Category: Design of Steel Structures

A. are used to reduce the length of connection.
B. are unequal angles.
C. increases shear lag.
D. all the above

A. displacement
B. load
C. slope
D. moment

A. 100
B. 120
C. 145
D. 180

A. decrease in h/t ratio
B. increase in h/t ratio
C. decrease in thickness
D. increase in height
where ‘h’ is height and t is thickness

A. it is uneconomical
B. it cannot carry the load safely
C. it is difficult to connect beams to the round sections
D. all of the above

A. 121
B. 161
C. 201
D. 251

where t = thickness of thinnest flange plate

A. lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure
B. upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure
C. lower bound on the strength of structure
D. upper bound on the strength of structure

A. 180
B. 200
C. 250
D. 350

A. increasing the web thickness
B. providing suitable stiffeners
C. increasing the length of the bearing plates
D. none of the above

A. 3t
B. 4t
C. 6t
D. 8t
where t = thickness of the batten plate