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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. 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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2. Lug angles

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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)

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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. The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies

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

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

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

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9. The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to

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

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

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13. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is

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14. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

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

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16. 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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17. 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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18. Minimum thickness of web in a plate girder, when the plate is accessible and also exposed to weather, is

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

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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. A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because

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22. A butt weld is specified by

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

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24. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than

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

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

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28. The heaviest I-section for same depth is

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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. As the percentage of steel increases

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31. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams

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32. 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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33. For normal cases, stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to its overall depth does not exceed

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34. The minimum thickness of s flat slab is taken

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35. Which of the following is not the displacement method?

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

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37. The three moments equation is applicable only when

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

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39. In moment distribution method, the sum of distribution factors of all tha members meeting at any joint is always

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40. 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

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41. The maximum deflection due to a load W at the free end of a cantilever of length L and having flexural rigidity EI, is?

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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. For a continuous slab of 3m 3.5m size, the minimum overall depth of slab to satisfy vertical deflection limits is?

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45. 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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46. 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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47. The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is (where d is the distance between flange angles)

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48. The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from

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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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