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  • When the upper column does not provide full bearing area over lower column, the column splice is provided with the following assumption


  • Options
  • A. bearing plate is assumed as a short beam to transmit the axial load to the lower column section
  • B. axial load is assumed to be taken by flanges
  • C. load transmitted from the flanges of upper column and reactions from the flanges of lower columns are equal and form a couple
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • Steel Structure Design problems


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    • 1. Lug angle is

    • Options
    • A. used with single angle member
    • B. not used with double angle member
    • C. used with channel member
    • D. all the above.
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    • 2. The connection of one beam to another beam by means of an angle at the bottom and an angle at the top, is known as

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    • A. unstiffened seated connection
    • B. stiffened seated connection
    • C. seated connection
    • D. none of these.
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    • 3. An imaginary line along which rivets are placed, is known as

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    • A. rivet line
    • B. scrieve line
    • C. back line
    • D. gauge line
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Rolled steel angle sections are classified as

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    • A. equal angles
    • B. unequal angles
    • C. bulb angles
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Tacking rivets in compression plates not exposed to the weather, have a pitch not exceeding 300 mm or

    • Options
    • A. 16 times the thickness of outside plate
    • B. 24 times the thickness of outside plate
    • C. 32 times the thickness of outside plate
    • D. 36 times the thickness of outside plate.
    • Discuss
    • 6. A column splice is used to increase

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    • A. length of the column
    • B. strength of the column
    • C. cross-sectional area of the column
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. If d is the clear depth of a plate girder, t is the minimum required thickness of the web, C is the maximum clear distance between vertical stiffeners, the moment of inertia of a pair of stiffeners about the centre line of the web, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 8. In double lacing, the thickness t of flat lacing is

    • Options
    • A. t < 1/40 th length between inner end rivets
    • B. t < 1/50 th length between inner end rivets
    • C. t < 1/60 th length between inner end rivets
    • D. t < 1/70 th length between inner end rivets
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. To the calculated area of cover plates of a built-up beam, an allowance for rivet holes to be added, is

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    • A. 10%
    • B. 13%
    • C. 15%
    • D. 18%
    • E. 20%.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The maximum permissible slenderness ratio of compression member carrying dead and superimposed load, is

    • Options
    • A. 180
    • B. 200
    • C. 250
    • D. 300
    • E. 350
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