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Steel Structure Design problems


  • 1. Factor of safety is the ratio of

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  • 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
  • 2. 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.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Bulb angles are used in

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  • A. column building
  • B. bridge building
  • C. ship building
  • D. water tank building.
  • Discuss
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Effective sectional area of a compression member is :

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  • A. gross sectional area - area of rivet hole
  • B. gross sectional ares + area of rivet hole
  • C. gross sectional ares x area of rivet hole
  • D. gross sectional ares + area of rivet hole.
  • Discuss
  • 6. A single angle in tension is connected by one leg only. If the areas of connecting and outstanding legs are respectively a and b, net effective area of the angle, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 7. With a percentage increase of carbon in steel, decreases its

  • Options
  • A. strength
  • B. hardness
  • C. brittleness
  • D. ductility.
  • Discuss
  • 8. The central deflection of a simply supported steel beam of length L with a concentrated load W at the centre, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 9. According to the Unwin's formula, if t is thickness of the plate in mm, the nominal diameter of the rivet, is

  • Options
  • A. d = 1.91 t
  • B. d = 1.91 t2
  • C. d = 1.91 t
  • D. d = 1.91 t
  • E. d = 2.3 t
  • Discuss
  • 10. If M is the moment due to a couple in a bearing plate whose width is b and allowable bending stress is P, the thickness (t) of the bending plate of the column splice, is

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • Discuss

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