 1 hour ago
  • TV Circuit has 30 large-screen televisions in a warehouse in Erie and 60 large-screen televisions in...
    asked 1 hour ago
  • Charges q1, q2, q3, and q4 are placed in sequential order at the corners of a...
    asked 1 hour ago