Design Of Steel Structures

This is an MCQ-based quiz on Design Of Steel Structures.

This includes horizontal shear, vertical load, bottom chord area, top chord area, effective span of bridge, and heaviest axle load of engine.

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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)

zero ±0.2p ± 0.5 p ±0.7p

The sway bracing is designed to transfer

2Vi % of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing 10% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing 25% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing 50% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing

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

± 0.2 ±0.5 ± 0.7 0

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

pa V paV2 p a (1/V) paV”2

If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be

40mm 60mm 80mm 100mm

Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to

Horizontal shear only Vertical load only Both (A) and (B) None of the above

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

bottom chord area top chord area effective span of bridge heaviest axle load of engine

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

3 5 6 7

Maximum pitch of rivets, used in steel stacks, is limited to (where t is thickness of thinner plate being connected)

6t 101 121 161

Which of the following is mainly an alloy of steel?

Zinc and Tin Iron and Carbon Sulphur and Zinc Phosphorous and Tin

What is the effect of increased content of Sulphur and Phosphorous in Steel?

Affects weldability Yields high strength Increases resistance to corrosion Improves resistance to high temperature

............ is the property of high carbon steel.

High strength High toughness Reduced ductility Reduced strength

Which of the following method is mainly adopted for the design of steel structures as per IS code?

Limit State Method Ultimate Load Method Working Stress Method Earthquake Load Method

Which of the following IS code is used for the general construction of steel?

IS 100 IS 256 IS 456 IS 800

Which of the following is not included in imposed load classification

Earthquake load Industrial load Residential load Site Load

The horizontal beams spanning between the wall columns supporting a wall covering are called ........... in factory buildings.

Girts Lintels Stringers Trimmers

Bulb angles are used in .............

Ship building Bridge building Column building Water tank building.

What is the most commonly used sections in the lateral system to carry shear forces in built-up columns?

Rolled angles Rolled steel flats Rolled channels All of the above

What is the method of design of steel framework for the greatest rigidity and economy in weight?

Simply design Fully rigid design Semi-rigid design None of the above

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

Only shear stresses

Only tensile stresses

Both (a) and (b)

None of the above

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Design Of Steel Structures
Questions: 20
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