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

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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. Load factor is

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5. The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus

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6. Shape factor is a property which depends

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

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

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

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10. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of

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11. 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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12. 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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13. Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than

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

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

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16. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are

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17. The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by

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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. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

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20. The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than (where t = thickness of the batten plate)

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21. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between

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22. According to IS:800, in the Merchant Rankine formula the value of imperfection index (n) is

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23. 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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24. 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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25. A butt weld is specified by

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

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

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28. Select the correct statement

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

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

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

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

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34. The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is

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35. 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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36. At-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its flange if its neutral axis

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

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

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40. The carryover factor in a prismatic member whose far end is fixed is

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

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

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

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

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47. The sway bracing is designed to transfer

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48. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is

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

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

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