USN 12CSE152

First Semester M.Tech. Degree Examination, February 2013

Cold Formed Light Guage Steel Structures

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:100

Note: 1. Answer any FIVE full questions.
2. Use of relevant codes is permitted.
3. Missing data to be assumed suitably.
2. Any revealing of identification, appeal to evaluator and /or equations written eg, 42+8 = 50, will be treated as malpractice.

1 a. Define slenderness ratio. Explain buckling based on Euler’s theory. State its limitations.
(06 Marks)
b. Differentiate between hot rolled sections and cold formed sections and state their
applications. (06 Marks)
c. Sketch the cold formed sections used in structural framing and state the sections used under
tension, compression and flexural members.
Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.

(08 Marks)

2 a. Explain the local buckling and post buckling strength of thin compression elements with
sketches. (08 Marks)
b. Discuss on the thickness limitations of cold formed steel structural members. (06 Marks)
c. Draw the stress-strain curve for a mild steel strip under (i) sharp yielding (ii) gradual
yielding. (06 Marks)

3 a. Define ductility ad applied to cold deformed light gauge steel structures. (06 Marks)
b. What is the temperature effect in mechanical properties of cold formed steel? Discuss.
(06 Marks)
c. Briefly explain (i) unstiffened compression elements and stiffened compression element
with sketches. (08 Marks)

4 Write explanatory note on the following:

a. Flat-Width-to-Thickness ratio
b. Torsional rigidity
c. Allowable stress design
d. Stress distribution in stiffened compressive elements. (20 Marks)

5 a. What is form factor? Discuss form factor for columns. (06 Marks)
b. A light gauge steel rectangular box section 200 mm  100 mm  2.0mm is used for a
column. The effective length of the column is 3.80 m. Determine the safe load carrying
capacity of the column cross section. Assume the design basic stress being = 125 N/mm2
and all the four elements of the section are stiffened. (14 Marks)

6 a. What are the design features to be considered in the design of flexural members? (06 Marks)
b. For the laterally unsupported light gauge steel beams (I-section) prove that the allowable
bending stress (c) is given by
2
  2.8  10   h 
5
c   - N/mm2
  / ry 2   rx 
 
where  = unbraced length of the Beam ; h = depth of the beam
ry = radius of gyration about y-y axis ; rx = radius of gyration about x-x axis
(14 Marks)
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7 Two channel sections without bent lips is 180 mm  50 mm are connected with the web to act as
a beam. The thickness of the channel section is 2 mm. The effective span of the beam is 3.80 m
(simply supported). Determine the maximum udl including its safe height. The beam is laterally
supported throughout its length. Adopt the properties of the section as per IS 811-1961.
(20 Marks)

8 a. State the types of connections generally used in cold formed steel connections. (04 Marks)
b. List the Arc welds generally used and explain them with the aid of sketches. (12 Marks)
c. List the four basic types of failure usually occur in the cold formed steel bolted connections.
(04 Marks)

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