(Reg. No: Question Paper Code : 14028 ME. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 Bleetive Structural Engineering ‘ST 7013 — DESIGN OF STEEL CONCRETE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES (Regulation 2012) ‘Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 masks Answer ALL questions PART A—(10» 20 marks) 1. List the benofite of stoel concrete composite construction. ‘Mention the types of commonly used structural sects Define ‘Degree of shear connection. 4, Write the working principle of shear connectors. 5. What do you know ahout foreo transfer of composite members? ‘6. Distinguish between laterally restrained and unrestrained beams. ‘Write the advantazes of box girder bridges over I boam girders ‘What is the function of intermediate ora girders in hogging moment rogions? ee Differentiate between the linear static and linear dynamic procedures for eiamie analysis of stool eoncrete composites, 10. What conditions are considered in the design of stacl compos joints for PART B— (6 « 16=80 marks) 11. (@) @ Classify the types of fabrication of steel structures. Explain. do, (Write the advantages and disadvantages. of steel composite structures, © orDosign s bute weld to join two etrip of 180. 12 mm and 1608 mm ‘to carry an axial tension of 110 EN, © Gi) Discuss in detail the construction and maintenance issues of ‘composite steel concrote atructures, 6 12. (a) What is the use of shear connectors? Explain its types with neat sketches. a0) Woe short moter about the netalationfsherconnectirs, (@) or ©) @ Explain the eost impacts of steel Gi) Explain the Mechanism of fatigue | swith neat figure, 15, (@) Explain beam and column connections in composite structures. (26) or (®) Name and explain the four periods of constructional history of empite columns. aH art cnc M4, (@) @ Blaborate the bending, torsion and distortion behaviour of box girder bridge, @ (2) What are the basi variables required to make a rons section of box eirders, Discuss in detail, @ or (©) Explain step by step procedure involved in the design of box Ginder + Bridge. ao, ‘ip details the economics benefits of steel composite ao) notes on seismic response spectrum analysis. o or the recent changes in the steeloonerete composite . as) 14028