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  • When two plates are placed end to end and are joined by two cover plates, the joint is known as


  • Options
  • A. lap joint
  • B. butt joint
  • C. chain riveted lap joint
  • D. zig-zag riveted lap joint
  • E. double cover butt joint.

  • Correct Answer
  • double cover butt joint. 


  • Steel Structure Design problems


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    • 1. The spans are considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span by more than

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    • A. 5%
    • B. 10%
    • C. 15%
    • D. 20%
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    • 2. The maximum axial load which is just sufficient to keep a column in a small deflected shape, is called

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    • A. crippling load
    • B. buckling load
    • C. critical load
    • D. all the above.
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    • 3. The most commonly used sections in lateral system to carry shear force in built up columns, are

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    • A. rolled steel flats
    • B. rolled angles
    • C. rolled channels
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. An axial loaded column is supported on a slab base whose projection is 8 cm. If the intensity of pressure from concrete is 40 kg/cm2 and allowable bending stress in slab base is 1890 kg/cm2, the thickness (t) of the slab base, is

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    • D.
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    • 5. A tension member, if subjected to possible reversal of stress due to wind, the slenderness ratio of the member should not exceed

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    • A. 180
    • B. 200
    • C. 250
    • D. 300
    • E. 350
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    • 6. Poisson's ratio for steel within elastic limit, ranges from

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    • A. 0.15 to 0.20
    • B. 0.25 to 0.24
    • C. 0.25 to 0.33
    • D. 0.33 to 0.35
    • E. 0.45 to 0.50
    • Discuss
    • 7. If p and d are pitch and gross diameter of rivets, the efficiency (?) of the riveted joint, is given by

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
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    • E.
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    • 8. A long plate girder is subjected to a maximum bending moment M in which permitted allowable bending stress is fb. The economical depth de and the thickness of the web tw, is given by

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
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    • 9. For columns whose slenderness ratio is upto 160, the secant formula for the determination of allowable stress, is

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    • A.
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    • C.
    • D.
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    • 10. The safe working pressure for a spherical vessel 1.5 m diameter and having 1.5 cm thick wall not to exceed tensile stress 50kg/cm2 , is

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    • A. 16 kg/cm2
    • B. 18 kg/cm2
    • C. 20 kg/cm2
    • D. 22 kg/cm2
    • Discuss


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