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Steel-structures Questions Set 6:

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Structural steel normally has a carbon content of less than what percentage?

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For the fillet weld of size ‘S’ shown in the adjoining figure the effective throat thickness is

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If the resultant loads pass through the shear center, then the section will not be subjected to any

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The permissible stresses for main structural steel members under dynamic loads should be increased by what percentage?

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The yield strength of the steel used in a structure is 400 MPa. What is the maximum allowable tensile strength?

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What is the minimum specified length of a fillet weld?

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What does the shape factor of a structural section depend upon?

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A mild steel tube with a mean diameter of 20 mm and a thickness of 2 mm is used as an axially loaded tension member. If the yield strength (f_y) is 300 MPa, what is the maximum load that the member can carry?

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Calculate the design wind pressure if the basic wind speed is 44 m/s, risk coefficient is 1, topography factor is 1, the terrain is with closely spaced buildings, and height of the building (class A) = 20 m.

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Assuming that there is no possibility of shear buckling in the web, the maximum reduction permitted by IS 800-2007 in the (low shear) design bending strength of a semi compact steel section due to high shear is

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