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B.Tech Steel Structures Exam Questions

This document is an exam for a steel structures design course. It provides instructions for students to attempt 5 of 8 questions. The questions cover a range of topics in steel structure design including designing plate girders, railway bridges, foot bridges, gantry girders, roof trusses, and descriptions of structural components like bearings and joints. Students are warned that sharing exam materials or cheating may be treated as academic misconduct.

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B.Tech Steel Structures Exam Questions

This document is an exam for a steel structures design course. It provides instructions for students to attempt 5 of 8 questions. The questions cover a range of topics in steel structure design including designing plate girders, railway bridges, foot bridges, gantry girders, roof trusses, and descriptions of structural components like bearings and joints. Students are warned that sharing exam materials or cheating may be treated as academic misconduct.

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Roll No. Total No.

of Pages : 02
Total No. of Questions : 08
B.Tech (CE) (Sem.–7)
DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES-II
Subject Code : BTCE-801
M.Code : 71859
Date of Examination : 19-07-21
Time : 2 Hrs. Max. Marks : 60

INST RUCT IONS T O CANDIDAT ES :


1. Attempt any FIVE question(s), ea ch que stion c arrie s 12 marks.

1. a) Discuss various functions of bearings.


b) Derive the expression for the economical depth of a plate girder. Assume moment is
resisted by flanges only.
2. a) What are various loads act on the roof truss? Explain in detail.
b) Derive the expression for the economical depth of a plate girder. Assume moment is
resisted by flanges only.
3. Design a railway bridge for the following data :
Type of bridge - Deck type plate girder bridge
Span - 14 m between centers of bearings
Gauge - broad, single track, main line
Distance between centers of plate girder - 2 m.
4. Design foot bridge for following data :
Type of girder : lattice type.
Span of girder = 15 m C/C of bearings.

Cross girders to be spaced at 1.8 m centres.


Clear walking width between main girders = 2 m
Pedestrian load = 4 kN/m2
Flooring of timber planks supported on cross girders.

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5. Design a gantry girder without lateral restraint along its span, to be used in an industrial
building carrying a overhead travelling crane for the following data :

Self - weight of crane girder excluding trolley - 220KN


Self - weight of trolley, electric motor , hook etc - 50KN
Approximate minimum approach of crane hook to the gantry girder - 1.2 m
Wheel base - 3.5m
C/C distance between gantry rails - 15m
Span of gantry girder - 7m

Self weight of rail section - 300N/m


Yield stress of steel - 415MPa
6. Explain the following :
a) Rocker and roller bearings
b) Mill bent
c) Cross girder and main girder with welded joints.
7. Design a roof truss for a factory building for a span of 18 m and a pitch of 1/5. The height
of the truss at eaves level is 10 m. The spacing of the truss is 4.0 m. The factory building
which is 70 m long is situated at Jaipur. Take fy = 250 N/mm2.
8. A plate girder with Fe 410 steel plates is having 12 mm × 1750 mm web plates and
75 mm × 530 mm flange plates. Determine the design flexural strength, if unrestrained
length is 9.8 m.

Note: Any student found attempting answer sheet from any other person(s), using
incriminating material or involved in any wrong activity reported by evaluator shall be
treated under UMC provisions.
Student found sharing the question paper(s)/answer sheet on digital media or with any
other person or any organization/institution shall also be treated under UMC.
Any student found making any change/addition/modification in contents of scanned copy of
answer sheet and original answer sheet, shall be covered under UMC provisions.

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