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Concept Question
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What new element is Castigliano’s Theorem
introducing?
1. None, it’s just a particular case of the PMPE.
2. It’s a totally di?erent principle that allows
to obtain solutions of elasticity problems with
unprecedented accuracy and e?ciency in-
cluding relativistic e?ects.
?U
3. F
i
=
?u
i
, when U can be expressed in terms
of point displacements.
4. None, It’s just a useful tool to quickly ob-
tain answers to speci?c questions such as:
“What’t the displacement at a point?” with-
out having to obtain the whole solution to
the structural problem
1. ++++ None of the above statements
2. ++++ All of the above statements
3. ++++ All of the above statements but
(2)
4. ++++ Statement (4)
5. ++++ DKDU
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