Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one 

piece, are known as 

(A) Compound beams 

(B) Indeterminate beams 

(C) Determinate beams 

(D) Composite beams

1 Answer

Answer :

(D) Composite beams

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