DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE QUIZ

The effective length of a battened strut effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction is taken as

1.1 L

1.3 L

1.8 L

1.5 L

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Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

prevent buckling of web

transfer the load from the top flange to the bottom one

decrease the effective depth of web

prevent excessive deflection

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The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are

Axial and bending forces

Shear and axial forces

Axial forces

Shear and bending forces

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The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies

equilibrium and mechanism conditions

mechanism and plastic moment conditions

equilibrium and plastic moment conditions

equilibrium condition only

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Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS : 800, is

50%

30%

60%

40%

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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

0

between 0.5 and 1.0

1.0

0.5

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If the thickness of plate to be connected by a rivet is 16 mm, then suitable size of rivet as per Unwin’s formula will be

24 mm

20 mm

27 mm

16 mm

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The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by

increasing the web thickness

None of these

providing suitable stiffeners

increasing the length of the bearing plates

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

C. Both (A) and (B)

Vertical load only

Horizontal shear only

None of these

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

0.68 D

0.78 D

0.88 D

0.5 D

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