Civil Engineering MCQs

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The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with__________________?
A. Decrease in h/t ratio
B. Increase in h/t ratio
C. Decrease in thickness
D. Increase in height
In moment resistant connections, the moment resistance of riveted connection depends upon________________?
A. Shear in rivets
B. Compression in rivets
C. Tension in rivets
D. Strength of rivets in bearing
For rivets in tension with counter-sunk heads, the tensile value shall be____________________?
A. Reduced by 25 %
B. Reduced by 33.3%
C. Increased by 25 %
D. Increased by 33.3 %
Lug angles_________________?
A. Are used to reduce the length of connection.
B. Are unequal angles.
C. Increases shear lag.
D. All the above
Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is_______________?
A. Equal to load factor in determinate structures
B. More than the load factor in determinate structures
C. Less than the load factor in determinate structures
D. Unpredictable