Set 18-Miscellaneous & Part 5-Structural

Recent Board Problems Steel Design

Miscellaneous & Recent Board Problems

Situation: Problem 1 to 3:
A riveted lap joint is shown in Figure ST-17. The rivet have 16mm diameters, and
the permissible stresses are 124MPA
for shear in rivets, 296MPa for
bearing and 165MPa for tension
(on net area) in plates. The plates
are 10mm thick.
Assume hole diameter be 1.5mm
larger than the rived diameter.

Problem 1
Which of the following gives the value of P so that the allowable bearing stress in
rivets will not be exceeded.
A. 285.7kN C. 236.8kN
B. 214.5kN D. 257.7kN

Problem 2
Which of the following gives the value of P so that the allowable tensile stress in
plates will not be exceeded.
A. 302.5kN C. 298.3kN
B. 254.8kN D. 280.5kN

Problem 3
Which of the following gives the safe value of P.
A. 124.6kN C. 280.5kN
B. 114.3kN D. 236.8kN

Situation: problem 4 to 6 (CE May 2002)

A plate with width of 400mm and thickness of 12mm is to be connected to a plate
of the same width and thickness by 34mm diameter blots, as shown in Figure
ST-13. The hole are 2mm larger than the bolt diameter. The plate is A36 steel
with yield strength Fy=248MegaPascals. Allowable tensile stress is 0.60Fy. It is
required to determine the value of b so that the net width along bolts 1-2-3-3 is
equal to the net width along bolts 1-2-4.
Set 18-Miscellaneous & Part 5-Structural
Recent Board Problems Steel Design
Problem 4
Which of the following gives the
value of b in millimeters.
A. 28.6
B. 37.4
C. 52.1
D. 19.7

Problem 5 
Which of the following gives the
value of the net area for tension in
plates in square millimeters.
A. 3624
B. 3214
C. 3867
D. 4178

Problem 6 
Which of the following gives the value of P so that the allowable tensile stress on
net area will not be exceeded.
A. 575 B. 687 C. 539 D. 424

Situation: Problem 7 to 9
An axially loaded connection is
shown in Figure ST-71. The plate
is A36 steel with thickness of 6mm.
The rivets are 28mm diameter
with allowable shearing stress of
190MPa. Allowable bearing stress
on projected area between rivet
and plate is 370MPa and the
allowable tensile stress on plates
on net area is 150MPa. Hole
diameter is 1.5mm larger than
the rivet diameter.

Problem 7 
Which of the following gives the value of P without exceeding the allowable
shearing stress in rivets, in KiloNewton:
A. 495 C. 465
B. 430 D. 450