DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE QUIZ

If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge is not braced, then the bridge is called

Double deck type

Half through type

Through type

Deck type

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The connection of intermediate vertical stiffeners to the web, not subjected to external loads, shall be designed for a minimum shear force (kN/m) of (where, t = the web thickness in mm h = the outstand of stiffener in mm)

125 t2/h

75 t2/h

125 t2/h

175 t2/h

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Bearing stiffeners are provided ati) the supportsii) the mid spaniii) the point of application of concentrated loads The correct answer is

only (i)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

both (i) and (ii)

both (i) and (iii)

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The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is

100

10

infinity

zero

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Bolts are most suitable to carry

shear and bending

axial tension

bending

shear

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The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as

± 0.7

0

±0.5

± 0.2

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The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by

providing suitable stiffeners

increasing the length of the bearing plates

increasing the web thickness

None of these

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The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be

8 mm

7 mm

9 mm

6 mm

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The mechanism method and the statical method give

upper bound on the strength of structure

lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure

upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure

lower bound on the strength of structure

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The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:

2.34

2.01

1.0

2.33

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