FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs
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1. 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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2. In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS:800 shall be (where, Aw = effective cross-sectional area resisting shear fy = yield stress of the steel)
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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. Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is
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5. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
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6. The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is
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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. 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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9. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of
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10. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is (where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)
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11. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?
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12. The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist
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13. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is
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14. The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on
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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. Gantry girders are designed to resist
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17. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safe guard against
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18. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed
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19. A butt weld is specified by
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20. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than
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21. When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is
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22. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as
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23. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
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24. If the size of a column is reduced above the floor, the main bars of the column, are
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25. The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than
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26. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams
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27. The width of the rib of a T-beam , is generally kept between
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28. 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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29. In a simply supported slab, alternate bars are curtailed at
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30. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than
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31. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is
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32. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?
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33. Which of the following is not the displacement method?
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34. 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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35. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder
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36. 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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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. The three moments equation is applicable only when
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40. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by
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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 truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if?
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43. If a concrete column 200×200 mm in cross-section is reinforced with four steel bars of 1200 mm2 total cross-sectional area. Calculate the safe load for the column if permissible stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and Es is 15Ec?
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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. For a simply supported beam of span 15m, the maximum effective depth to satisfy vertical deflection limit should be?
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46. Generally, the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid
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47. 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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48. 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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49. 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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50. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?
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