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1 Attempt any Five of the following 10
a. 1 Enlist the components and corresponding functions of Steel water
tank.
b. 2 Define bolt value and pitch.
c. 3 Draw a neat sketch showing strain diagram & stress diagram for a
singly reinforced balanced section.
d. 4 Write the expression for minimum shear reinforcement giving the
meaning of terms involved.
e. 5. Define aspect ratio in case of slab and state its importance.
f. 6. Write any two IS specifications for longitudinal reinforcement of
an axially loaded short column.
g. 1. Enlist two load to be considered as per IS 875-1987 while
designing steel structures.
2 Attempt Three of the following 12
a. 1 Explain the limit state of serviceability applicable to steel
structures.
b. 2 In steel constructions bolts of grade 4.6 are generally used. What
do you mean by grade 4.6?
c. 3 Define Over reinforced sections and state two reasons due to
which they are avoided.
d. 4 Diameter of steel bar is 20 mm. Use Fe415 steel and design bond
stress is 1.2 MPa. For plain bars in tension. Find development
length in tension and compression.
3 Attempt any TWO of the following 12
a. 2 Design the lap joint for plates 100 × 10 mm and 80 × 10 mm thick
connected, to transmit 120 kN factored load using single raw of 18
mm dia. bolts of 4.6 grade and plates of 415 grades.
b. 2 Design a suitable fillet welded connection for ISA 80 x 50 x 8 mm
with its longer leg connected to gusset plate of thickness 8mm.
The angle is subjected to factored load of 270 kN. Cxx = 27.5mm.
assume weld applied to all three edges and shop weld.
c. 3 A RC section 250 mm × 450 mm effective is reinforced with 4 No
- 16 mm dia bars of Fe 415 on tension side only. If M20 concrete
is used, calculate ultimate moment of resistance the beam can
offer.
4 Attempt any TWO of the following 12
a. 3 Calculate depth and area of steel at mid span of a simply supported
beam over a clear span 6 m. The beam is carrying all inclusive
load 20 kN/m. Assume 300 mm bearings. Use M20 and Fe500.
Assume (b = ½ d).
b. 4 A simply supported beam of span 5 m carries a working udl of
intensity 40 kN/m. Size of beam 350 mm x 500 mm (effective). It
is reinforced with 4 bars 20 mm diameter. Design 8 mm diameter 2
legged stirrups if one 20 mm diameter bar is bent up. Take τc = 0.5
 N/mm2, τc max = 2.8 N/mm2. Use M20 grade concrete and Fe415
steel.
c. 4 State the various forms of shear reinforcement. State formula for
the same.
5 Attempt any TWO of the following 12
a. 5 Design a one way slab with the following data, span = 5 m, live
load = 4 kN/m2 floor finish = 1 kN/m2. Concrete M20 and Fe415
steel. Take M.F. as 1.4. (No check required).
b. 5 Design a reinforced concrete slab panel for 6.3 × 4.5 m simply
supported on all the four sides. It has to carries a live load of 4
kN/m2 in addition to its dead load. Use M25 concrete Fe 415 steel.
(No checks) Use αx = 0.062 & αy = 0.060.
c. 5 Design a cantilever chajja with following data : Span = 1.50 m,
width = 2.0 m, L.L. = 1.5 kN/m2. Floor finish = 0.5 kN/m2, support
lintel = 230 × 300 mm concrete M 20, Fe 415 steel, sketch the c/s
of chajja. Showing steel details.
6 Attempt any TWO of the following 12
a. 6 Design a square column to carry an axial load of 1500 kN. The
unsupported length of the column is 3.5 m. Use M20 concrete &
1% Fe500 steel for longitudinal reinforcement. Use MS bar for
lateral ties. Apply the check for minimum eccentricity.
b. 6 Design a circular column to carry an axial load of 1500 kN. using
MS Lateral ties. Use M25 concrete and Fe415 steel. The
unsupported length of column is 3.75 m..
c. 6 Design on R.C. column footing with following data.
Size of column = 400 mm × 400 mm.
Safe bearing capacity of soil = 200 kN/m2.
Load on column = 1400 kN.
Concrete M20 and steel Fe 415 is used.
Calculate depth of footing from B.M. Criteria.
No shear check is required.