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Steel Structure Design problems


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

  • Options
  • A. 180
  • B. 200
  • C. 250
  • D. 300
  • E. 350
  • Discuss
  • 2. 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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  • A.
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  • D.
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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.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The maximum axial load which is just sufficient to keep a column in a small deflected shape, is called

  • Options
  • A. crippling load
  • B. buckling load
  • C. critical load
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 5. The spans are considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span by more than

  • Options
  • A. 5%
  • B. 10%
  • C. 15%
  • D. 20%
  • Discuss
  • 6. 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.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Poisson's ratio for steel within elastic limit, ranges from

  • Options
  • 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
  • 8. If p and d are pitch and gross diameter of rivets, the efficiency (?) of the riveted joint, is given by

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  • E.
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  • 9. 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.
  • Discuss
  • 10. For columns whose slenderness ratio is upto 160, the secant formula for the determination of allowable stress, is

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  • D.
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