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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. 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)

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2. The minimum thickness of a steel plate, which is directly exposed to weather and is not accessible for cleaning and repainting, should be:

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3. In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is

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4. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies

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5. In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for

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6. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is (where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)

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7. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?

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8. The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as

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9. The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be

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10. The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist

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11. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

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12. Minimum pitch provided in riveted steel tanks is (where d is diameter of rivets)

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13. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

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14. Gantry girders are designed to resist

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15. Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners is limited to (where d is the distance between flange angles)

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16. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safe guard against

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17. Minimum thickness of web in a plate girder, when the plate is accessible and also exposed to weather, is

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18. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed

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19. The use of tie plates in laced columns is

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20. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between

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21. According to IS:800, in the Merchant Rankine formula the value of imperfection index (n) is

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22. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the

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23. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?

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24. The difference between gross diameter and nominaldia meter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is

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25. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the rivets are subjected to

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26. Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on

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27. If the size of a column is reduced above the floor, the main bars of the column, are

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28. The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is

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29. As the percentage of steel increases

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30. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams

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31. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as

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32. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is

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33. In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are

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34. A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls alone a girder of 15 m span. the absolute maximum bending moment will be

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35. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam

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36. In moment distribution method, the sum of distribution factors of all tha members meeting at any joint is always

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37. According to IS codes recommendations, the maximum depth of stress block for balanced section of a beam of effective depth d is

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38. If the size of panel in a flat slab is 6m x 6m, then as per Indian standard code, the widths of column strip and middle strip are

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39. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by

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40. Shell structure does not have any?

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41. Normally in a truss structure, tension occurs at/for?

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42. The sway bracing is designed to transfer

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43. Generally, the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid

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44. The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as

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45. Normally, the angle of roof truss with asbestos sheets should not be less than

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46. Bearing stiffeners are provided at ( i) the supports, ii) the mid span, iii) the point of application of concentrated loads) The correct answer is

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47. As per IS: 800, for compression flange, the out stand of flange plates should not exceed (where t = thickness of thinnest flange plate)

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48. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds (where t is thickness of web)

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49. Battening is preferable when the( i) column carries axial load only, ii) space between the two main components is not very large, iii) column is eccentrically loaded The correct answer is)

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50. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than where d is gross diameter of rivet

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