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. The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with (where ‘h’ is height and t is thickness)

1. decrease in h/t ratio

2. increase in h/t ratio

3. decrease in thickness

4. increase in height

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3. 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)

1. 0.55 Awfy

2. 0.65 Awfy

3. 0.75 Awfy

4. 0.85 Awfy

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

1. equal to load factor in determinate structures

2. more than the load factor in determinate structures

3. less than the load factor in determinate structures

4. unpredictable

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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. The mechanism method and the statical method give

1. lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure

2. upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure

3. lower bound on the strength of structure

4. upper bound on the strength of structure

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7. 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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8. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as

1. 0.5 D

2. 0.68 D

3. 0.88 D

4. D

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9. compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for

1. bearing and shear

2. bending and shear

3. bearing and bending

4. bearing, shear and bending

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10. 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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11. 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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12. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of

1. bottom chord area

2. top chord area

3. effective span of bridge

4. heaviest axle load of engine

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13. 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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14. As per IS: 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into

1. 4 zones

2. 5 zones

3. 6 zones

4. 7 zones

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

1. 3

2. 4

3. 5

4. 6

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16. 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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17. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

1. transfer the load from the top flange to the bottom one

2. prevent buckling of web

3. decrease the effective depth of web

4. prevent excessive deflection

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18. 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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19. 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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20. As per IS: 800, for compression flange, the outstand of flange plates should not exceed (where t = thickness of thinnest flange plate)

1. 121

2. 161

3. 201

4. 251

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

1. shear buckling of web plate

2. compression buckling of web plate

3. yielding

4. all of the above

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22. The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than (where t = thickness of the batten plate)

1. 3t

2. 4t

3. 6t

4. 8t

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

1. 0.05

2. 0.1

3. 0.15

4. 0.2

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

1. bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load

2. shear force due to 2.5% of the column load

3. 2.5% of the column load

4. both a and b

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

1. 1

2. 1.4

3. 1.8

4. 2

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26. The best arrangement to provide unified behavior inbuilt up steel columns is by

1. lacing

2. battening

3. tie plates

4. perforated cover plates

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27. 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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28. 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

1. 0.67 L

2. 0.8 L

3. L

4. 1.5 L

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29. 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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30. When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is

1. black bolt

2. ordinary unfinished bolt

3. turned and fitted bolt

4. high strength bolt

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31. 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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32. 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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33. The difference between gross diameter and nominaldia meter 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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34. In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined for complete bearing on the base plate, then the axial load is assumed to be transferred to base plate

1. fully by direct bearing

2. fully through fastenings

3. 50% by direct bearing and 50% through fastenings

4. 75% by direct bearing and 25% through fastenings

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35. 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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36. 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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37. As the percentage of steel increases

1. Depth of neutral axis decreases

2. Depth of neutral axis increases

3. Lever arm increases

4. Lever arm decreases

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38. 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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39. 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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40. 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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41. 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

1. Less than the left half span

2. whole of left half span

3. More than the left half span

4. Whole span

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

1. Is increased

2. Is decreased

3. Remains unchanged

4. Becomes zero

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

1. Slope

2. Curvature

3. Deflection

4. Bending moment

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44. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by

1. Bending moment

2. Shear force

3. Axial force

4. Both b & c

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45. 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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46. 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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47. 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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48. 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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49. 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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50. The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as

1. pa V

2. paV2

3. p a (1/V)

4. paV”2

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