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. Lug angles
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3. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:
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4. In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is
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5. Load factor is
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6. The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus
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7. The mechanism method and the statical method give
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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. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as
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10. In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for
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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. 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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13. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are
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14. The risk coefficient k, depends on
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15. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are
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16. 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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17. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between
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18. The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is
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19. 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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20. 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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21. A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because
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22. According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is (where t is thickness of thinnest outside plate or angle)
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23. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the
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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. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are
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27. If the thickness of plate to be connected by a rivet is 16mm, then suitable size of rivet as per Unwin’s formula will be
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28. Effective depth and depth of the neutral axis respectively of a singly reinforced?
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29. As the percentage of steel increases
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30. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than
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31. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in two directions, is
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32. The spacing of the main bars in a simply supported slab, should not exceed its effective depth by
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33. The nutral axis of a T-beam exists
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34. 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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35. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?
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36. 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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37. For a two-hinged arch, if one of the supports settles down vertically, then the horizontal thrust
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38. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam
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39. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by
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40. Shell structure does not have any?
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41. The sway bracing is designed to transfer
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42. 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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43. 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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44. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as
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45. Generally, the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid
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46. 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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47. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets 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. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
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50. Battening is preferable when the( i) column carries axial load only, ii) space between the two main components is not very large, iii) column is eccentrically loaded The correct answer is)
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