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Load Balancing Method-II

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What is a tendon profile, in which the eccentricity is proportional to the bending moment caused by any loading on a rigidly supported indeterminate structure, at all cross-sections?

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Cable profile

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Resultant profile

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Concordant profile

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Reduced profile

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Solution

The correct option is B Resultant profile
In concordant profile eccentricity for an indeterminate structure is dependent on area of bending moment diagram, degree of indeterminacy and flexural rigidity.

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