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What is plastic hinge?(a) zone of bending due to flexure in a structural member(b) zone of yielding due to flexure in a structural member(c) zone of non-yielding due to flexure in a structural member(d) zone of yielding due to twisting in a structural memberThe question was posed to me during an interview for a job.This intriguing question originated from General Requirements for Plastic Design and Plastic Hinge in chapter Plastic and Local Buckling Behaviour of Steel of Design of Steel Structures

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The correct option is (b) zone of yielding due to FLEXURE in a structural MEMBER

The explanation: Plastic hinge is a zone of yielding due to flexure in a structural member. It is used to DESCRIBE a deformation of a section when plastic bending OCCURS.



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