FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. Load factor is

1. always equal to factor of safety

2. always less than factor of safety

3. always greater than factor of safety

4. sometimes greater than factor of safety

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

1. 1.18

2. 1.414

3. 1.67

4. 1.81

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

1. 0.5 D

2. 0.68 D

3. 0.88 D

4. D

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

1. rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth

2. all rectangular beams

3. solid circular beams only

4. all square cross-section beams

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5. If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called

1. deck type

2. through type

3. half through type

4. double deck type

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6. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of

1. bottom chord area

2. top chord area

3. effective span of bridge

4. heaviest axle load of engine

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7. Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than

1. 10% of wall area

2. 20% of wall area

3. 30% of wall area

4. 50% of wall area

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

1. 1.5 d

2. 2.0 d

3. 2.5 d

4. 3.0 d

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

1. 1.33 d

2. 1.25 d

3. 1.5 d

4. 1.75 d

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10. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safe guard against

1. shear buckling of web plate

2. compression buckling of web plate

3. yielding

4. all of the above

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

1. 5 mm

2. 6 mm

3. 8 mm

4. 10 mm

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12. Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using

1. vertical intermediate stiffener

2. horizontal stiffener at neutral axis

3. bearing stiffener

4. none of the above

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13. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed

1. 100

2. 120

3. 145

4. 180

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14. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

1. minimum weight

2. minimum depth

3. maximum weight

4. minimum thickness of web

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

1. 1

2. 1.4

3. 1.8

4. 2

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

1. 180

2. 200

3. 250

4. 350

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17. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the

1. minimum dimension

2. average dimension

3. maximum dimension

4. none of the above

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18. Select the correct statement

1. Material cost of a rivet is higher than that of a bolt.

2. Tensile strength of a bolt is lesser than that of a rivet.

3. Bolts are used as a temporary fastening whereas rivets are used as permanent fastenings.

4. Riveting is less noisy than bolting.

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

1. only shear stresses

2. only tensile stresses

3. both (a)and (b)

4. none of the above

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20. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which

1. is at the maximum distance from CG of the rivet group

2. is at the minimum distance from CG of the rivet group

3. gives the maximum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

4. gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

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21. If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as

1. 120 mm

2. 160 mm

3. 200 mm

4. 300 mm

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

1. net area and gross area

2. gross area and net area

3. net area in both cases

4. gross area in both cases

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23. The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than

1. One-third of the effective span of the T-beam

2. Distance between the centres of T-beam

3. Breadth of the rib plus twelve times the thickness of the slab

4. Least of the above

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24. An under-reinforced section means

1. Steel is provided at the underside only

2. Steel provided is insufficient

3. Steel provided on one face only

4. Steel will yield first

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

1. One-fourth the width of the panel

2. Half the width of the panel

3. Radius of the column

4. Diameter of the column

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26. On a circular slab of radius, the maximum radial moment at the center if the load on the slab in wkn/m2

1. WR2/16

2. 2WR2/16

3. 3WR2/16

4. 5WR2/16

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27. 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

1. 10 mm

2. 15 mm

3. 20 mm

4. 25 mm

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28. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than

1. One-sixth of the effective span

2. Breadth of the rib + four times thickness of the slab

3. Breadth of the rib + half clear distance between ribs

4. Least of the above

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29. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is

1. Square

2. Rectangular

3. Triangular

4. Trapezoidal

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30. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?

1. Slope deflection method

2. Column analogy method

3. Moment distribution method

4. None of the above

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

1. Equilibrium method

2. Column analogy method

3. Moment distribution method

4. Kani’s method

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32. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder

1. Always occurs at center of span

2. Always occurs under a wheel load

3. Never occurs under a wheel load

4. None of the above

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33. While using three moments equation, a fixed end of a continuous beam is replaced by an additional span of

1. Zero length

2. Infinite length

3. Zero moment of inertia

4. None of the above

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

1. Zero

2. Less than 1

3. 1

4. Greater than 1

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35. According to IS codes recommendations, the maximum depth of stress block for balanced section of a beam of effective depth d is

1. 0.43 d

2. 0.55 d

3. 0.68 d

4. 0.85 d

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

1. m = 2j – 3

2. j = 2m – 3

3. m = 3j – 2

4. j = 3m – 2

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37. A lift of weight W is lifted by a rope with an acceleration f. if the area of cross-section of the rope is A, the stress in the rope is?

1. [W(1+f/G)]/A

2. (1-g/f)/A

3. [W(2+f/G)]/A

4. [W(2+g/f)]A

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38. The maximum deflection due to a uniformly distributed load w/unit length over entire span of a cantilever of length l and of flexural rigidly EI, is?

1. wl3/3EI

2. w14/3EI

3. w14/8EI

4. w14/12EI

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39. 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?

1. 3-Feb

2. 2-Mar

3. 8-May

4. 5-Aug

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40. 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?

1. ML/EI

2. ML/2EI

3. ML2/2EI

4. ML2/3EI

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41. Shell structure does not have any?

1. Bending moment

2. Shear stress

3. Tensile stress

4. Compressive stress

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

1. 50 mm

2. 75 mm

3. 100 mm

4. 120 mm

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43. For a cantilever of effective depth of 0.5m, the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection limit is?

1. 4.5 m

2. 5 m

3. 3.5 m

4. 4 m

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44. The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of ( i) lateral braces, ii) chord members) The correct answer is

1. only (i)

2. only (ii)

3. both (i) and (ii)

4. none of the above

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45. To minimize the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

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46. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is

1. 650 mm

2. 810 mm

3. 1250 mm

4. 1680 mm

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47. The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from

1. L/3 to L/5

2. L/4to2L/5

3. L/3 to L/2

4. 2L/5 to 3L/5 where L is span

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48. 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)

1. only (i)

2. only (iii)

3. (i) and (ii)

4. (ii) and (iii)

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49. 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.)

1. is at the maximum distance from CG of the rivet group

2. is at the minimum distance from CG of the rivet group

3. gives the maximum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

4. gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

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50. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is

1. 1.0 mm

2. 1.5 mm

3. 2.0 mm

4. 2.5 mm

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