OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS IN BOLTED
CONNECTIONS AND WELDED
CONNECTIONS
Welded Connections :-
1) What is the mode of failure in a fillet weld material ??
__________________
Ans:- Shear mode of failure
2) Transverse fillet welds are more efficient than that of longitudinal
fillet welds because of ___________________________
Ans :- More uniform stress distribution in transverse fillet welds
3) Among fillet and butt welds, which of these have higher residual
stresses??
Ans:- Butt Welds
4) Pick up the wrong statement among the following
(i)
Groove welds are best suited where fatigue is expected
(ii)
Groove welds are subjected to less residual stresses.
(iii) Groove welds are expensive.
(iv) None of them is wrong.
5) Why are groove welds costlier than that of the fillet welds?
Ans :- Because they require edge preparation of the members to be
joined
6) Usually, groove welds are designed for resisting which types of
forces ??
Ans:- Tension or compression
7) Name any two types of inspection of welds
Ans:- Magnetic Particle Method, Dye penetration method,
Ultrasonic method, Sonography
8) Give two reasons for providing reinforcements in groove welds
Ans:- 1) To increase the efficiency of the joint, 2) Reinforcement
makes the groove welds stronger for static loads (only)
9) In which of the weld, the pressure is applied continuously??
Ans:- Seam Welding
10)
The design shear stress for which of the type of welds are
same as that of fillet weld??
Ans:- Plug and Slot weld
11)
For manual metal arc welding, the electrodes to be used
should comply with which of the following Indian standard codes ??
Ans:- IS 2879, IS 1395, and IS 814
12)
Shielded Metal Arc Welding is not permitted in which of the
following conditions??
Ans:- Rain, Snow, blowing sand and when base metal is below -18
degrees Celsius
13)
Give two advantages of Submerged Arc Welding (SAW)
Ans:- Higher deposition Rate, and Higher quality of weld with good
ductility, higher impact strength and good corrosion resistance
14)
Which of the welding type is the only possible method for
welding all commercial alloys??
Ans:- Gas shielded Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
15)
Min. thickness of welding that can be done by GMAW is
__________
Ans:- 0.58 mm thk (24 gauge)
16)
Which of the welding methods is preferred in site/field
conditions?
Ans:- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
17)
What is the effect of presence of hydrogen during welding ??
Ans:- Hydrogen is responsible for cracking of the weld
18)
What is a heat affected zone ?
Ans:- When the weld pool is cooling and solidifying, the parent
metal adjacent to weld pool is subjected to alternate heating and
cooling cycles, and the metallurgical structure (lattice structure of
steel) changes in this region. This region is called Heat Affected
Zone.
19)
Name some of the weld defects commonly observed
Ans:- Incomplete penetration, Incomplete fusion, porosity, Slag
inclusion, Cracks, Undercutting, Lamellar tearing
20)
Which of the joints in structural steel connections are more
susceptible to lamellar tearing and why??
Ans:- Corner joints and T-joints, because in general, welding is from
both sides (esp. at T-joints), and hence localised stresses, strain
restraint occur at the junction, causing lamellar tearing
21)
Minimum thickness of weld to be used for a plate of 16mm
thick to be welded is
ANs:- 5 mm
22)
When the fillet weld is applied to a square plate of size more
than 6mm, the size of weld should be atleast _____________
Ans:- 1.5 mm less than the edge thickness
23)
When the fillet weld is applied to the rounded toe of a section,
the size of weld should not exceed ______________________
Ans:- th of the thickness of the section at the toe.
24)
For a welding where the angle of fusion is 104o, the effective
throat thickness is
ANs:- 0.6 times the size of the weld
25)
The design stress value of the weld material for fu = 410
Mpa, for shop welding is
ANs:- 189 N/mm2
26)
Cite a location for using the Intermittent fillet welds
Ans:- Intermittent fillet welds are used in connection of stiffeners to
the web of plate girders.
27)
Under what condition intermittent fillet welds are not to be
used
Ans:- When a structure is subjected to dynamic or repetitive loads.
28)
The design capacity of weld reduces if the length of welded
joints exceeds
ANs:- 150 times the throat size of weld
29)
For fillet welded lap joints, lap should not be less than ________
ANs:- Maximum of 4 times the thickness of thinner plate or 40mm
30)
Distortion in the welded joints can be minimised by
______________
Ans:- Avoiding asymmetry of welding sequence in fillet welding, and
by maintaining symmetry of plates being welded.
