PSN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous),
Melathediyoor, Tirunelveli – 627152
QUESTION BANK / CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT TEST – II / AY (2024-2025) / even Sem
Branch: B.E. Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Year/Semester: : III / 5
Course Code: CE660212 Course Name: Design of Steel Structures
Date : Session: Max. Marks: 50 Marks
Time : 1.30 Hours Regulation: 2022
Course Outcomes (COs): At the end of the course, the student will be able to
CO1: Understand the design concept of axially loaded columns, column base connections
CO2: Understand design the specific problems related to the design of laterally restrained and unrestrained
steel beams
BL – Bloom’s Level (1- Remembering, 2- Understanding, 3 – Applying, 4 – Analysing, 5 – Evaluating, 6 -
Creating); CO – Course Outcome;
Q. No. PART-A (12 x 2 = 24 Marks) Marks CO BL
1 Define Strut 02 CO3 1
2 Define slenderness ratio 02 CO3 2
3 What is the formulae used for determine design load 02 CO3 2
4 Draw the diagram of buckling of column. 02 CO3 2
5 Draw the Shapes of Compression member 02 CO3 2
6 What are the different effective lengths for different boundary condition? 02 CO3 1
7 Define effective length. 02 CO3 2
8 Define single lacing & double lacing. 02 CO3 2
9 Define lacing column 02 CO3 1
10 Define Battened Column 02 CO3 1
11 Draw the neat sketch on battened column 02 CO3 1
12 Define and draw single laced and double laced column 02 CO3 2
13 Define laterally supported beam 02 CO4 2
14 Classifiction of cross section of Laterally supported beam 02 CO4 2
15 Define web buckling 02 CO4 1
16 Define web Crippling 02 CO4 2
17 How the laterally supported beam fails? 02 CO4 1
18 What are the types of splices? 02 CO4 1
19 What is meant by lateral buckling of beam? 02 CO4 2
20 What are the guide lines to locate the plastic hinges? 02 CO4 2
21 Define yield length. 02 CO4 1
22 Define shape factor. 02 CO4 1
23 What is meant by plastic hinge? 02 CO4 1
24 What are the elements of plate girder? 02 CO4 2
Q. No. PART – B (2 x 13 = 26 Marks) Marks CO BL
13 (a) Determine the design axial load capacity of the column 13 CO3 5
ISHB300@577N/m. if the length of column is 3m and both ends Pinned
13 (a) Design a single angle strut connected to the gusset plate to carry 180kN 13 CO3 5
factored Load. The length of the strut between centre to centre
intersections is 3m.
(OR)
13 (b) 13 CO3 5
The column has 4m long has to support a factored load of [Link]
column is effectively held at both ends and restrained in direction at one
of the ends. Design the column using beam sections and plate
Design a laced column with two channels back to back of length 10m to 13 CO3 5
13 (b) carry an axial factored load of [Link] column may be assumed to
have restrained in position but not in direction at both ends(hinged ends)
14 (a) Design and Check the roof of a hall measuring 8m x 12 m consists of 100 mm 13 CO4 5
thick R.C Slab Supported on Steel I beam based at 3m and length =8m ,width
of support = 0.3 m . Total factored load = 25.95Kn/m
14 (a) Determine the uniformly distributed load carrying capacity of the welded 13 CO4 5
plate girder .
[Link] =5171.200 X 103, B = 200 mm ,tf = 16 mm ,d = 800 mm, I =
1748.173 X 106 mm4,tw = 16 mm , L = 4m
(OR)
14 (b) Design a simply supported beam of effective span 10 m carrying a 13 CO4 5
factored load 60Kn/[Link] depth of beam should not exceed 500mm .The
compression flange of the beam is laterally supported by floor
[Link] = 3224033
An ISMB 500 section used as a beam over a span of 6 m, with simply 13 CO4 5
supported ends. Determine the maximum factored uniformly distributed
14 (b)
load that the beam can carry if the ends are restrained against torsion but
compression flange is laterally unsupported.