Week 6 Assignment 6 Full Marks 20

Q.1 As per IS specification, the splice connection should be designed for a

force of at least k times the member design capacity in tension or the
design action whichever is more. Here the value of k is 1
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.3
(c) 0.5
(d) 0.6

Q.2 The design shear capacity of bolts carrying shear through a packing or
filler plate (with the thickness of tpk) in excess of 6 mm shall be decreased by a
factor 1
(a) pkg = 1-0.0125tpk
(b) pkg = 0.0125tpk
(c) pkg = 0.025tpk
(d) pkg = 1-0.025tpk
Where tpk is the thickness of packing plate.

Q.3 Calculate the number of M20, grade 4.6 bolts required for the connection
of the member AD as shown in the figure. (Thickness of gusset plate = 12
mm, Assume pitch and gauge distance 60 mm and 40 mm respectively)
4

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5
Q.4 Calculate the thickness of the splice plate. The connection is subjected to
a tensile force 250 kN and the design strength of the section is 500 kN.
3

(a) 2 mm
(b) 3 mm
(c) 5 mm
(d) 6 mm

Q.5 The failure mode in which an axially loaded compression member may
fail is by 1

(a) local buckling

(b) squashing
(c) torsional buckling
(d) all of these.

Q.6 Critical stress for elastic buckling of Euler column should be

1

𝜋2 𝜆
(a)
𝐸2
𝜋2 𝐸
(b)
𝜆2
𝜋𝜆2
(c)
𝐸2
𝜋𝐸 2
(d)
𝜆2
Q.7 The effective length of a structural steel compression member of length L
effectively held in position and restrained against rotation at one end
but neither held in position nor restrained against rotation at the other
end, is 1

(a) L
(b) 1.2 L
(c) 0.8 L
(d) 2.0 L

Q.8 The imperfection factor(α) for buckling class ‘b’ is given by 1

(a) 0.21
(b) 0.49
(c) 0.34
(d) 0.76

Q.9 An ISMB 300 is to be used as a compression member. Considering the

buckling about y-y axis, the corresponding buckling class as per IS 800:
2007 will be 2

(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d

Q.10 The allowable slenderness ratio of the elements in built-up section is

1
(a) 180
(b) 250
(c) 145
(d) 50
Q.11 Which one of the following is a compression member? 1
(a) Purlin
(b) strut
(c) Girt
(d) Tie
Q.12 The critical slenderness ratio (𝜆𝑐 ) of a axially loaded initially straight pin-
ended column with 𝑓𝑦 = 250 MPa is 2
(a) 58.85
(b) 67.85
(c) 8.85
(d) 88.85
Q.13 The design compressive stress of an axially loaded compression member
in IS: 800-2007 is given by 1
(a) Rankine formula
(b) Secant formula
(c) Merchant Rankine formula
(d) Perry Robertson formula