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1. The successful introduction of _____ bolts resulted into replacement of rivets.




2. In roof trusses bracings should be provided at top chord level in the




3. Minimum edge distance specified by the code should be maintained to avoid




4. Rolled steel tubes are referred by their




5. For connecting circular tubes in tension, the best connection is by




6. Maximum width of steel plates manufactured are




7. In a compression member of a truss, consisting of double angle, tacking bolts should be provided at a distance not more than




8. For compression members most preferable I-section is




9. In designing connection between web plate and flange plate, shear stress is calculated using moment of inertia of




10. Which one of the following is not a variable action?




11. Which one of the following is not an advantage of bolted connection over welded connection?




12. When the two columns to be spliced are of slightly different size




13. According to tension field method as web begins to buckle




14. Gantry girders are designed to resist




15. In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is




16. Hudson's formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of




17. The weakest plane in a filler weld is




18. The use of tie plates in laced columns is




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




20. Load carrying capacity of compression member depends upon




21. The stress at which a material fractures under large number of reversals of stress is called




22. The beam sections in which the extreme fibre in compression can yield stress, but cannot develop the plastic moment of resistance, due to local buckling are classified as




23. Minimum thickness of rolled steel flats available is




24. The code does not suggests reduction factor for shear capacity in the case




25. For HSFG bolts, partial safety factor designed at service load and at ultimate load are respectively




26. Maximum spacing of lacing bars shall be such that the maximum slenderness of the main member between consecutive lacing connection is not more than




27. Column splice plates may be assumed to act as columns with slenderness ratio




28. Bolts are most suitable to carry




29. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to




30. For welded and double laced joints, effective length of lacing is _____ times the actual length.




31. Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on




32. A butt weld is specified by




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




34. Steel tanks are mainly designed for




35. Lacing and battening of columns is to increase _____ of column.




36. Which one of the following is not the advantage of HSFG bolt?




37. The advantage of steel structure is




38. To connect members subjected to dynamic loads which one of the following type of bolts is preferable?




39. Minimum edge distance, in case of hand flame cut edges, shall not be less than _____ times bolt hole diameter.




40. If a plate with small hole is kept over another plate and the entire hole is filled with weld material, the welded joint is known as




41. The most economical section for a compression member is




42. Which one of the following is not a flexible connection of beams?




43. The best arrangement to provide unified behavior in built up steel columns is by




44. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is




45. The moment curvature relation at a plastic hinge is




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




47. Racking force on a steel railway bridge is due to




48. At a fully plastic section, infinite rotation can occur at




49. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than




50. A channel section has




51. Which one of the following is not limit state of serviceability?




52. The effective diameter of a river is taken as




53. rivet hole diameter




54. In the design of a connection of tension member to a gusset plate, the principle to be followed is




55. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?




56. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called




57. The effect of axial force and shear force on the plastic moment capacity of a section are




58. Load factor is




59. Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis?