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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. 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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2. The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus

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3. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies

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

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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. The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to

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7. 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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8. The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist

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9. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

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10. The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on

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

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12. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

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13. Gantry girders are designed to resist

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

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15. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

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

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

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

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

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21. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the

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22. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as

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

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

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25. 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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26. The heaviest I-section for same depth is

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27. Effective depth and depth of the neutral axis respectively of a singly reinforced?

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28. An under-reinforced section means

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

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30. 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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31. If the length of an intermediate span of a continuous slab is 5m, the length of the end span is kept

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32. 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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33. In a simply supported slab, alternate bars are curtailed at

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34. In a pre-stressed member, it is advisable to use

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

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

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

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

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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. 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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43. A cantilever of length is subjected to a bending moment at its free end If EI is the rigidity of the section, the deflection of the free end, is?

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

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45. For a simply supported beam of span 15m, the maximum effective depth to satisfy vertical deflection limit should be?

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46. 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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47. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as

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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. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against

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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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