Civil Engineering MCQs

2965 MCQs  (Page 213 of 297)

The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist_________________?
A. Horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake only
B. Horizontal, shear due to wind or earthquake + 2.5% of column loads
C. Column loads + 2.5% of horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake
D. Column loads + full horizontal shear due to wind or earthquake
The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of_________________?
A. I) lateral braces
B. Ii) chord members
C. The correct answer is
D.
The sway bracing is designed to transfer____________________?
A. 2vi % of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
B. 10% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
C. 25% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
D. 50% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called__________________?
A. Sway bracing
B. Portal bracing
C. Top lateral bracing
D. Bottom lateral bracing
In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for________________?
A. Rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth
B. All rectangular beams
C. Solid circular beams only
D. All square cross-section beams
The mechanism method and the statical method give__________________?
A. Lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure
B. Upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure
C. Lower bound on the strength of structure
D. Upper bound on the strength of structure