USN 12CSE152

First Semester M.Tech. Degree Examination, Dec.2013/Jan.2014

Cold Formed Light Gage Steel Structures

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks:100

Note: 1. Answer any FIVE full questions.
2. Use of IS 801-1975 and IS 800-2007 is permitted.
3. Missing data if any may 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. Explain the theory on which the buckling of column is based. Can this theory be applied to
the cold deformed light gauge steel structures? (06 Marks)
b. List the advantages of cold deformed steel sections. (08 Marks)
c. Sketch the cross sections of light gauge steel under tension and compression. (06 Marks)

2 a. Discuss important mechanical properties of the cold formed steel (CFS) and state their
Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.

values. (06 Marks)

b. Explain modulus of elasticity, tangent modulus and shear modulus related to cold formed
steel. (06 Marks)
c. Explain the following:
i) Allowable stress design ii) LRFD method of design. (08 Marks)

3 a. Define element strength and stiffened elements under uniform compression and explain their
behaviour respectively. (08 Marks)
b. Draw correctly the - curve for a steel sheet or strip of CFS under the following:
i) Under sharp yielding ii) Gradual yielding
and discuss their salient points. Is this - curve different from the - curve of hot rolled
steel? Explain. (12 Marks)

4 a. Explain the design procedure for light gauge steel tension members. (06 Marks)
b. Explain the connections related to cold formed steel under (i) riveting and (ii) welding, (with
suitable sketches.) (14 Marks)

5 a. Explain with neat sketches, the overall buckling related to cold formed sections under
different loading conditions. (14 Marks)
b. Explain the form factor and its importance in the design of columns. (06 Marks)

6 a. Explain the concept of stress distribution under flexure for a channel section under the
following conditions:
i) When the web of the section is horizontal
ii) When the web of the section is vertical (12 Marks)
b. State the equation related to allowable stress in bending in compression and explain.
(08 Marks)
7 What do you mean by local buckling and distortion buckling and how they are different
from Euler’s bucking? Explain with reference to different end conditions of column.
(20 Marks)
8 Write short notes on the following:
a. Seismic performance of cold formed steel
b. Effective design width
c. Web crippling and web buckling of CFS beams
d. Shear strength of cold formed steel beams (20 Marks)

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