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  • If the area of cross-section of a single angle discontinuous strut is 30 cm2 and allowable working stress corresponding to its slenderness ratio is 625 kg/cm2, the safe load carrying capacity of the member, is


  • Options
  • A. 10 tonnes
  • B. 12 tonnes
  • C. 15 tonnes
  • D. 18 tonnes
  • E. 20 tonnes

  • Correct Answer
  • 15 tonnes 


  • Steel Structure Design problems


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    • 1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Tacking rivets are used if the minimum distance between centres of two adjacent rivets exceeds 12 t or 200 mm, whichever is less
    • B. Tacking rivets are not considered to calculate stress
    • C. Tacking rivets are provided throughout the length of a compression member composed of two components back to back
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. When the depth of a plate girder is at least n times the depth of vertical leg of the flange angles, the girder is known as deep plate girder, if n is

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 4
    • C. 6
    • D. 8
    • E. 10
    • Discuss
    • 3. Design of a riveted joint, is based on the assumption:

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    • A. Load is uniformly distributed among all the rivets
    • B. Shear stress on a rivet is uniformly distributed over its gross area
    • C. Bearing stress is uniform between the contact surfaces of the plate and the rivet
    • D. Bearing stress in the rivet is neglected
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The greatest gauge of long rivets should not exceed (where d is the diameter of the holes).

    • Options
    • A. 2 d
    • B. 4 d
    • C. 6 d
    • D. 8 d
    • E. 10 d
    • Discuss
    • 5. Cold driven rivets range from

    • Options
    • A. 6 to 10 mm in diameter
    • B. 10 to 16 mm in diameter
    • C. 12 to 22 mm in diameter
    • D. 22 to 32 mm in diameter
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The economical depth d of a web plate in which allowable bearing stress is fb, and the maximum bending moment is M, as suggested by Rawater and Clark, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Under a concentrated load, bearing stress fb in a beam, is given by (where b is the length of the bearing plate and h is the depth of the root of the fillet).

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Tacking rivets in tension members, are provided at a pitch in line not exceeding

    • Options
    • A. 25 cm
    • B. 50 cm
    • C. 75 cm
    • D. 100 cm
    • Discuss
    • 9. With usual notations of the letters, the shear stress fs at any point of the cross-section is given by

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Rise of a Jack arch is kept about

    • Options
    • A. 1/2 to 1/3 of the span
    • B. 1/3 to 1/4 of the span
    • C. 1/4 to 1/8 of the span
    • D. 1/8 to 1/12 of the span.
    • Discuss


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