Code No: RR410101 Set No.

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IV B.Tech. I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February -2007
COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Explain concepts of engineering analysis in computer aided system. [16]

2. Explain various features of computer modelling. [16]

3. Explain software configuration of a graphic system. [16]

4. A point in two dimensions is located at (3, 4). It is desired to relocate the point
by means of rotation and scaling transformations only (no translation) to a new
position defined by (0, 8).

(a) Describe the sequence of transformations required to accomplish the movement

of line as specified.
(b) Write transformation matrix for each step in the sequence.
(c) Write concatenation transformation matrix for the sequence. [8+4+4]

5. Explain fundamental concepts in Finite difference method and explain how it can
solve complicated engineering problems. [16]

6. Generate the stiffness matrix for the rigid frame shown in Figure 1. EI is constant
for all the members. [16]

Figure 1:

7. (a) Define the following terms.

i. Convex polyhedron
ii. Feasible solution
iii. Basic solution

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(b) A Person running a warehouse purchases and sells identical items. The ware-
house can accommodate 1000 such items. Each month, the person can sell
any quantity he has in stock. Each month, he can buy as much as he likes to
have in stock for delivery at the end of the month, subject to a maximum of
1000 items. The forecast of purchase and sale prices for the next 6 months is
given below.

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pruchase price (Rs.) 12 14 17 19 20 21
Sale price (Rs) 13 15 16 20 21 23

If at present he has a stock of 200 items, what should be his policy? [6+10]

8. Solve the following simple linear programming problem by Revised simplex method.
Maximize z = 2x1 + x2
Subject to 3x1 + 4x2 ≤ 6
6x1 + x2 ≤ 3, x1 , x2 ≥0.
[16]

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Code No: RR410101 Set No.2
IV B.Tech. I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February -2007
COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. Explain concepts of engineering analysis in computer aided system. [16]

2. What are the various hardware features of Computer Aided Design system? [16]
3. List out various transformations used in Computer Aided Design graphics. [16]
4. A triangle is defined in a two-dimensional system by vertices A(0,2) and B(0,3) and
C(1,2). Perform the following transformations on this triangle.
(a) Scale the triangle by a factor 1.5 about vertex A.
(b) Scale the original triangle by a factor 1.5 in x- direction and 2.0 in the y
direction about the vertex B.
(c) Rotate the original triangle by 45 degrees about the origin. [6+6+4]
5. Explain backward, central and forward difference in Finite difference concepts. [16]
6. Analyse the frame shown in figure 2 by stiffness method for the member forces and
displacements. Consider only flexural deformation. EI is constant.

Figure 2:

7. A firm manufactures two products A & B on which the profits earned per unit are
Rs 3/- and Rs 4/- respectively. Each product is processed on two machines M1 and
M2 . Product A requires one minute of processing time on M1 and two minutes on
M2 , while B requires one minute on M1 and one minute on M2 . Machine M1 is
available for not more than 7 hours 30 minutes, while machine M2 is available for
10 hours during any working day. Find the number of units of products A and B
to be manufactured to get maximum profit. Formulate linear programming model
and solve the problem graphically. [16]

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8. Solve by the revised simplex method.
Maximize z = 6x1 − 2x2 + 3x3
Subject to 2x1 − x2 + 2x3 ≤ 2
x1 + 4x3 ≤ 4, x1 , x2 , x3 ≤ 0. [16]

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Code No: RR410101 Set No.3
IV B.Tech. I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February -2007
COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. Describe various design related tasks, which are performed by a modern Computer
Aided Design system. [16]
2. Explain typical configuration of hardware components in stand alone Computer
Aided Design system. [16]
3. A line is defined by its end points A(0, 0) and B(2, 3) in a two dimensional graphics
system. Express the line in matrix notation and perform the following transforma-
tions with A as the reference notation.
(a) Scale the line by a factor 2.0.
(b) Scale the original line by a factor 3.0 in x direction and 2.0 in the y direction.
(c) Translate the original line by 2.0 units in the x direction and 2.0 units in the
y direction. [5+6+5]
4. Distinguish between wire frame modeling and solid modeling. [16]
5. Derive expressions for first order, second order, third order and fourth order differ-
entiation expressions using concepts of finite difference method. [16]
6. (a) Derive the stiffness matrix for the cantilever beam shown in figure 3. Assume
EI as constant.

Figure 3:

(b) Discuss about the element stiffness matrix and structure stiffness matrix.
[10+6]
7. Old hens can be bought at Rs 2/- each and young ones at Rs 5/- each. The old
hens lay 3 eggs per week and the young ones lay 5 eggs per week, each egg being
worth 30 paise. A hen costs Re 1/- per week to feed. I have only Rs 80/- to spend
for hens, how many of each kind should I buy to give a profit of more than Rs 6/-
per week, assuming that I cannot house more than 20 hens. Formulate the L.P.
problem and solve this graphically. [16]

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8. (a) Prove the following theorem. If both primal and dual problems have feasible
solutions, then both have optimal solutions and minimum f = maximum v.
(b) Construct the dual of the primal problem
Maximize z = 2x1 + x2 + x3
Subject to x1 + x2 + x3 ≥ 6
3x1 − 2x2 + 3x3 = 3
−4x1 + 3x2 − 6x3 = 1
x1 , x2 , x3 ≥ 0. [8+8]

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Code No: RR410101 Set No.4
IV B.Tech. I Semester Supplementary Examinations, February -2007
COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS & DESIGN
(Civil Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
?????

1. Describe automated drafting in Computer Aided system. [16]

2. Explain various types of graphic terminals used in Computer Aided Design. [16]

3. A line is defined by its end points (0, 0) and (2, 3) in a two dimensional graphics
system. It is desired to move this line by means of series of transformation so that
its end points will be at (0, 1) and (0, 5).

(a) Describe the sequence of transformations required to accomplish the movement

of line as specified.
(b) Write transformation matrix for each step in the sequence.
(c) Write concatenation transformation matrix for the sequence. [8+6+2]

4. Explain two basic approaches to problems of solid modeling. [16]

5. Derive expressions for differentiation expressions connecting deflection, slope, bend-

ing moments shear force and load using concepts of forward difference terms in finite
difference method. [16]

6. Analyse the frame shown in figure 4 by stiffness method for the member forces and
displacements. Consider only flexural deformation. EI is constant. [16]

Figure 4:

7. A manufacturer of a line of patent medicines is preparing a production plan on

medicines A and B. There are sufficient ingradients available to make 20,000 bottles
of A and 40,000 bottles of B but there are only 45,000 bottles into which either of
the medicines can be put. It takes 3 hours to prepare enough material to fill 1000
bottles of A, it takes 1 hour to prepare enough material to fill 1000 bottles of B,

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and there are 66 hours available for this operation. The profit is Rs 8/- per bottle
for A and Rs 7/- per bottle for B.

(a) Formulate this problem as LPP.

(b) How should the manufacturer schedule the production in order to maximize
his profit. [16]

8. (a) What are the advantages of Revised simplex method over the Standard simplex
method.
(b) Apply the principle of duality to solve the L.P. problem.
Maximize z = 3x1 − 2x2
Subject to the constraints , x1 + x2 ≤ 5, x1 ≤ 4
1 ≤ x2 ≤ 6, x1 , x2 ≥ 0 [6+10]

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