Principle of Virtual Work — Study Resources & PYQs
Principle of virtual work.
- Estimated study time: 30 minutes
Study resources
- NPTEL Engineering Mechanics (IIT Madras) - Week 5: Virtual Work I & II, Energy Relations (Video) — Week 5 of the NPTEL course covers virtual work in two lectures plus energy relations. Use the module list on the left to jump to Week 5.
- Virtual Work Method - Engineering LibreTexts (Article) — Gives a numbered procedure for applying virtual work to beams and frames: find reactions, write moment expressions, apply a unit load, integrate. Follow this order in the exam.
- Principle of Virtual Work (Video) — Introduces the principle of virtual work for deformable bodies with lecture notes PDF link included.
- Virtual Work – Truss Numerical (Video) — Detailed two-part example applying virtual work to find deflections in a statically determinate truss.
- Principle of Virtual Work on Beams (Part 1) (Video) — Principle of Virtual Work on Beams (Part 1) — selected for the syllabus topic Principle of Virtual Work.
Principle of Virtual Work previous year questions
Taught in these subjects
- STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS – I — BCET12 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Structural Analysis-I — CET6102 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Structural Analysis-III — CEP6402 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu