Structural Design Practice – II

Tutorial-1
Orientation Exercise

1. Calculate the bolt value for 20mm diameter 4.6 grade black bolts which is connecting 2 angle
sections ISA 80 x 80 x 10 back to back to a gusset 10mm thick in between them. Assume shear
planes passing through thread. Use Fe410 grade steel section.
2. Design a lap joint between an angle ISA 75 x 75 x 6 connected to 12mm thick gusset plate
carrying a factored tensile force of 200 kN using 16mm diameter 4.6 grade black bolts. Use
Fe410 grade steel section. Assume that shear plane passes through thread. Check for long joint
required.
3. Two plates of size 200mm x 10mm are connected by lap joint using shop welding. The plates are
of Fe410 grade. Design fillet welds for full strength of the plates. Assume shop welding.
4. ISA 100x100x10 mm angle is to be welded in shop to 12mm gusset plate. The angle carries an
ultimate pull of 300 kN applied along its centroidal axis. Determine the length of side fillet weld
required at the heel and toe of the angle.
5. A single unequal angle 100 x 75 x 10 mm is used as tension member connected to 12mm gusset
plate with M16 bolts. Determine the design axial tension and number of bolts required, if
a. The gusset is connected to the 100mm leg
b. The gusset is connected to the 75mm leg.
Assume edge distance of 30mm and pitch distance of 50mm. Assume Fe410 steel angle and 4.6
grade bolts.
6. A Column is made using ISMB 350 for an effective length of 5.00m. Calculate the safe load
carrying capacity of the column and design a base plate to rest on M25 concrete foundation. Use
Fe410 grade steel.
7. A built up column consists of 2 no, ISMC 350 channels placed toe to toe with total back to back
distance 360mm. The effective length of column in both directions is 6.50m. Design the lacing
system for built up column given that design axial compressive load is 1600 kN. Use Fe410
grade steel.
8. Design a simply supported beam of span 6m carrying uniformly distributed factored dead load
of 30 kN/m and live load of 20 kN/m. Assume that compression flange of beam is laterally
restraint throughout. Use Fe410 grade steel. Show all necessary checks.
9. A non – sway intermediate column in a building frame with flexible joints is having effective
length of 5.0 m about both the axis and it is ISMB 400 steel section. Check the adequacy of the
section when the column is subjected to following load and moment:
Factored axial load = 900 kN
Factored moments:
Mz(kNm) My(kNm)
Top 80 45
Bottom 40 -20
Use Fe410 Grade Steel.

10. Design gantry girder (laterally unrestrained) to be used in an industrial building carrying
manually operated overhead travelling crane for the following data:
Crane Capacity = 200 kN
Span of Gantry Girder = 7.80 m
Span of Crane Girder = 18 m
Self-weight of crane girder excluding trolley = 200 kN
Self-weight of trolley = 30 kN
Self-weight of rail section = 0.30 kN/m
Minimum hook approach = 1.20 m
Wheel base of crane = 3.50 m
Self-weight of gantry girder = 1.50 kN/m
Use Fe410 Grade Steel.