Q. To keep the intensity of bearing pressure between the column base and concrete, compressive throughout the length of the column base, the ratio of the moment M to axial load P should be

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Q. When the upper column does not provide full bearing area over lower column, the column splice is provided with the following assumption

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Q. For a steel member of slenderness ratio 350, the allowable stress is 76 kg/cm² if it is

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Q. The permissible stress to which a structural member can be subjected to, is known as

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Q. Lug angle is

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Q. Effective length of a column effectively held in position and restrained in direction at both ends, is

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Q. A riveted joint many experience

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Q. IS : 800 - 1971 recommends that in a splice plate the number of rivets carrying calculated shear stress through a packing greater than 6 mm thick, is to be increased by 2.5% for every

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Q. The tensile strength of mild steel for bolts and nuts should not be less than

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Q. A riveted joint may experience

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Q. With a percentage increase of carbon in steel, decreases its

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Q. In double lacing, the thickness t of flat lacing is

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Q. The gross section of the web of a beam is defined as

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Q. For simply supported beams, the maximum permitted deflection, is

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Q. In a truss girder of a bridge, a diagonal consists of mild steel flat 4001.S.F. and carries a pull of 80 tonnes. If the grossdiameter of the rivet is 26 mm, the number of rivets required in the splice, is

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Q. Design of a riveted joint, is based on the assumption:

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Q. The ratio of hydrostatic stress to the volumetric strain within the elastic range, is called

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Q. The deflection of beams may be decreased by

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Q. For a cantilever beam of length L built-in at the support and restrained against torsion at the free end, the effective projecting length l is

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Q. In a built up section carrying a tensile force, the flanges of two channels are turned outward

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