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  • Assuming the values of maximum deviation ?P and ?E to be 25% of the computed value of P and E respectively, the minimum value of the factor of safety is


  • Options
  • A. 1.00
  • B. 0.67
  • C. 1.67
  • D. 2.67
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 1.67 


  • Steel Structure Design problems


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    • 1. If d is the distance between the flange angles, the vertical stiffeners in plate girders without horizontal stiffeners, are spaced at a distance not less than

    • Options
    • A. 0.15 d
    • B. 0.22 d
    • C. 0.33 d
    • D. 0.44 d
    • Discuss
    • 2. The ratio of the span L of the filler joists to the depth d from the under side of the joist to the top of the structural concrete, should not exceed

    • Options
    • A. 60
    • B. 45
    • C. 35
    • D. 25
    • E. 20
    • Discuss
    • 3. Effective length of a column effectively held in position and restrained in direction at one end but neither held in position nor restrained in direction at the other end, is

    • Options
    • A. L
    • B. 0.67 L
    • C. 0.85 L
    • D. 1.5 L
    • E. 2 L
    • Discuss
    • 4. The allowable stress in axial tension is generally kept less if thickness of the member is more than

    • Options
    • A. 10 mm
    • B. 12 mm
    • C. 15 mm
    • D. 20 mm
    • E. 22 mm
    • Discuss
    • 5. Perforated cover plates are particularly suitable for built up sections consisting of

    • Options
    • A. channels placed back to back
    • B. channels placed toe to toe
    • C. four angle box section
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The tensile strength of mild steel for bolts and nuts should not be less than

    • Options
    • A. 32 kg/mm2
    • B. 36 kg/mm2
    • C. 40 kg/mm2
    • D. 44 kg/mm2
    • Discuss
    • 7. The maximum tensile and compressive bending stress in extreme fibres of rolled I-sections and channels on the effective section, is

    • Options
    • A. 1500 kg/cm2
    • B. 1420 kg/cm2
    • C. 1650 kg/cm2
    • D. 2285 kg/cm2
    • Discuss
    • 8. Allowable working stress corresponding to the slenderness ratio of double angles placed back to back and connected to one side of a gusset plate, is reduced to

    • Options
    • A. 50%
    • B. 60%
    • C. 70%
    • D. 80%
    • E. 40%
    • Discuss
    • 9. On eccentrically loaded columns, the equivalent axial load may be obtained by

    • Options
    • A. adding the axial load, eccentric load, the product of the bending moment due to eccentric load and the appropriate bending factor
    • B. adding the axial load and eccentric load and subtracting the product of bending moment and appropriate bending factor
    • C. dividing the sum of axial load and eccentric load by the product of the bending moment and appropirate bending factor
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If a pair of angles placed back to back in tension are connected by one leg of each angle, the net effective area of the section, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss


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