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Unit - I - Connections - Riveted, Welded & Bolted
Unit - I - Connections - Riveted, Welded & Bolted
Disadvantages:
Corrosion
At high temperature steel loses most of its strength,
leading to deformation or failure
7. What is Girts?
It is horizontal wall beams used to support wall covering
on the side of an
industrial building
8. What is meant by Spandrel beam?
It is beam around the outside perimeter of a floor that
support the exterior walls and the outside
edge of the floor
15. What are the factors that govern will govern the
structural
design? Foundation movements
Elastic axial shortening
Soil and fluid pressures
Vibration Fatigue
Impact (dynamic effects)
7. What is Post?
It is loosely used for a column, but in truss bridge girders,
end compression
members are called end posts.
8. What is a boom?
It is the principal compression member in a crane.
12. What will be the thickness for the single and double
lacing bars?
The thickness of flat lacing bars shall not be less than one-
fortieth of the length
between the inner end rivets or welds for single lacing,
and one-sixtieth of the length for
double lacing.
1. What is a beam?
A beam is a structural member, which carries a load
normal to the axis. The load
produces bending moment and shear force in the beam.