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Steel-structures Questions Set 4:

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What is the partial factor of safety for resistance governed by yielding?

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A bar of cross-section 60 mm x 8 mm is to carry a load of 80 kN. Find the gauge length.

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With increase in percentage of carbon in steel, the decrease is in the value of

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As per IS 800:2007, the maximum permitted slenderness ratio for a bracing member in case of hangers shall be:

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What is the correct ratio of effective length to actual length of a discontinuous angle strut with welded ends?

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The effective length of a fillet weld is

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The effective throat thickness is K times the size of the weld. What is the value of K when the angle between the fusion faces is 80°?

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A steel plate is 300 mm wide and 10 mm thick. A rivet of nominal diameter 18 mm is driven. The net cross-sectional area of the plate is

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An I-section beam, made of structural steel has an overall depth of 30 cm. If the developed flange stresses at the top and bottom of the beam are 1200 kg/cm² and 300 kg/cm² respectively, then the depth of the neutral axis from the top of the beam would be

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What must be the minimum length of overlap of plates to be fillet welded in a lap joint?

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