UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

Where is d'Alembert's principle employed ?

A In the design of long columns

B To determine stresses induced in thick cylinders

C To reduce a problem of kinetics to an equivalent problem of statics

D In the analysis of many geotechnical problems

ANS:C - To reduce a problem of kinetics to an equivalent problem of statics

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