FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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

1. shear in rivets

2. compression in rivets

3. tension in rivets

4. strength of rivets in bearing

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2. For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?

1. equal angles back-to-back

2. unequal legged angles with long legs back-to-back

3. unequal legged angles with short legs back-to-back

4. both b or c

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3. Lug angles

1. are used to reduce the length of connection.

2. are unequal angles.

3. increases shear lag.

4. all the above

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

1. displacement

2. load

3. slope

4. moment

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5. The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is

1. linear

2. parabolic

3. constant moment for all curvatures

4. constant curvature for all moments

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6. Shape factor is a property which depends

1. only on the ultimate stress of the material

2. only on the yield stress of the material

3. only on the geometry of the section

4. both on the yield stress and ultimate stress of material

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7. The elastic strain for steel is about

1. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about1/120 of maxi-mum strain

2. 1/2 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/12of maxi-mum strain

3. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and 1/200 of maximum strain

4. 1/24 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about1/200 of maximum strain

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8. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of

1. 1.23 m above the rail level

2. 1.50 m above the rail level

3. 1.83 m above the rail level

4. 2.13 m above the rail level

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

1. deck type

2. through type

3. half through type

4. double deck type

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10. If the loaded length of span in meters of a railway steel bridge carrying a single track is 6 m, then impact factor is taken as

1. 0.5 Only

2. 0.1 Only

3. between 0.5 and 1.0

4. 0.2 Only

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

1. less than d

2. equal to d

3. more than d

4. all of the above

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

1. ± 0.2

2. ±0.5

3. ± 0.7

4. ± 0.1

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

1. axial forces

2. shear and axial forces

3. shear and bending forces

4. axial and bending forces

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

1. d/4

2. d/3

3. d/2

4. 2d/3

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

1. 10° to 30°

2. 30° to 40°

3. 40° to 70°

4. 90°

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16. The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is

1. 150

2. 200

3. 250

4. 350

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17. A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because

1. it is uneconomical

2. it cannot carry the load safely

3. it is difficult to connect beams to the round sections

4. all of the above

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

1. 0.042361111

2. 1 : V2

3. V2 : 1

4. 0.084027778

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19. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than

1. two times the weld size

2. four times the weld size

3. six times the weld size

4. weld size

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20. Select the correct statement

1. Material cost of a rivet is higher than that of a bolt.

2. Tensile strength of a bolt is lesser than that of a rivet.

3. Bolts are used as a temporary fastening whereas rivets are used as permanent fastenings.

4. Riveting is less noisy than bolting.

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21. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS: 800, is

1. 0.4

2. 0.5

3. 0.6

4. 0.7

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

1. 1.5 d

2. 2.0 d

3. 2.5 d

4. 3.0 d

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23. If the thickness of plate to be connected by a rivet is 16mm, then suitable size of rivet as per Unwin’s formula will be

1. 16 mm

2. 20 mm

3. 24 mm

4. 27 mm

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

1. net area and gross area

2. gross area and net area

3. net area in both cases

4. gross area in both cases

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

1. Continued up

2. Bent inward at the floor level

3. Stopped just below the floor level and separate lap bars provided

4. All the above

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26. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than

1. 0.1

2. 0.15

3. 0.2

4. 0.25

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27. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in two directions, is

1. 25

2. 30

3. 35

4. 40

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

1. Supporting end of the column

2. Top of the column

3. Capital

4. Drop panel

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

1. Three times

2. Four times

3. Five times

4. Six times

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30. The nutral axis of a T-beam exists

1. Within the flange

2. At the bottom edge of the slab

3. Below the slab

4. All the above

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31. The maximum thickness of the cover at the end of a reinforcing bar should not be less than twice the diameter of the bar subject to a minimum of

1. 10 mm

2. 15 mm

3. 20 mm

4. 25 mm

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32. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is

1. 35

2. 25

3. 30

4. 20

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33. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?

1. Slope deflection method

2. Column analogy method

3. Moment distribution method

4. None of the above

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34. Which of the following is not the displacement method?

1. Equilibrium method

2. Column analogy method

3. Moment distribution method

4. Kani’s method

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

1. Zero length

2. Infinite length

3. Zero moment of inertia

4. None of the above

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

1. 2-Jan

2. 4-Mar

3. 1

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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

1. 0.43 d

2. 0.55 d

3. 0.68 d

4. 0.85 d

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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

1. 3.0 m and 1.5 m

2. 1.5 m and 3.0 m

3. 3.0 m and 3.0 m

4. 1.5 m and 1.5 m

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39. A steel rod 1 meter long having square cross section is pulled under a tensile load of 8 tones the extension in the rod was 1 mm only. if E steel=2x106kg/cm2, the side of the rod, is

1. 1 cm

2. 1.5 cm

3. 2 cm

4. 2.5 cm

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40. A lift of weight W is lifted by a rope with an acceleration f. if the area of cross-section of the rope is A, the stress in the rope is?

1. [W(1+f/G)]/A

2. (1-g/f)/A

3. [W(2+f/G)]/A

4. [W(2+g/f)]A

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41. A simply supported beam carries varying load from zero at one end and W at the other end. If the length of the beam is a, the maximum bending moment will be?

1. wa/27

2. wa2/27

3. w2a

4. wa2

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42. A simply supported beam A carries a point load at its mid span. Another identical beam B carries the same load but uniformly distributed over the entire span. The ratio of the maximum deflections of the beams A and B, will be?

1. 3-Feb

2. 2-Mar

3. 8-May

4. 5-Aug

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43. Shell structure does not have any?

1. Bending moment

2. Shear stress

3. Tensile stress

4. Compressive stress

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44. For a cantilever of effective depth of 0.5m, the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection limit is?

1. 4.5 m

2. 5 m

3. 3.5 m

4. 4 m

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45. The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of ( i) lateral braces, ii) chord members) The correct answer is

1. only (i)

2. only (ii)

3. both (i) and (ii)

4. none of the above

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46. The basic wind speed is specified at a height ‘h’ above mean ground level in an open terrain. The value of ’h’ is

1. 10 m

2. 20 m

3. 25 m

4. 50 m

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

1. only (i)

2. both (i) and (ii)

3. both (i) and (iii)

4. (i), (ii) and (iii)

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48. 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)

1. only (i)

2. only (iii)

3. (i) and (ii)

4. (ii) and (iii)

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49. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which (where, Fa is the load shared by each rivet due to axial load and F mis the shearing load due to moment in any rivet.)

1. is at the maximum distance from CG of the rivet group

2. is at the minimum distance from CG of the rivet group

3. gives the maximum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

4. gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

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

1. 1.0 mm

2. 1.5 mm

3. 2.0 mm

4. 2.5 mm

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