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TEST PAPER
Duration :60mins Maximum Marks: 60
Read the instructions carefully:
This question paper contains three parts: Part I – 20questions each carry one mark, Part II- 15questions each carry two marks and Part III- 2 questions each carry five marks. Answer all the questions. Calculator is allowed in the examination hall, but charts, graph sheets and tables are not allowed. Mobile phones to be switched off during examination. There is no negative marking in this examination.
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I. The Following questions carry one mark each.
1) ISA 100 x 100 x 10mm (cross sectional area = 1908 mm2) serves as tensile member. This angle is welded to a gusset plate along A and B appropriately as shown. Assuming the yield strength of the steel to be 260 N/mm2 the tensile strength of this member can be taken to be approximately.
a) 500 kN b) 300 kN c) 225 kN d) 375 kN
2) A round bar of steel tapers uniformly from a diameter of 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm in length of 50 cm. If an axial force of 60000N is applied at each end, then the elongation of the bar will be (assume E = 205kN/mm2) a) 0.512mm b) 0.413mm c) 0.213mm d) 0.113mm
3) Design yield stress for steel in tension and compression is
a) 0.65fy b) 0.87fy c) 0.75fy d) None of the above
4) A steel wire of 6mm diameter is used for lifting a load of 1.5kN at its lowest end, the length of wire hanging vertically being 160m. Taking the unit weight of steel = 78 kN/m 3 and E = 2 x 105 N/mm2, the total elongation of the wire will be a) 47.44 mm b) 57.44 mm c) 67.44 mm d) 77.44 mm
5) A flitched beam consists of a wooden joist 15cm wide and 30cm deep strengthened by steel plates 1cm thick and 30 cm deep one on either side of the joist. If modulus of elasticity of steel is 20 times that of wood, then the width of equivalent wooden section will be a) 15 cm b) 35 cm
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c) 50 cm d) 55 cm
6) A beam of I section 600 mm deep and 200 mm wide has flanges 25 mm thick and web 20 mm thick. If the shear stress in the web at the junction of flange and web is q, then the shear stress in the flange at the junction is a) 10q b) q c) 0.5q d) 0.1q
7) Side face reinforcement is provided when the depth of the beam exceeds a) 250mm b) 450mm c) 550mm d) 750mm
8) Which of the following will have largest Shape factor?
a) Diamond b) I-section c) Solid Circular Section d) Rectangle
9) Shear buckling of a web in a plate girder is prevented by
a) Vertical Intermediate Stiffener b) Bearing Stiffener c) Horizontal Stiffener at neutral axis d) None of the above
10) A simply supported beam with rectangular cross section is subjected to central concentrated load. If the width and depth of the beam are doubled, then the deflection at the centre of the beam (ignoring increase in self weight) will be reduced by a) 50% b) 25% c) 12.5% d) 6.25%
11) For a clay slope of height 10m, the stability number is 0.05, bulk density =20 kN/m², cohesion c= 25kN/m². The critical height of the slope in this soil is
a) 4m b) 12.5m c) 25m d) 15m
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12) Slenderness ratio of a 5m long column hinged at both ends and having a circular cross section with diameter 16cm is a) 31.25 b) 62.5 c) 100 d) 125
13) Calculate the allowable tensile capacity of a single ISA 100 x 100 x 10 mm. The member is connected by one leg using a group of 21.5 mm diameter rivets. Assume maximum tensile stress of 150 N/mm2. a) 210kN
mm 100 21.5 mm b) 253kN c) 238kN d) 333kN 100 mm
14) What is the effective net width of plate shown in
the given figure for carrying tension? a) 212.5 mm
b) 237.5 mm c) 250 mm d) 275 mm
15) The major and minor principal stresses at a point are 3MPa and -3MPa respectively. The maximum shear stress at the point is a) Zero b) 3 MPa c) 6 MPa d) 9 MPa
16) The concrete is assumed to reach failure with a compression strain of ?
a) 0.002 b) 0.0035 c) 0.0045 d) 0.006
17) The maximum bending stress in an I-beam occurs at the
a) Outermost Fibre b) Neutral Axis c) Joint of wedge and Flange d) Section where shear stress is maximum
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18) Negative skin friction in a soil is considered when the pile is constructed through a a) Fill Material /Made Ground b) Dense course sand c) Over consolidated Stiff clay d) Dense fine sand
19) In a fillet weld the weakest section is that
a) Smaller side of the fillet b) Throat of the fillet c) Side perpendicular to force d) Side parallel to force
20) The angle of dispersion of a concentrated load on the flange to the web plate of a steel beam is a) 90° with the horizontal b) 60° with the vertical c) 45° with the horizontal d) 30° with the vertical
