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FAQ’s for Structural Design Jobs

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1. The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with (where ‘h’ is height and t is thickness)

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

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3. 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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4. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:

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

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

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

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

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11. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

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12. Gantry girders are designed to resist

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

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15. The effective length of a battened column is increased by

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16. 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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17. The actual thickness of butt weld as compared to the thickness of plate is usually

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

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19. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as

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

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

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22. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses?

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23. In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined for complete bearing on the base plate, then the axial load is assumed to be transferred to base plate

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

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25. If the size of a column is reduced above the floor, the main bars of the column, are

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

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27. An under-reinforced section means

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

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29. 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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30. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than

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31. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as

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

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33. The minimum thickness of s flat slab is taken

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

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35. In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are

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36. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method?

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

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38. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam

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39. 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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40. A steel rod 1 meter long having square cross section is pulled under a tensile load of 8 tones the extension in the rod was 1 mm only. if E steel=2x106kg/cm2, the side of the rod, is

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

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42. 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?

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43. A simply supported beam carries varying load from zero at one end and W at the other end. If the length of the beam is a, the maximum bending moment will be?

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44. Shell structure does not have any?

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45. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?

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

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50. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?

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