Explore topic-wise MCQs in Design Steel Structures.

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1.

The most critical location for failure due to web crippling is

A. flange cross section
B. middle of web
C. start of fillet
D. root of fillet
Answer» E.
2.

What is web crippling ?

A. web is of large thickness
B. flange near portion of stress concentration tends to fold over web
C. web near portion of stress concentration tends to fold over flange
D. flange is of large thickness
Answer» D. flange is of large thickness
3.

Slenderness ratio when ends are assumed to be fixed for a plate girder is

A. 2.45 d
B. 8.5 d/t
C. 2.45 d/t
D. 8.5 t
Answer» D. 8.5 t
4.

WHAT_IS_WEB_CRIPPLING_??$

A. web is of large thickness
B. flange near portion of stress concentration tends to fold over web
C. web near portion of stress concentration tends to fold over flange
D. flange is of large thickness
Answer» D. flange is of large thickness
5.

The most critical location for failure due to web crippling is$

A. flange cross section
B. middle of web
C. start of fillet
D. root of fillet
Answer» E.
6.

Which off the following will be a remedy to web crippling?

A. spreading load over small portion of flange
B. provide stiffeners which bear against flanges at load points
C. provide web of small thickness
D. web crippling cannot be prevented
Answer» C. provide web of small thickness
7.

The crippling strength of web at interior point where concentrated load is acting is given by

A. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+2n<sub>1</sub>)f<sub>yw</sub>
B. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+2n<sub>1</sub>) t
C. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+2n<sub>1</sub>)f<sub>yw</sub>t
D. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>)/f<sub>yw</sub>t
Answer» D. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>)/f<sub>yw</sub>t
8.

The crippling strength of web at supports is given by

A. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>)f<sub>yw</sub>
B. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>) t
C. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>)/f<sub>yw</sub>t
D. F<sub>crip</sub> = (b+n<sub>1</sub>)f<sub>yw</sub>t
Answer» E.
9.

The angle of dispersion of load for web crippling is assumed to be

A. 2:1
B. 1:2.5
C. 4:5
D. 2:3
Answer» C. 4:5
10.

Slenderness ratio when ends are assumed to be fixed for a plate girder i?

A. 2.45 d
B. 8.5 d/t
C. 2.45 d/t
D. 8.5 t
Answer» D. 8.5 t
11.

Web buckling strength at support of simply supported plate girder is given by

A. F<sub>wb</sub> =B<sub>tw</sub>f<sub>cd</sub>
B. F<sub>wb</sub> =t<sub>w</sub>f<sub>cd</sub>
C. F<sub>wb</sub> =B<sub>tw</sub>
D. F<sub>wb</sub> =Bf<sub>cd</sub>
Answer» B. F<sub>wb</sub> =t<sub>w</sub>f<sub>cd</sub>
12.

The maximum diagonal compression in plate girder simply supported occurs

A. does not occur
B. above neutral axis
C. below neutral axis
D. at neutral axis
Answer» E.
13.

The effective depth when top flanges are not restrained against rotation and lateral deflection is

A. 2d/3
B. 2d
C. d
D. d/2
Answer» C. d
14.

The effective depth when top flanges are restrained against rotation but not against lateral deflection is

A. 2d/3
B. 2d
C. d
D. d/2
Answer» D. d/2
15.

The effective depth when top flanges are restrained against lateral deflection but not against rotation is

A. 2d/3
B. d
C. 2d
D. d/2
Answer» B. d
16.

The effective depth when top flanges are restrained against lateral deflection and rotation is

A. d/3
B. d
C. 2d
D. d/2
Answer» E.