Design of Steel Structures

A. equilibrium condition
B. yield condition
C. plastic moment condition
D. mechanism condition

A. is equal to 1
B. is always less than 1
C. is always greater than 1
D. can be less than 1

A. equilibrium and mechanism conditions
B. equilibrium and plastic moment conditions
C. mechanism and plastic moment conditions
D. equilibrium condition only

A. only on the ultimate stress of the material
B. only on the yield stress of the material
C. only on the geometry of the section
D. both on the yield stress and ultimate stress of material

A. lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure
B. upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure
C. lower bound on the strength of structure
D. upper bound on the strength of structure

A. rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth
B. all rectangular beams
C. solid circular beams only
D. all square cross-section beams

A. 0.5 D
B. 0.68 D
C. 0.88 D
D. D

A. sway bracing
B. portal bracing
C. top lateral bracing
D. bottom lateral bracing

A. 2Vi % of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
B. 10% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
C. 25% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
D. 50% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing

i) lateral braces
ii) chord members
The correct answer is
A. only (i)
B. only (ii)
C. both (i) and (ii)
D. none of the above