Conceptual Quiz

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Question 1

Which of the following states that the force at a point on a system due to a deflection $\delta$ is equal to the partial derivative of the total strain energy of the system with respect to that deflection $\delta$?

Castigliano's second theorem

Maxwell's second reciprocity theorem

Castigliano's first theorem

Maxwell's first reciprocity theorem