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  • Question
  • The permissible stress to which a structural member can be subjected to, is known as


  • Options
  • A. bearing stress
  • B. working stress
  • C. tensile stress
  • D. compressive stress
  • E. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • working stress 


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    • 1. To keep the intensity of bearing pressure between the column base and concrete, compressive throughout the length of the column base, the ratio of the moment M to axial load P should be

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 2. For a steel member of slenderness ratio 350, the allowable stress is 76 kg/cm2 if it is

    • Options
    • A. HTW grade of thickness exceeding 32 mm
    • B. HT grade of thickness exceeding 45 mm
    • C. HT grade of thickness not exceeding 45 mm
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. To the calculated area of cover plates of a built-up beam, an allowance for rivet holes to be added, is

    • Options
    • A. 10%
    • B. 13%
    • C. 15%
    • D. 18%
    • E. 20%.
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. Diameter of a rivet hole is made larger than the diameter of the rivet by

    • Options
    • A. 1.0 mm for rivet diameter upto 12 mm
    • B. 1.5 mm for rivet diameter exceeding 25 mm
    • C. 2.0 mm for rivet diameter over 25 mm
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Factor of safety is the ratio of

    • Options
    • A. yield stress to working stress
    • B. tensile stress to working stress
    • C. compressive stress to working stress
    • D. bearing stress to working stress
    • E. bearing stress to yield stress.
    • Discuss
    • 8. When the length of a tension member is too long

    • Options
    • A. a wire rope is used
    • B. a rod is used
    • C. a bar is used
    • D. a single angle is used.
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    • 9. Bulb angles are used in

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    • A. column building
    • B. bridge building
    • C. ship building
    • D. water tank building.
    • Discuss
    • 10. IS : 800 - 1971 recommends that in a splice plate the number of rivets carrying calculated shear stress through a packing greater than 6 mm thick, is to be increased by 2.5% for every

    • Options
    • A. 1.00 mm thickness of packing
    • B. 1.50 mm thickness of packing
    • C. 2.0 mm thickness of packing
    • D. 2.50 mm thickness of packing
    • E. 3.0 mm thickness of packing.
    • Discuss


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