Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Q. 1 As per IS 800 : 2007 the cross-section in which extreme fibre can reach the yield
stress but can not develop the plastic moment of resistance due to local bucking
is classified as
(A) plastic section (B) compact section
(C) semi compact section (D) shear section
Q. 4 In a steel plate with bolted connection, the rupture of the net section is a mode
of failure under
(A) tension
(B) compression
(C) flexure
(D) shear
Q. 5 Two plates are connected by fillet welds of size 10 mm and subjected to tension,
as shown in the sketch. The thickness of each plate is 12 mm. The yield stress
and the ultimate tensile stress of steel are 250 MP and 410 MPa respectively. The
welding is done in the workshop ^gmm = 1.25h. As per the Limit State Method of
IS 800 : 2007, the minimum length (rounded off to the nearest higher multiple of
5 mm) of each weld to transmit a force P equal to
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 6 For the fillet weld of size ‘s ’ shown in the adjoining figure the effective throat
thickness is
Q. 7 The value of W that results in the collapse of the beam shown in the adjoining
figure and having a plastic moment capacity of M p is
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 9 A double cover butt riveted joint is used to connected two flat plates of 200 mm
width and 14 mm thickness as shown in the figure. There are twelve power driven
rivets of 20 mm diameter at a pitch of 50 mm in both directions on either side
of the plate. Two cover plates of 10 mm thickness are used. The capacity of the
joint in tension considering bearing and shear ONLY, with permissible bearing
and shear stresses as 300 MPa and 100 MPa respectively is
(A) 1083.6 kN
(B) 871.32 kN
(C) 541.8 kN
(D) 433.7 kN
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 11 In the theory of plastic bending of beams, the ratio of plastic moment to yield
moment is called
(A) shape factor (B) plastic section modulus
(C) modulus of resilience (D) rigidity modulus
Q. 12 The square root of the ratio of moment of inertia of the cross-section to its cross-
sectional area is called
(A) second moment of area (B) slenderness ratio
(C) section modulus (D) radius of gyration
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 15 The shape of the cross-section, which has the largest shape factor, is
(A) rectangular (B) I-section
(C) Diamond (D) Solid circular
Q. 16 Rivets and bolts subjected to both shear stress (tvf, cal) and axial tensile stress
(stf, cal) shall be so proportioned that the stresses do not exceed the respective
t s
allowable stresses tvf and stf and the value of b vt, cal + tf, cal l does not exceed
tvf stf
(A) 1.0 (B) 1.2
(C) 1.4 (D) 1.8
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 20 The plastic collapse load WP for the propped cantilever supporting two point
loads as shown in fig. in terms of plastic moment capacity, WP is given by
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 23 When the triangular section of a beam as shown below becomes a plastic hinge,
the compressive force acting on the section (with sy denoting the yield stress)
becomes
bhsy 2bhsy
(A) (B)
4 9
bhsy bhsy
(C) (D)
2 3
Q. 24 The permissible stress in axial tension sst in steel member on the net effective
area of the section shall not exceed ( fy is the yield stress)
(A) 0.80 fy (B) 0.75 fy
(C) 0.60 fy (D) 0.50 fy
Q. 26 A fillet-welded joint of 6mm size is shown in the figure. The welded surfaces meet
at 60-90 degree and permissible stress in the filled weld is 108 MPa. The safe load
that can be transmitted by the joint is
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 27 Which one of the following is NOT correct for steel sections as per IS:800-1984 ?
(A) The maximum bending stress in tension or in compression in extreme fibre
calculated on the effective section of a beam shall not exceed 0.66 fy .
(B) The bearing stress in any part of a beam when calculated on the net area
shall not exceed 0.75 fy .
