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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as

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2. 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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3. Lug angles

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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. In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is

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6. The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies

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7. The elastic strain for steel is about

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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. 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. As per IS: 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into

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13. The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as

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14. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are

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

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16. The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as

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17. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds 9where t is thickness of web)

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18. The use of tie plates in laced columns is

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

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20. The best arrangement to provide unified behavior inbuilt up steel columns is by

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21. The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is

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

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23. 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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24. A butt weld is specified by

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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. Select the correct statement

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27. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are

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

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29. 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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30. Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on

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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. 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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34. The self-weight of the footing, is

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

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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. 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. If the size of panel in a flat slab is 6m x 6m, then as per Indian standard code, the widths of column strip and middle strip are

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41. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by

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

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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 diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is 9where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)

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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 relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as

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48. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is

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49. The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from

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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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