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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. In moment resistant connections, the moment resistance of riveted connection depends upon

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2. For rivets in tension with counter-sunk heads, the tensile value shall be

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3. 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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4. 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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5. In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS:800 shall be (where, Aw = effective cross-sectional area resisting shear fy = yield stress of the steel)

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

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7. Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is

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8. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called

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

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

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11. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are

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12. The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on

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13. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are

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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. 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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17. The effective length of a battened column is increased by

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18. Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist

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19. The use of tie plates in laced columns is

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

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21. The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is

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22. According to IS Specifications, the effective length of a column effectively held in position at both ends and restrained in direction at one end is taken as

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23. According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is (where t is thickness of thinnest outside plate or angle)

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24. For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is

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

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26. Select the correct statement

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27. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are

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

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

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30. The heaviest I-section for same depth is

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31. The minimum number of main steel bars provided in R.C.C.

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32. Effective depth and depth of the neutral axis respectively of a singly reinforced?

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33. The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than

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34. An under-reinforced section means

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35. At-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its flange if its neutral axis

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36. The spacing of the main bars in a simply supported slab, should not exceed its effective depth by

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37. The minimum thickness of s flat slab is taken

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

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39. When a uniformly distributed load, longer than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the maximum bending moment at mid section of span occurs when the uniformly distributed load occupies

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40. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder

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41. 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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42. For a two-hinged arch, if one of the supports settles down vertically, then the horizontal thrust

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43. While using three moments equation, a fixed end of a continuous beam is replaced by an additional span of

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44. The carryover factor in a prismatic member whose far end is fixed is

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45. The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fiber, in limit state design lies at a distance of ? (Where xu is the depth of natural axis at the limit state of collapse)

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

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47. A cantilever of length is subjected to a bending moment at its free end If EI is the rigidity of the section, the deflection of the free end, is?

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48. 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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49. 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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50. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is

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