II. The Following questions carry two marks each.
1) A moment M of magnitude 50kN-m is transmitted to a column flange through a bracket
by using four 20mm diameter rivets as shown in the figure
The shear force induced in rivet A is
a) 250 kN b) 175.8 kN c) 125 kN d) 88.4 kN
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2) A simply supported concrete beam of length 10m and of varying cross section of 300mmx500mm at support A and 300mmx800mm at support B , is subjected to a concentrated load of 10kN at centre. What will be the reaction at support A? a) 10kN b) 5kN c) 6.25kN d) None of the above
3) A strut in a steel truss is composed of two equal angles ISA 150mm x 150mm of thickness 10mm connected back to back to the same side of the gusset plate. The cross sectional area of each angle is 2921 mm2 and moment of inertia (Ixx = Iyy) is 6335000mm4. The distance of the centroid of the angle from its surface (Cx = Cy) is 40.8mm. The minimum radius of gyration of the strut is a) 93.2mm b) 62.7mm c) 46.6mm d) 29.8mm
4) A square steel slab base of 1m2 is provided for a column made of two rolled sections. The 300mm x 300mm column carries an axial compressive load of 2000kN. The line of action of the load passes through the centroid of the column section as well as of the slab base. The permissible bending stress in the slab base is 185 MPa. The required minimum thickness of the slab base is a) 110mm b) 89mm c) 63mm d) 55mm
5) A propped cantilever of span L is carrying a vertical concentrated load acting at midspan.
The plastic moment of the beam section is Mp. The magnitude of the collapsed load is M a) 8 p L Mp b) 6 L Mp c) 4 L Mp d) 2 L
6) The percentage loss of prestress due to anchorage slip of 3mm in a concrete beam of length 30m which is post tensioned by a tendon with an initial stress of 1200N/mm 2 and modulus of elasticity equal to 2.1 x 105 N/mm2 is a) 0.0175 b) 0.175
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c) 1.75 d) 17.5
7) A steel flat of rectangular section of size 70 x 6 mm is connected to a gusset plate by
three bolts each having a shear capacity of 15kN in holes having diameter 11.5mm. If the allowable tensile stress in the flat is 150MPa, the maximum tension that can be applied to the flat is
a) 42.3 kN b) 52.65 kN c) 59.5 kN d) 63.1 kN
8) A bar of length L and uniform cross section area A and second moment of Area I is subjected to a pull of P. If the Young’s Modulus of elasticity of the bar material is E, the expression of strain energy stored in the bar will be
a) P2L/2AE b) PL2/2EI c) PL2/AE d) P2L/AE
9) A double U type butt weld is used to connect two plates 180mm x 18mm each, where the longer dimension is the depth and smaller is the width. A moment of 13 kNm is acting, then amount of stress developed will be a) 154.78 N/mm2 b) 117.50N/mm2 c) 133.74 N/mm2 d) 163.00 N/mm2
10) If a thick cylindrical shell is subjected to internal pressure , then hoop stress , radial stress and longitudinal stress at a point in the thickness will be a) Tensile, compressive and compressive respectively b) All compressive c) All tensile d) Tensile, compressive and tensile respectively
11) For the section shown below, second moment of the area about an axis d/4 distance above the bottom of the area is
3 bd a) 48 3 bd b) 12
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3 7bd c) 48 3 bd d) 3
12) Consider the beam AB shown in the figure below. Part AC of the beam is rigid while Part CB has the flexural rigidity EI. Identify the correct combination of deflection at the end B and the bending moment at the end A, respectively. 3 PL a) , 2PL 3 EI 3 PL b) , PL 3 EI 3 8P L c) , 2PL 3 EI 3 8P L d) , PL 3 EI
13) A beam with the cross section given below is subjected to a positive bending moment (causing compression at the top) of 16 kNm acting around the horizontal axis. The tensile force acting on the hatched area of the cross section is
a) Zero b) 5.9 kN c) 8.9 kN d) 17.8 kN
14) A soil sample has a shrinkage limit of 15% and specific gravity of soil solids 2.5. the porosity of the soil at shrinkage limit is a) 27% b) 36% c) 20% d) 18%
15) A short column of symmetric cross section made of a brittle
material is subjected to an eccentric vertical load P at an eccentricity e. To avoid tensile stress in the short column, the eccentricity should be less than or equal to MDT Civil Page 8 h a) 12 h b) 6 h c) 3 h d) 2
III. The Following questions carry five marks each.
1) The relevant cross sectional details of a compound beam comprising a symmetric I-
section and a channel section (with the welded connections), proposed for a steel gantry girder, and are given below (all dimensions in mm).
a) Determine the depth of the centroidal axis ȳ and the second moments of area, Ixx and Iyy,eff of the compound section. For computing Iyy,eff include the full contribution of the channel section, but only the top flange of the I-section. b) Determine the maximum compressive stress that develops at a top corner location on account of a vertical bending moment of 550 kNm, combined with a horizontal bending moment of 15 kNm.
2) A group of 16 piles (4 in each row) was installed in a layered clay soil deposit shown below. The diameter of each pile is 500 mm and their c/c distance is 1m. The length of the pile group is 18m. Estimate the safe load capacity of the group with a factor of safety of 2.5. The adhesion factors (α) between the pile and soil in each layer are shown in the figure.
