Design of Steel Structures Mcqs
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32. The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as_______________?
± 0.2
±0.5
± 0.7
33. The risk coefficient k, depends on__________________?
Mean probable design life of structures
Basic wind speed
Both (A) and (B)
None of the above
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34. Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than_________________?
10% of wall area
20% of wall area
30% of wall area
50% of wall area
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35. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are_________________?
3
5
6
7
36. The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as________________?
95.0 MPa on net area
105.5 MPa on net area
105.5 MPa on gross area
150.0 MPa on gross area
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37. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs ?
Angle section
Channel section
Box type section
Any of the above
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38. The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist_________________?
Horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake only
Horizontal, shear due to wind or earthquake + 2.5% of column loads
Column loads + 2.5% of horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake
Column loads + full horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake
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39. Maximum pitch of rivets, used in steel stacks, is limited to_______________?
6t
101
121
161
40. If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called________________?
Deck type
Through type
Half through type
Double deck type
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41. The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of_________________? i) lateral braces
ii) chord members
The correct answer is
i) lateral braces
ii) chord members
The correct answer is
only (i)
only (ii)
both (i) and (ii)
none of the above
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42. 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
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43. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called__________________?
Sway bracing
Portal bracing
Top lateral bracing
Bottom lateral bracing
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44. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as_______________?
0.5 D
0.68 D
0.88 D
D
45. In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for________________?
Rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth
All rectangular beams
Solid circular beams only
All square cross-section beams
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