Question: The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be___________________?

• 1. 4 mm
• 2. 5 mm
• 3. 6 mm
• 4. 8 mm

Question: The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is______________________?

• 1. 650 mm
• 2. 810 mm
• 3. 1250 mm
• 4. 1680 mm

Question: The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is_________________?

• 1. 1.33 d
• 2. 1.25 d
• 3. 1.5 d
• 4. 1.75 d

Question: The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are__________________?

• 1. axial forces
• 2. shear and axial forces
• 3. shear and bending forces
• 4. axial and bending forces

Question: Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners is limited to________________?

• 1. d/4
• 2. d/3
• 3. d/2
• 4. 2d/3

Question: Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds___________________?

• 1. 501
• 2. 851
• 3. 200 t
• 4. 2501

Question: The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by_________________?

• 1. increasing the web thickness
• 2. providing suitable stiffeners
• 3. increasing the length of the bearing plates
• 4. none of the above

Question: Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against_______________?

• 1. shear buckling of web plate
• 2. compression buckling of web plate
• 3. yielding
• 4. all of the above

Question: Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to_________________?

• 1. minimum weight
• 2. minimum depth
• 3. maximum weight
• 4. minimum thickness of web

Question: Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist_________________?

• 1. bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load
• 2. shear force due to 2.5% of the column load
• 3. 2.5% of the column load
• 4. both (A) and (B)