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Cantilevers and over hanging beams collapse as _____(a) single-bar mechanism(b) double-bar mechanism(c) three-bar mechanism(d) does not collapseThis question was addressed to me in a job interview.This intriguing question comes from Plastic-Collapse Load in chapter Plastic and Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel of Design of Steel Structures

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Right answer is (a) single-bar mechanism

The explanation is: Cantilevers and over HANGING beams GENERALLY COLLAPSE as single-bar mechanisms with a single plastic hinge at one of the SUPPORTS.



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