Home / Civil Engineering / Steel Structure Design :: Section 5

Civil Engineering :: Steel Structure Design

  1. Long column is one

  2. A.
    which is more than 3 m long
    B.
    whose lateral dimension is less than 25 cm
    C.
    which is free at its top
    D.
    which has a ratio of effective length and least lateral dimension more than 15.

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  3. Rolled steel beams are :

  4. A.
    mainly used to resist bending stress
    B.
    used as independent sections to resist compressive stress
    C.
    used as independent sections to resist tensile stress
    D.
    All the above.

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  5. Tacking rivets in tension members, are provided at a pitch in line not exceeding

  6. A.
    25 cm
    B.
    50 cm
    C.
    75 cm
    D.
    100 cm

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  7. The effective length of a compression member of length L held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction, is

  8. A.
    L
    B.
    0.67 L
    C.
    0.85 L
    D.
    1.5 L
    E.
    2 L

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  9. When the ratio of the moment M to axial load P is greater than, the resultant of the compressive bearing pressure which acts at a distance Y from one side, is given by

  10. View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  11. 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).

  12. View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  13. If R is the reaction on the bearing plate, the minimum moment of. inertia of the bearing stiffener provided at the support of a plate girder of overall depth D, the maximum thickness of the compression flange T, carrying total load W, is

  14. View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  15. A beam may be designed as a cased beam if

  16. A.
    section is of double open channel form with the webs not less than 40 mm apart
    B.
    overall depth and width of the steel section do not exceed 750 and 450 mm respectively.
    C.
    beam is solidly encased in concrete with 10 mm aggregate having 28 days strength 160 kg/cm2
    D.
    width of the solid casing is kept at least 100 mm more than the width of the steel flange and having a concrete cover of 50 mm
    E.
    all the above.

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  17. 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

  18. View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum


  19. For a single section used as a tension member, the given area is assumed

  20. A.
    20% to 30% in excess of the net area
    B.
    30% to 40% in excess of the net area
    C.
    40% to 50% in excess of the net area
    D.
    50% to 60% in excess of the net area
    E.
    60% to 70% in excess of the net area.

    View Answer

    Workspace

    Discuss Discuss in Forum