(C) The direct stress in compression on the gross sectional area of axially
loaded compression member shall not exceed 0.6 fy
(D) None of the above
Q. 29 In a plate girder, the web plate is connected to the flange plates by fillet welding.
The size of the fillet welds is designed to safely resist
(A) the bending stresses in the flanges
(B) the vertical shear force at the section
(C) the horizontal shear force between the flanges and the web plate
(D) the forces causing buckling in the web
Q. 31 A square steel slab base of area 1 m2 is provided for a column made of two rolled
channel sections. The 300 mm # 300 mm column carries an axial compressive
load of 2000 kN. The line of action of the load passes through the centroid of the
column section as well as of the slab base. The permissible bending stress in slab
base is 185 MPa. The required minimum thickness of the slab base is
(A) 110 mm (B) 89 mm
(C) 63 mm (D) 55 mm
Q. 32 A strut in a steel truss is composed of two equal angle ISA 150 mm # 150 mm of
thickness 10 mm connected back-to-back to the same side of a gusset plate. The
cross sectional area of each angle is 2921 mm2 and moment of inertia (Ixx = Iyy) is
6335000 mm 4 . The distance of the centroid of the angle from its surface (Cx = Cy)
is 40.8 mm. The minimum radius of gyration of the strut is
(A) 93.2 mm (B) 62.7 mm
(C) 46.6 mm (D) 29.8 mm
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 33 Two equal angles ISA 100 mm # 100 mm of thickness 10 mm are placed back-
to-back and connected to the either side of a gusset plate through a single row of
16 mm diameter rivets in double shear. The effective are 775 mm2 and 950 mm2
, respectively. If the angles are NOT tack riveted, the net effective area of this
pair of angles is
(A) 3650 mm2
(B) 3450 mm2
(C) 3076 mm2
(D) 2899 mm2
Q. 36 In the design of lacing system for a built-up steel column, the maximum allowable
slenderness ratio of a lacing bar is
(A) 120 (B) 145
(C) 180 (D) 250
Q. 37 Which of the following elements of a pitched roof industrial steel building primarily
resists lateral load parallel to the ridge ?
(A) bracings
(B) purlins
(C) truss
(D) columns
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 38 List-I contains some elements in design of a simply supported plate girder and
List II give some qualitative locations on the girder. Match the items of two lists
as per good design practice and relevant codal provisions.
List I List II
a. Flange splice 1. At supports (minimum)
b. Web splice 2. Away from centre of span
c. Bearing Stiffeners 3. Away from support
d. Horizontal stiffener 4. In the middle of span
5. Longitudinally somewhere in the
compression flange
Codes :
a b c d
(A) 2 3 1 5
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 1 5 2 3
Q. 39 A steel portal frame has dimensions, plastic moment capacities and applied load
as shown in the figure. The vertical load is always twice of the horizontal load.
The collapse load P required for the development of a beam mechanism is
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 42 When designing steel structures, one must ensure that local buckling in webs
dos not take place. This check may not be very critical when using rolled steel
sections because
(A) Quality control at the time of manufacture of rolled sections is very good
(B) Web depths available are small
(C) Web stiffeners are in built in rolled sections
(D) Depth to thickness ratio (of the web) are appropriately adjusted
Q. 44 ISA 100 # 100 # 100 mm (cross-sectional area = 1908 mm2 ) serves as tensile
member. This angle is welded to a gusset plate along A and B appropriately as
shown in figure. Assuming the yield strength of the steel to be 260 N/mm2 the
tensile strength of this member can be taken to be approximately
Q. 45 ISA 100 # 100 # 10 mm (cross sectional area = 1908 mm2 ) is welded along A
and B (refer to figure from above question), such that the length of the weld along
A and B are l1 and l2 , respectively. Which of the following is a possibly acceptable
combination of l1 and l2 .
(A) l1 = 60 mm and l2 = 150 mm
(B) l1 = 150 mm and l2 = 60 mm
(C) l1 = 150 mm and l2 = 150 mm
(D) Any of the above depending on the size of the weld
Q. 46 A steel beam (with a constant EI and span L) is fixed at both ends and carries a
uniformly distributed load (w kN/m), which is gradualy increased till the beam
reaches the stage of plastic collapse (refer to the following figure). Assuming ‘B’
to be at mid-span, which of the following is true
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
Q. 47 Identify the most effective butt joint (with double cover plates) for a plate in
tension from the patterns (plan view) shown below, each comprising 6 identical
bolts with the same pitch and gauge:
Q. 48 Consider the following two statements related to structural steel design, and
identify whether they are True or False
I. The Euler buckling load of a slender steel column depends on the yield
strength of steel.
II. In the design of laced column, the maximum spacing of the lacing does not
depend on the slenderness of column as a whole.
(A) Both statement I and II are True
(B) Statement I is True, and statement is False
(C) Statement I is False, and statement II is True
(D) Both statements I and II are False
**********
mywbut.com
GATE SOLVED PAPER - CE DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE
ANSWER KEY
DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(C) 25 kN 60 kN (A) (B) (B) (D) (B) (B) (B)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
(A) (D) (B) (D) (C) (C) (B) (A) (D) (B)
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
(A) (D) (A) (C) (D) (C) (D) (B) (C) (A)
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
(D) (C) (D) (B) (B) (B) (A) (A) (A) (A)
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
(C) (D) (B) (A) (B) (B) (A) (D)
mywbut.com