Applications of Virtual Work — Study Resources & PYQs
Applications of virtual work to equilibrium problems.
- Estimated study time: 60 minutes
Study resources
- NPTEL Engineering Mechanics - Virtual Work I & II (Article) — Week 5 lectures of the IIT Madras NPTEL playlist. Covers the method of virtual work and how it is applied to equilibrium and machine problems.
- Wikipedia - Virtual Work (Article) — Explains the principle of virtual work, its derivation, and typical mechanical applications such as levers and linkages.
- NPTEL — Engineering Mechanics (Article) — NPTEL reference covering force systems, equilibrium, free-body diagrams, centroids, moments and virtual work.
- NPTEL — Strength of Materials (Article) — NPTEL reference covering stress-strain, elastic constants, strain energy and structural response.
Applications of Virtual Work previous year questions
- a A bar of PQ of weight $W$ is supported as shown in fig and a force $F$ is acting on the bar, Using the principle of virtual work, derive an expression in ter…
- (a) A uniform ladder of $300\text{N}$ rests agninst a smooth vertical wall and a rough horizontal floor making an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with the horizontal. Us…
Taught in these subjects
- BASICS OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING — BMET22 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Structural Analysis-I — CET6102 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu