FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs
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1. Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back-to-back and acting as tension members should not be more than
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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 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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4. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:
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5. In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is
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6. Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is
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7. The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is
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8. In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as
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9. compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for
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10. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called
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11. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of
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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 floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called
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14. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?
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15. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are
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16. Steel tanks are mainly designed for
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17. Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to
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18. As per IS: 800, for compression flange, the outstand of flange plates should not exceed (where t = thickness of thinnest flange plate)
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19. Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using
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20. The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is
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21. 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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22. Select the correct statement
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23. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS: 800, is
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24. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are
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25. 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
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26. Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on
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27. The minimum number of main steel bars provided in R.C.C.
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28. The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than
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29. For the design of a simply supported T-beam the ratio of the effective span to the overall depth of the beam is limited to
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30. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as
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31. The nutral axis of a T-beam exists
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32. In a pre-stressed member, it is advisable to use
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33. 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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34. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than
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35. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is
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36. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder
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37. 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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38. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam
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39. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by
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40. According to IS codes recommendations, the maximum depth of stress block for balanced section of a beam of effective depth d is
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41. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by
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42. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?
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43. For a simply supported beam of span 15m, the maximum effective depth to satisfy vertical deflection limit should be?
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44. 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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45. Normally, the angle of roof truss with asbestos sheets should not be less than
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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. 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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49. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds (where t is thickness of web)
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50. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
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