SUB: RCC AND STEEL MODULE-41C

MODULE- 41C
Plate girders and trusses.
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1. Group I contains some elements in design of a simply supported

plate girder and Group 2 gives some qualitative locations on the
girder. Match the items of two lists as per good design practice and
relevant codal provisions.
Group I
P flange splice
Q web splice
R bearing stiffeners
S horizontal stiffener

Group II
1. at supports (minimum)
2. away from centre of span
3. away from support
4. in the middle of span
5. longitudinally somewhere in the compression flange

Codes:
P Q R S
(a) 2 3 1 5
(b) 4 2 1 3
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 1 5 2 3

Ans: (a)

2. 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 safety
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

Ans: (c)

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MODULE-41C
3. The adjoining figure shows a schematic representation of a steel
plate girder to be used as a simply supported beam with a
concentrated load. For stiffeners, PQ (running along the beam axis)
and RS(running between the top and bottom flanges) which of the
following pairs of statements will be TRUE?

A) (i) RS should be provided under the concentrated load only.(ii)

PQ should be placed in the tension side of the flange.
(B) (i) RS helps to prevent local buckling of the web.(ii) PQ should
be placed in the compression side of the flange.
(C) (i) RS should be provided at supports.(ii) PQ should be placed
along the neutral axis.
(D) (i) RS should be provided away from points of action of
concentrated loads.(ii) PQ should be provided on the compression
side of the flange.

Ans: (b)

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