Question 7.7: At the interview for a job as a structural engineer, the pri...

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At the interview for a job as a structural engineer, the principal gives us a test. She sketches a two-story, diagonally braced frame and shows us a printout of the displaced shape. The test is to determine whether the displaced shape is reasonable.

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