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ABSTRACT.................................................................................................................I

1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1

2. METHOD OF CONSISTENT DEFORMATIONS – BEAMS...........................4

2.1. BEAM WITH ONE REDUNDANT.........................................................................4

2.2. BEAM WITH TWO OR MORE REDUNDANTS.....................................................8

3. SUPPORT SETTLEMENT.................................................................................11

4. METHOD OF CONSISTENT DEFORMATIONS – FRAMES......................17

5. METHOD OF CONSİSTENT DEFORMATIONS – TRUSSES.....................19

5.1. EXTERNALLY INDETERMINATE TRUSS WITH ONE REDUNDANT REACTION

COMPONENT...........................................................................................................19
5.2 INTERNALLY INDETERMINATE TRUSS WITH ONE REDUNDANT MEMBER...21
53. INDETERMINATE TRUSS WITH TWO OR MORE REDUNDANTS......................24

6. CASTIGLIANO’S THEOREM OF LEAST WORK........................................30

7. INFLUENCE LINES FOR INDETERMINATE STRUCTURES...................36

7.1 QUANTITATIVE INFLUENCE LINES-CONTINUOUS BEAMS.............................36

7.2 QUANTITATIVE INFLUENCE LINES – INDETERMINATE TRUSSES..................43
7.3 QUALITATIVE INFLUENCE LINES – MÜLLER – BRESLAU..............................43
7.4. CRITICAL LIVE-LOAD PLACEMENT...............................................................45
7.5 MOMENT ENVELOPE CURVE...........................................................................46

8. QUALITATIVE INFLUENCE LINES BY COMPUTER................................49

REFERENCES..........................................................................................................51