The sway bracing is designed to transfer____________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to_____________________?

   A. transfer load from top of end posts to bearings
   B. keep the rectangular shape of the bridge cross-section
   C. stiffen the structure laterally
   D. prevent the sidesway buckling of top chord

4. Gantry girders are designed to resist_________________?

   A. lateral loads
   B. longitudinal loads and vertical loads
   C. lateral, longitudinal and vertical loads
   D. lateral and longitudinal loads

5. The connection of intermediate vertical stiffeners to the web, not subjected to external loads, shall be designed for a minimum shear force (kN/m) of___________________?

   A. 75 t2/h
   B. 125 t3/h2
   C. 125 t2/h
   D. 175 t2/h

   where, t = the web thickness in mm
   h = the outstand of stiffener in mm

6. compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for_________________?

   A. bearing and shear
   B. bending and shear
   C. bearing and bending
   D. bearing, shear and bending

7. Steel tanks are mainly designed for_______________________?

   A. weight of tank
   B. wind pressure
   C. water pressure
   D. earthquake forces

8. Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist_________________?

   A. bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load
   B. shear force due to 2.5% of the column load
   C. 2.5% of the column load
   D. both (A) and (B)

9. For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is_______________?

   A. 1:1
   B. 1 : V2
   C. V2 : 1
   D. 2: 1

10. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies___________________?

    A. equilibrium and mechanism conditions
    B. equilibrium and plastic moment conditions
    C. mechanism and plastic moment conditions
    D. equilibrium condition only