When a small cylinder is under internal pressure, the tension in the wall is :
A. Shear
B. Torsional shear
C. Hoop tension
D. Hoop compression
Design Of Steel Structures
Design Of Steel Structures Mcqs
The portions of the lateral system that are commonly used to transfer shear force in built-up columns include:
A. Rolled angles
B. Rolled channels
C. Rolled steel flats
D. All the above
In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is ___ ?
A. Slope
B. Moment
C. Displacement
D. Load
The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is ____ ?
A. 1680 mm
B. 1250 mm
C. 650 mm
D. 810 mm
The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to ___ ?
A. Stiffen the structure laterally
B. Prevent the sides-way buckling of top chord
C. Transfer load from top of end posts to bearings
D. Keep the rectangular shape of the bridge cross-section
Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist :
A. 2.5% of the column load
B. Bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load
C. Shear force due to 2.5% of the column load
D. None of them
The elastic strain for steel is about _____ ?
A. 1/2 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/12 of maximum strain
B. 1/24 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/200 of maximum strain
C. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/120 of maximum strain
D. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and 1/200 of maximum strain
If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge is not braced, then the bridge is called:
A. Through type
B. Double deck type
C. Deck type
D. Half through type
The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than:
A. Four times the weld size
B. Weld size
C. Two times the weld size
D. Six times the weld size
In a plate girder, rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates are visible to:
A. Vertical load only
B. Horizontal shear only
C. Both a and b
D. None of them