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Q.1 Consider the following statements for a compression member:
1. The elastic critical stress in compression increases with decrease in slenderness ratio.
2. The effective length depends on the boundary conditions at its ends.
3. The elastic critical stress in compression is independent of the slenderness ratio
4. The ratio of the effective length to its radius of gyration is called as slenderness ratio.
Which of the above statements are CORRECT?
a. 2 and 3
b. 1 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 4
d. All of these
Q.2 According to IS : 875 Part III, design wind speed is obtained by multiplying the basic wind speed by factors
k1 , k2 and k3 , where k2 is
a. Cyclonic region factor
b. Topography factor
c. Terrain, height and structure size factor
d. Risk coefficient
Q.3 Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard the girder against web buckling due to
a. shear
b. compressive force in bending
c. tensile force in bending
d. heavy concentrated load
Q.4 In which of the following cases is the compression flange most susceptible to buckle laterally?
a. An Isection supporting a roof slab with shear connection
b. Purlin of a roof supporting dead and live loads
c. Encased beam
d. A steel Isection supporting a point load when acting as a cantilever
Attempt Correct Correct Ans. d
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Q.5 The batten plates used to connect the components of a builtup column are designed to resist:
a. longitudinal shear only
b. transverse shear only
c. longitudinal shear and moment arising from transverse shear
d. vertical shear only
Q.6 The most critical consideration in the design of a rolled steel column carrying axial loads is the
a. percentage elongation at yield and the net crosssectional area
b. critical bending strength and axial yield strength of material
c. buckling strength based on the net area of the section and percentage elongation at ultimate load
d. compressive strength based on slenderness ratio and gross crosssectional area
Q.7 Web crippling and web buckling may be prevented by
I. increasing the length of bearing plate
II. decreasing the length of bearing plate
III. increasing the thickness of the web
IV. decreasing the thickness of the web
Of the above statements, the correct statements are
a. I and III
b. II and IV
c. I and IV
d. II and III
Q.8 Arrange the following crosssections in the decreasing order of their respective shape factors
a. 1 > 2 > 3 > 4
b. 3 > 2 > 1 > 4
c. 1 > 3 > 2 > 4
d. 2 > 4 > 1 > 3
Q.10 A steel rod of 24 mm diameter has been used as a tie in a bracing system and is subjected to possible
reversal of stress due to the wind. The maximum permitted length of the steel rod is ____________ mm.
Q.11 In a frame, the possible number of plastic hinges for complete failure are 20. The static indeterminancy of
the frame is __________.
Q.12 A beam is tested for web buckling. Clear depth of the web between root fillets is 346.41 mm and thickness
of web is 8 mm. The slenderness ratio for web is ____________.
Q.13 The design shear capacity of ISMC 75 beam made up of Fe410 steel, if thickness of web is 4.4 mm, is
__________ kN. [Use LSM]
Q.14 The ratio of shape factor of wide flange Ibeam bending about weak axis and that of a rectangular section is
_________.
Q.15
A rectangular cantilever beam of length L, width B and depth D is loaded with a concentrated vertical load
at the tip. If yielding starts at a load P, the collapse load will be ___________ P.
Q.16 The tensile capacity of a plate of grade Fe410, 150 mm wide and 10 mm thick connected to another plate
using 2 nos. of 18 mm diameter bolts arranged in two rows, is _____________ kN.
[Use LSM]
Q.17 Find out the collapse load for the cantilever as shown in figure.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q.18 How much is the plastic moment capacity (in kNm) in the portal frame shown in figure. The frame has a
uniform cross section throughout.
