If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as________________?

   A. stringer beam B. lintel beam C. spandrel beam D. header beam...

2. The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is________________?

   A. zero B. 10 C. 100 D. infinity...

3. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of_________________?

   A. bottom chord area B. top chord area C. effective span of bridge D. heaviest axle load of engine...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of___________________?

   A. 1.23 m above the rail level B. 1.50 m above the rail level C. 1.83 m above the rail level D. 2.13 m above the rail level...

7. If the loaded length of span in meters of a railway steel bridge carrying a single track is 6 m, then impact factor is taken as_________________?

   A. 0 B. 0.5 C. between 0.5 and 1.0 D. 1.0...

8. The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is___________________?

   A. 180 B. 200 C. 250 D. 350...

9. 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...

10. The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be___________________?

    A. 4 mm B. 5 mm C. 6 mm D. 8 mm...