Question

The slope of the shear diagram of the different structure is equal to__________

(a) Rotational moment

(b) Bending moment

(c) Total weight

(d) Distributed load intensity

This question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

This is a very interesting question from Resultant of a General Distributed Loading topic in portion Centre of Gravity and Centroid of Engineering Mechanics

Answer 1

The correct answer is (d) Distributed load intensity

For explanation I would say: After the application of the force equation of equilibrium to the segment of the structure, we have the above result. This is done on the very small part of the structure. That is the minimal section of the beam is to be considered and then the application of the equilibrium equations are done so as to calculate the final result.