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. 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. Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis?
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5. Shape factor is a property which depends
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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. 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. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of
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9. As per IS: 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into
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10. The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as
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11. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are
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12. The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on
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13. 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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14. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are
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15. Gantry girders are designed to resist
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16. The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by
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17. Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using
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18. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to
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19. The use of tie plates in laced columns is
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20. If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be
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21. 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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22. For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is
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23. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the
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24. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as
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25. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS: 800, is
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26. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
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27. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses?
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28. If the size of a column is reduced above the floor, the main bars of the column, are
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29. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams
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30. The width of the rib of a T-beam , is generally kept between
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31. 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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32. The steel generally used in R.C.C. work, is
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33. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as
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34. In a pre-stressed member, it is advisable to use
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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. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by
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38. 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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39. 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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40. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by
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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. Normally in a truss structure, tension occurs at/for?
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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. For a cantilever of effective depth of 0.5m, the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection limit is?
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45. The sway bracing is designed to transfer
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46. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is
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47. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
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48. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which (where, Fa is the load shared by each rivet due to axial load and F mis the shearing load due to moment in any rivet.)
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49. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?
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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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