DESIGN TRIBE

Part 1:
1) Young’s modulus is the ratio of the normal stress to the

a) normal strain at yield point

b) normal strain with in proportional limit
c) normal strain with in elastic limit
d) reciprocal of normal strain with in elastic limit

2) As per elastic theory of design, the factor of safety is the ration of

a) working stress to yield stress

b) ultimate stress to yield stress
c) ultimate load to yield load
d) yield stress to working stress

3) Modulus of rigidity is the ratio of

a) shear stresss to shear strain

b) normal stress to normal strain
c) lateral stress to lateral strain
d) none of the above

4) the max no of reaction components possible at a fixed end for general loadings

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 0

5) the difference between bending moments at any two p[oints is equal to the

a) the area of shear force diagrams between the two sections

b) the area of loading diagrams between the two sections
c) the difference in slopes of shear force diagram at the same section
d) the moment of area of loading diagram between the two sections taken about mid point
between the two sections

6) a cantilever of span L is subjected to a bending moment M at the free end. The shear force
diagram will be

a) a triangle with maximum ordinate at the fixed end

b) a rectangle with ordinate M
c) a parabola with max. ordinate of ML²/2 at the fixed end
d) no shear force at all
7) In an I section most of the shear force is taken by

a) web
b) top flange
c) bottom flange
d) half the depth of each flange

8) The product EI is called

a) flexural rigidity
b) torsion rigidity
c) modulus rigidity
d) second moment of area

9) The poplar moment of inertia of a circular section with radius ‘R’ is

a) ∏R /32
b) ∏R /32
c) ∏R /16
d) ∏R /2

10) In a cylinder wound with wire under tension, the cylinder will be before the induction of fluid,
under

a) tension
b) hoop compression
c) bending
d) will not have any stress

11) The effective length of column with both ends fixed is

a) l
b) 2l
c) l/2
d) 0.85l

12) a pin joined frame with number of joints ‘J’ and no of members ‘n’ will be a perfect frame , if

a) n=(2j+3)
b) n>(2j-3)
c) n<(2j-3)
d) n=(2j-3)
13) The tensile strength of concrete to be used in the design of reinforce concrete is

a) 0.2 Fck
b) 0.1 Fck
c) 0.7 √Fck
d) 0

14) The design shear stress in reinforced cement concrete depends on

a) characteristic strength of concrete

b) percentage of longitudinal tensile re bars
c) characteristic strength of steel
d) both a and b

15) If the modular ration is ‘m’, steel ratio is r, the critical neutral axis constant, k is given by

a) m/(m-r)
b) m/(m+r)
c) (m+r)/ m
d) (m-r)/m

16) The effective width of column strip of a flat slab is taken as

a) one – fourth width of the panel

b) half the width of the panel
c) half the width of the face to face distance
d) the diameter of the columns

17) in order to make a retaining safe against sliding , it’s horizontal trust should be less than

a) otal vertical load of the wall

b) co-effico9ent of friction between soil and base slab
c) total vertical load of the wall / co-efiocient of friction between soil and base slab
d) total vertical load of the wall * co-efficient of friction between soil and base slab

18) the structural analysis used in the ultimate strength of RCC structures is

a) elastic analysis
b) plastic analysis
c) ultimate analysis
d) elasto-plastic analysis

19) strain at zero stress is called

a) creep loss
 b) relaxation
c) shrinkage
d) transfer stress

20) Working stress design assumes

a) Elastic stress – strain relation

b) Linear stress – strain relation
c) Elastic and linear stress – strain relation
d) Isotropic method

21) number of rivets referred in a joint is equal to

a) load / shear strength of a rivet

b) load / rivet value
c) load / bearing strength of rivet
d) load / tearing strength of a plate

22) the strength of butt weld is

a) equal to that of the member (main)

b) more than the member (main)
c) equal to or more than the member (main)
d) about 70 to 90 percent of member ( main)

23) the throat in a fillet weld is

a) smaller side of the triangle of the fillet

b) large side of the triangle of the fillet
c) hypotenuse of the triangle of the fillet
d) perpendicular distance from root to the hypotenuse

24) the allowable direct tensile stress in structural steel is

a) 0.6 fy
b) 0.66 fy
c) 0.7 fy
d) 0.75 fy

25) the limit design of steel structures makes use of

a) plastic analysis of structures

b) elastic structural analysis
c) ultimate analysis
d) elastic and plastic analysis
Part 2:

1) write the flexural formula

2) the Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of

3) which end condition will permit the displacement in any direction and also rotation
4) what are the units of torque
5) creep of a material is defined as
6) define bending moment
7) what is tenacity
8) define what is statically indeterminate structure
9) define free body diagram
10) explain briefly the steel beam theory
11) the vertical load ‘P’ and moment ‘M’ is acting on a particular area ‘A’. write the
formulae to calculate the pressure.
12) Write the formulae for the design of bolts subjected to shear and tension
13) Define plastic section modulus
14) When the plastic hinge in a section is caused
15) Calculate the ‘Z’ value and radius of gyration for the following figure

Key:
Part 1:
1) a
2) d
3) a
4) c
5) d
6) a
7) a
8) a
9)
 10) B
11) C
12)
13) C
14)
15)
16) D
17) D
18) D
19) B
20) D
21) B
22) D
23) D
24) B
25) B

Part 2:
1) M = F = E
I Y R
2) lateral strain / longitudinal strain
3) Free end
4) kn-m
5) longitudinal displacement of material due to load
6) bending moment
7)
8) degree of redundancy is more than number of equations
9)a pictorial representation of the body (single) of all basic forces on it with magnitude and direction
10)
11) P + M
A Z
12) for shear