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Virtual work is used to determine _____(a) yield load(b) elastic load(c) plastic load(d) collapse loadThis question was posed to me at a job interview.My enquiry is from Conditions of Plastic Analysis in section Plastic and Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel of Design of Steel Structures

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The correct choice is (d) collapse load

Easiest explanation: Virtual work principle is used to DETERMINE collapse load. It is the APPLICATION of principle of least action to study forces and MOVEMENT of a SYSTEM.



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