This document contains 30 short questions about design of steel structures. The questions cover a range of topics including: ductility and its importance; differences between bolt types; types of groove welding; failure modes of tension members; shear lag effect; treatment of bolt holes in compression members; differences in behavior of long and short columns; shape factors; purpose of anchor bolts; load combinations for truss analysis; advantages of steel over other materials; effects of residual stress; reasons for decline of riveting; differences between stiffened and unstiffened connections; definition of joint efficiency; lap joints; web crippling; differences between purlins and grits and definition of wind columns; purpose of gantry girders;

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Very Short Questions of DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE-1 (B-TECH CIVIL ENGINEERING
5TH)
1. What is ductility? Why is it important?
2. What is the deference between black bolts and HSFG bolts?
3. What is groove welding? List its various types.
4. List the deferent modes of failure of a tension member
5. What is shear lag effect?
6. Can bolt holes be ignored in the design of compression members? If yes, why?
7. What is the deference in the behavior of long column and short column?
8. What is meant by shape factor of a section?
9. What is the purpose of anchor bolts in a base plate?
10. What are the load combinations that are usually considered for truss analysis?
11. Why is steel considered superior for structural applications compared to the castionrnand
wrought iron?
12. What is ductility? Why is it important?
13. What are the effects of residual stress in the design of compression members?
14. What are the reasons for riveting to become absolute?
15. What is the deference between un stiffened and stiffened steel connection?
16. Define efficiency of Joint
17. What is the Lap Joint? What is their main advantage? Which type of welds is used in Lap
Joint?
18. What is meant by web-crippling? When torsion does occur in a beam?
19. State the deference between a Purlin and Grit. What are wind columns?
20. What is the main purpose of Gantry girder? List the load that should be considered while
designing a Gantry Girder
21. List the various types of welds
22. How you can designate bolts?
23. What do you mean by lug angles?
24. Draw a bending stress diagram under a column base. Which is subjected to a point load P at an
eccentricity e.
25. What are purlins?

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26. What are the deferent types of failures of tension members?
27. Explain Grillage Foundation
28. What is the recommended value of effective length of a compression member if it is
effectively held in position at both ends, but not restrained against rotation? The
unsupported length is 5.
29. How does the behavior of compression member differ with its length?
30. Find rivet value for 20 mm dia power driven rivets which are connecting two plates of
thickness 14 and 16 mm by lap joint.