a. 12
b. 20
c. 24
d. 28
Q.19 Two framing angles ISA 150 mm × 150 mm × 10 mm are used to make beam to column connection. One
angle is placed on either side of the web of the beam as shown in figure. Three bolts of 16 mm diameter
and 4.6 grade are used to connect the angle legs to the beam web. Determine the reaction (in kN) that can
be transferred through the joint. Given,
Column section ISHB 300 @618.03 N/m, tf = 10.6 mm
Beam section ISMB 350 @514.04 N/m, tw = 8.1 mm
[Assume kb = 0.5 and shearing plane in threaded region]
a. 159.42
b. 172.16
c. 189.64
d. 194.30
Q.20 A tie member in a truss girder having size of 250 mm × 14 mm is welded to a 10 mm thick gusset plate by a
fillet weld. The overlap of the member is 300 mm and the weld size is 6 mm. The increase in strength (in
kN) of the joint, if welding is done all around with respect to the strength of the joint where welding is done
as shown in figure, is
a. 132.56
b. 145.42
c. 198.84
d. 218.24
Attempt Correct Correct Ans. c
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Q.21 Compute the tensile strength (in kN) of an angle section ISA 150 × 115 × 8 mm of Fe410 grade of steel
connected with the gusset plate as shown in figure, if net section rupture takes place.
[Given β = 0.85]
a. 454.25
b. 516.34
c. 642.44
d. None of these
Q.22 An Isection beam is fabricated with plates of following dimensions.
Flanges: 380 × 20 mm
Web: 1600 × 15 mm
The plastic moment capacity (in kNm) of the beam about its strong axis, if the grade of steel is Fe410 and
overall section is semi compact, is
a. 1264.48
b. 2122.15
c. 3650.42
d. 4183.27
Q.23 A bracket connection is made to transmit a load of 50 kN at an eccentricity of 200 mm. The maximum
force (in kN) for which the bolts should be designed is
(All distances are in mm)
a. 12.5
b. 35.36
c. 50.87
d. 45.07
Q.24 A solid member is of the crosssection as shown in figure. It is to be used as a column having 4.5 m
effective length. If maximum slenderness ratio is 220.45, then the value of d (in mm) is
a. 105
b. 100
c. 95
d. 90
Q.25 A 75 mm × 8 mm tie member is to transmit a factored load of 145 kN. The steel used is of grade Fe410. A
gusset plate of 12 mm thickness is provided and site welding is done as shown in the figure. The minimum
overlap that must be provided is ___________ mm.
[Provide minimum size of weld required]
Q.26
A fixed beam is subjected to a point load W at 1/3rd span as shown in figure. The collapse load for the beam
is ____________
Q.27 The efficiency of the lap joint as shown in figure is ____________ %.
The bolts are of 20 mm diameter and of grade 4.6. The two plates to be jointed are 10 mm and 12 mm thick
and steel is of grade Fe410.
[Given kb = 0.5 and assume shearing plane passing through shank]
Q.28 A circular plate, 120 mm in diameter is welded to another plate by means of 8 mm fillet weld as shown in
figure. The ultimate twisting moment that can be resisted by the weld is ___________ kNm.
Use steel of grade Fe410 and shop welding is provided.
Q.29
The value of the least radius of gyration for a compound column consisting of ISHB 250 as shown in figure,
with one cover plate 300 mm × 20 mm on each flange, is ____________ mm.
Q.30 For portal frame as shown in the figure below, the collapse load W has been calculated as per combined
mechanism as
The bending moment at B at collapse conditions is where k is ___________.
Q.31 A steel flat of rectangular section of size 70 ×6 mm is connected to a gusset plate by three bolts each
having a shear capacity of 18 kN in holes having diameter 12 mm. If the allowable tensile stress in the flat
is 150 MPa, the maximum tension that can be applied to the flat is ____________ kN.
Q.32 A full penetration butt weld is used to connect a 12 mm thick bracket plate to the flange of a column. The
bracket is to transmit a factored load of 100 kN at an eccentricity of 15 cm and the steel conforms to IS :
2026. The approximate length of weld required is ____________ mm.
Q.33 A bolt of grade 4.6 and 20 mm diameter is used to connect three plates, the outer two plates are 8 mm
thick each and the intermediate plate is 14 mm thick. The strength of the bolt is ___________ kN.
[Take kb = 0.5]