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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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

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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?

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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 ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus

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5. In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as

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

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

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8. 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

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

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11. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

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

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

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

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15. Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using

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16. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

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

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

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

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

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21. If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be

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

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23. A butt weld is specified by

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24. Select the correct statement

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25. Bolts are most suitable to carry

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

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

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

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29. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which

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30. If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as

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31. With usual notations the depth of the neutral axis of a balanced section, is given by

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

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33. As the percentage of steel increases

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

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

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36. On a circular slab of radius, the maximum radial moment at the center if the load on the slab in wkn/m2

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37. 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

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

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40. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method?

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41. 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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42. If a concrete column 200×200 mm in cross-section is reinforced with four steel bars of 1200 mm2 total cross-sectional area. Calculate the safe load for the column if permissible stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and Es is 15Ec?

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43. 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?

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44. Shell structure does not have any?

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

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46. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is 9where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)

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

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48. For the buildings having a low permeability, the internal wind pressure acting normal to the wall and roof surfaces is taken as (where p is basic wind pressure)

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49. To minimize the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be

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50. 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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