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Design of Steel Structures

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Institute of Engineering • 2082 Chaitra Board Examination
Q1[8 Marks]Connections in Steel Structures📐 Diagram in Paper
(a) Design a suitable fillet weld for the bracket as shown in figure, if working load and eccentricity . Thickness of the bracket plate is 12 mm and the column used is ISHB 300. [8] b) Design a double cover butt joint to transmit a working load of to connect two flats 120 mm wide and 20 mm thick using M16 high strength bolts of property class 10.9. The cover plates are 12 mm thick. Assume that one shear plane intercepts the threads of the bolts.
Q2[8 Marks]Tension Members
(a) Discuss about allowable strength in working stress method of design and different factor of safety in limit state method of design. [4] (b) Explain the importance of local buckling and how it adversely affects the load carrying capacity of columns and beams? How is this accounted for in the design of steel members? [2+2] (c) Design a tension member of double angle section connected on the both sides of gusset plate 12 mm thick. The member is subjected to axial tension of . Use M16 bolts of property class 4.6 for connection.
Q3[8 Marks]Tension Members
(a) Design a lap connection to join two plates of 200 mm 10 mm of grade E250 to mobilize full plate tensile strength using shop fillet welds. [4] (b) A diagonal member of a roof truss carries a maximum pull of 300 kN. Design the section and its connection with a 16 mm thick gusset plate. The length of the connection is limited to 340mm. Design the lug angles also if required. The steel of grade Fe 410 and bolts of grade 4.6 are to be used.
Q4[4 Marks]Flexure members
a) A office hall of clear dimension is provided with thick RC slab over rolled steel beams . A wearing coat of thick lime concrete is provided over RC concrete slab. The compression flange would be supported throughout its length by providing grooves in slabs. Design an intermediate beam with the following data. [14] Live load = Unit wt. of cement concrete = Unit wt. of lime concrete = b) Find the design wind pressure on a sloping roof of span and pitch . The height of the eaves is above ground. The building is situated in Delhi and its permeability is normal.
Q5[3 Marks]Flexure members
Discuss about procedure to estimate size of web plate and flange plate of a plate girder.
Q6[4 Marks]Compression Members
a) Design a built up column along to carry a factored axial compressive load of . The column is restrained in position but not in direction at both ends. Design the column with connecting system as single lacing with bolted connection. Use two channel back to back. Assume steel of grade Fe 410, E250 C and bolts grade 4.6. [14] b) Explain about design process and Basis for design.
Q7[4 Marks]Compression Members
(a) A compression member is built using two channels ISLC 400 placed toe to toe. The effective length of the member is 8 m. The width over the backs of two channels is 400 mm. The channels are properly connected by lacings. Calculate the safe load for the member. Design the lacing systems using M16 bolts of property class 4.6. [12] (b) A column ISHB 350 carries axial compressive factored load of . Design a suitable bolted gusset base. The base rests on M15 grade concrete pedestal. Use 24 mm diameter bolts of grade 4.6 for making the connections.
Q8[6 Marks]Design of Roof Trusses
(a) The building is to be constructed in core city area for a 50 years life, the size of the building is over . The height of the building is and is classified as 1st category building. Determine the wind pressure at the site and force on the truss. [10] (b) What do you mean by safety and serviceability requirements of steel structures? Explain it. [4] (c) Design a slab base for a column ISHB 350@ subjected to factored axial compressive load of . Concrete pedestal of grade M20.
Q9[8 Marks]Design of Roof Trusses
a) A building with large openings of size over and height is planned in a core city for a life. The building is planned to be located on a downward slope of high hill, the slope of which is and . The building has to be constructed at a height of above the base of hill. Determine the design wind pressure. [8] b) Design a timber beam of deodar wood having clear span , support width and subjected to uniformly distributed load of including self-weight and point load at mid span.
Q10[8 Marks]Compression members
Design of braced built-up column using double channel-section, having unsupported length 3.0m, subjected to factored axial load of 1600 kN. Use single lacing as lattice member and bolted connection to connect lacing and column. The ends of the columns are effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained against rotation.
Q11[8 Marks]Introduction
Design a slab base for ISSC 200 which has to carry a design axial load of resting on a concrete pedestal with M 20 grade of concrete.
Q12[8 Marks]Design of Roof Trusses
A roof truss building () has height 5m up to eaves level and rise of a truss is 2m and is designed for the highly- dense city (Kathmandu). The minimum lifetime of the structure is 50 years. The site should be located 15m above the mean ground level and 100m far. If the crest level of the ridge is 200m from mean ground level, determine the maximum wind force on the roof truss.
Q13[8 Marks]Tension Members
Design a tension member of double angle section connected on the both sides of gusset plate 12 mm thick. The member is subjected to axial tension of . Use M16 bolts of property class 4.6 for connection.
Q14[8 Marks]Introduction
Discuss about allowable strength in working stress method of design and different factor of safety in limit state method of design.

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  1. 1. Introduction

    • 1.1Steel Structure: Scope; advantages and disadvantages; types of steel structures
    • 1.2Structural Steel and Classification of Steel Structures
    • 1.3Design Process and Basis for design
    • 1.4Method of Analysis and Design
    • 1.4.1Working stress method
    • 1.4.2Limit state design method: Different limit states for steel design; Design strength of materials and design loads.
    • 1.4.3Ultimate Load Method
    • 1.5Prevailing codes and standards

  2. 2. Connections in Steel Structures

    • 2.1Connection in steel structure: Importance and its type.
    • 2.2Welded connections: Welds and welding; Design of simple and eccentric welding connections.
    • 2.3Bolted connections: Bolts and bolting; Design of simple and eccentric bolting connections.
    • 2.4Riveted connections: Brief introduction

  3. 3. Tension Members

    • 3.1Tension members: Definition and type of tension members.
    • 3.2Section area of tension members.
    • 3.3Design of tension members of simple and built-up section.
    • 3.4Design of Lug angle and tension splices.

  4. 4. Flexure members

    • 4.1Steel beams and its type.
    • 4.2Design of simple beam and built-up beams.
    • 4.3Design of continuous beams.
    • 4.4Design of plate girders.
    • 4.4.1Necessity and requirements of plate girders.
    • 4.4.2Design for bending, shear, deflection and lateral stability.
    • 4.4.3Curtailment of plates.
    • 4.4.4Design of web and flanged splices.

  5. 5. Compression members

    • 5.1Types of compression members.
    • 5.2Buckling behavior of columns.
    • 5.3Design of column of simple and built-up sections.
    • 5.4Design of lateral bracing of compression members.
    • 5.5Design of eccentrically loaded columns.
    • 5.6Design of column bases.
    • 5.6.1Axially loaded column bases.
    • 5.6.2Eccentrically loaded column bases.
    • 5.7Design of column splices.

  6. 6. Design of Roof Trusses

    • 6.1Types and components of roof trusses.
    • 6.2Loads on roof trusses.
    • 6.3Wind load calculations.
    • 6.4Design of roof components.

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  • Final Board Theory Exam: 60 Marks (Pass mark: 24)
  • Internal Assessment: 40 Marks (Pass mark: 16)
  • Practical / Lab Exam: 25 or 50 Marks (Continuous lab evaluation + viva, where applicable)

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