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DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

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1) Answer Q.1 or Q.2, Q.3 or Q.4, Q.5 or Q.6 and Q.7 or Q.8.
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4) Take fy = 250 and fe = 410 grade of steel.

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5) Take ultimate stress in bolt, fub = 400 N/mm2.
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Q1) a) Give definition of beam-column along with appropriate illustrations. [3]

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b) Design a moment resisting base plate that can resist the given factored
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axial compressive load of 1500 kN and factored bending moment of 100

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kNm, assuming that the concrete pedestal used is of M20 grade. The
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column section to which the base plate will be attached is ISHB 350
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weighing 67.4 kg/m. [14]

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Q2) a) Explain the distinctions between a slab base and a gusseted base. [3]
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b) A colunm having effective length of 4 m is subjected to factored axial

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load of 500 kN and factored moment of 75 kNm. Design the column

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section. Check for section strength only. [14]

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Q3) a) Explain in brief web buckling and web crippling with suitable sketches.[4]
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b) A simply supported steel joist of 5 m effective span carries a working

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uniformly distributed load 50 kN/m on entire span and a point load of 70

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Design an appropriate section. Apply usual checks for strength along

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with check for deflection. [14]

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b) Design a suitable I section for simply supported beam of span 4.5 m

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carrying a dead load of 30 kN/m and imposed load of 50 kN/m. The

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beam is laterally unsupported throughout the span. [14]

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Q5) Design a gantry girder supporting an electronically operated crane to the

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Capacity of crane = 120 kN
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2. Span between crane rails = 20 m

3. Self-weight crane girder = 100 kN
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4. Weight of crab, electric motor, hook etc. = 15 kN

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Q6) Determine panel point dead load, imposed load and wind load for a truss as
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shown in Figure 1. Assume design wind pressure as 1170 N/m2, use G.I.
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Sheet and the centre to centre spacing of truss as 3.5 m. Assume self weight
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of purlin as 20 N/m2 on plan area. [17]

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Q7) a) Explain in brief IS provisions for length and spacing of intermittent weld.
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b) Design the cross-section of a simply supported welded plate girder with

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an effective span of 20 m. The girder is subjected to a working uniformly

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distributed load of 43 kN/m throughout the span, including self-weight.

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Assume that the compression flange is laterally supported throughout

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Q8) a) Explain in brief flange curtailment of plate girder. [4]

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b) A simply supported welded plate girder has been designed for a span of

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800 mm wide and 50 mm thick, and a web that is 20 mm thick and 2500

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