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

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4. Lug angles

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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 mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies

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

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

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

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

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

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15. Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than

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

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17. Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to

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18. The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is(where d is the distance between flange angles)

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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

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

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21. The use of tie plates in laced columns is

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

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

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24. The effective length of a battened strut effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction is taken as

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

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

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

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

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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. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams

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

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34. The self-weight of the footing, is

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35. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than

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

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37. When a uniformly distributed load, shorter than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the conditions for maximum bending moment at a section is that

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

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

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41. A truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if?

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42. The maximum deflection due to a uniformly distributed load w/unit length over entire span of a cantilever of length l and of flexural rigidly EI, is?

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43. A rod of uniform cross-section A and length L force P. The young’s modules E of the material, is?

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44. Which of the below is a disadvantage of frame structure?

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

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46. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is

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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

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48. The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is (where d is the distance between flange angles)

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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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