The rolled steel I-sections are most commonly used as beams because these provide
Large moment of inertia with less cross-sectional area
Large moment of resistance as compared to other section
Greater lateral stability
All the above
Correct Answer :
D. All the above
Related Questions
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The minimum pitch should not be less than 2.5 times the gross diameter of the river
The minimum pitch should not be less than 12 times the gross diameter of the rivet
The maximum pitch should not exceed 10 times the thickness or 150 mm whichever is less in compression
All the above
A major beam in a building structure, is known as
A girder
A floor beam
A main beam
All the above
A simply supported beam carrying a central load, will be safe in deflection if the ratio of its span to depth, is
< 19
< 24
> 19
> 24
Number of rivets required in a joint, is
Load/Shear strength of a rivet
Load/Bearing strength of a rivet
Load/Tearing strength of a rivet
Load/Rivet value
The thickness of the web of a mild steel plate girder is less than d/200. If only one horizontal stiffener is used, it is placed at
The neutral axis of the section
2/3rd of the depth of the neutral axis from the compression flange
2/5th of the depth of the neutral axis from the compression flange
2/5th of the height of the neutral axis from tension flange
A beam may be designed as a cased beam if
Section is of double open channel form with the webs not less than 40 mm apart
Overall depth and width of the steel section do not exceed 750 and 450 mm respectively
Beam is solidly encased in concrete with 10 mm aggregate having 28 days strength 160 kg/cm2
All the above
Long column is one
Which is more than 3 m long
Whose lateral dimension is less than 25 cm
Which is free at its top
Which has a ratio of effective length and least lateral dimension more than 15
The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is
1.33 d
1.25 d
1.5 d
1.75 d Where d is the distance between flange angles
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The slenderness ratio of lacing bars for compression members should not exceed 145
The minimum width of lacing bar connected with rivets of nominal diameter 16 mm, is kept 50 mm
The minimum thickness of a flat lacing bar is kept equal to onefortieth of its length between inner end rivets
All the above
When plates are exposed to weather, tacking rivets are provided at a pitch in line not exceeding (where t is the thickness of the outside plate).
8 t
16 t
24 t
32 t
For the economical design of a combined footing to support two equal column loads, the projections of beams in lower tier are kept such that bending moment under column is equal to
Bending moment at the centre of the beam
Half the bending moment at the centre of the beam
Twice the bending moment at the centre of the beam
None of these
In double lacing, the thickness t of flat lacing is
t < 1/40 th length between inner end rivets
t < 1/50 th length between inner end rivets
t < 1/60 th length between inner end rivets
t < 1/70 th length between inner end rivets
The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than
Two times the weld size
Four times the weld size
Six times the weld size
Weld size
For eccentrically loaded columns, the bending factor is
Cross-sectional area of column/Radius of gyration
Radius of gyration/Cross-sectional area of column
Cross-sectional area of column/Section modulus of the section
Section modulus of the section/Cross-sectional area of column
Rolled steel beams are designated by Indian Standard series and its
Weight per metre and depth of its section
Depth of section and weight per metre
Width of flange and weight per metre
Weight per metre and flange width
The gross diameter of a rivet is the diameter of
Cold rivet before driving
Rivet after driving
Rivet hole
None of these
The use of tie plates in laced columns is
Prohibited
Not prohibited
Permitted at start and end of lacing system only
Permitted between two parts of the lacing
The minimum width B of a solid casing for a cased beam, is equal to
B = b + 25 mm
B = b + 50 mm
B = b + 75 mm
B = b + 100 mm
Water pressure in a 80 cm water main is 10 kg/cm2. The minimum thickness of the metal required for the water main, not to be stressed more than 200 kg/cm2, is
1 cm
1.5 cm
2 cm
2.5 cm
The permissible bearing stress in steel, is
1500 kg/cm2
1890 kg/cm2
2025 kg/cm2
2340 kg/cm2
The greatest gauge of long rivets should not exceed (where d is the diameter of the holes).
2 d
4 d
6 d
8 d
In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS: 800 shall be
0.55 Aw.fy
0.65 Aw.fy
0.75 Aw.fy
0.85 Aw.fy Where, Aw = effective cross-sectional area resisting shear fy = yield stress of the steel
Slenderness ratio of a compression member is
Moment of inertia/Radius of gyration
Effective length/Area of cross-section
Radius of gyration/Effective length
Radius of gyration/ Area of cross-section
The spans are considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span by more than
5 %
10 %
15 %
20 %
If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge is not braced, then the bridge is called
Deck type
Through type
Half through type
Double deck type
Generally the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid
Axial force in rafter
Shear force in rafter
Deflection of rafter
Bending moment in rafter
The moment of the couple set up in a section of a beam by the longitudinal compressive and tensile force, is known as
Bending moment
Moment of resistance
Flexural stress moment
None of these
If the depth of the section of an upper column is smaller than the lower column
Filler plates are provided with column splice
Bearing plates are provided with column splice
Filler plates and bearing plates are provided with column splice
None of these
Modified moment of inertia of sections with a single web, is equal to moment of inertia of the section about Y-Y axis at the point of maximum bending moment and is multiplied by the ratio of
Area of compression flange at the minimum bending moment to the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
Area of tension flange at the minimum bending moment of the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
Total area of flanges at the maximum bending moment to the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
None of these
Allowable working stress corresponding to the slenderness ratio of double angles placed back to back and connected to one side of a gusset plate, is reduced to
50 %
60 %
70 %
80 %