Bolted Connections:1) Under which of the conditions does IS 800 permit the use of
punched holes ??
Ans:- When yield stress of material is less than 360 Mpa, and where
the thickness doesnot exceed 5600/fy mm.
2) Punching of holes should be avoided for plates with thickness
greater than _______
Ans:- 12mm
3) For members subjected to impact load, vibration and fatigue, which
bolts are recommended for use??
Ans:- HSFG Bolts
4) Under which conditions are the slip critical connections most
useful??
Ans:- Where there are stress reversals possible and slippage is
undesirable.
5) What are the failure modes associated with bolted connections??
Ans:- Shear Failure, Bearing failure, Tension failure, Block Shear
Failure
6) Max. pitches in tension and compression are respectively given as
Ans:- 16t or 200 mm whichever less in Tension, 12t or 200mm
whichever is less in compression
7) Bolt holes are not placed too near the edges because of
_______________
Ans:- Failure of plate may take place in tension and steel plate
opposite of hole may bulge out and crack
8) In case of tension members, the tacking bolts should be provided at
a pitch which is not exceeding ______
Ans:- 1000 mm
9) Slip critical connections may be designed using _______________
Ans:- Factored loads, and service loads
10)
Secondary stresses do not occur in _________ connections
Ans:- Pin connections
11)
Primarily, the design of pin connections is governed by
___________
Ans:- Flexure
12)
The partial safety factor for the bolt material is given by ______
Ans:- 1.25
13)
Among rivets, black bolts, welds, and HSFG bolts, which of the
following can be used as a combination to share the design action
Ans:- HSFG bolts and welds
14)
Prying forces are additional ________forces due to __________
Ans:- tensile, flexibility of connected parts leading to deformations
15)
When the load line coincides with the CG of the bolt group, the
bolts are subjected to what type of force
Ans:- shear force only
16)
Name few bolt tightening methods of HSFG bolts
Ans:- Turn-of-the-nut tightening method, Direct tension indicator
tightening, calibrated wrench tightening
17)
Min. thickness of gusset plate to be used, for a maximum
design force of 1500 kN in diagonal of a truss is
Ans:- 16 mm
18)
Minimum pitch to be used in bolted connections is _______
(Ans:- 2.5 times the nominal diameter of bolt)
19)
To minimize the effect of bending in lap joints, what should be
done??
Ans :- At least two bolts in as line should be provided
20)
What is the force transfer mechanism in seat angle
connection ?? Why do we provide top cleat angle in seat angle
connection ??
Ans:- Reaction force is transferred from beam to column through
seat angle.
Cleat angle (top) is provided to prevent latera torsional buckling of
top flange of beam
21)
For cleat to column connection in a web angle connection,
which type of bolts are prefered and why?
Ans:- Friction grip bolts are used, because normal bolts can be
subjected to combined effect of eccentric load and bolt hole
clearances can cause undue twist at the beam end
22)
The distribution of shear between the bolts in a bolt group in
actual construction depends largely on
ANs:- Fit of the connection
23)
In case of shear connections, ________ bolts are preferred to
_______ connections
Ans:- HSFG bolts, welded
24)
Among all types of moment connections, __________ type of
connections are most rigid.
Ans:- Bracket type
25)
If same number of bolts are used for the connection of joints,
which pattern yields the highest efficiency, among Diamond,
staggered, chain type??
Ans:- Diamond
26)
The factor in bearing strength of bolt, kb depends on what
factors??
Ans:- Edge distance, dia. Of bolt hole, ultimate tensile stress of
plate, ultimate tensile stress of bolt
27)
Shear strength of long bolted joints is reduced by accounting
for
Ans:- Overloading of end bolts
28)
Why punched holes are not preferred in connections???
Ans:- Though easy, simple and cost effective, punched holes
reduced ductility and toughness, leading to brittle fracture
29)
Slip factor (of HSFG bolt) is defined as
Ans:- Ratio of load per effective interface required to produce slip in
a pure shear joint to the proof load induced in bolt.
30)
What is the consequence of widely spaced bolts on a
compression member??
Ans:- Because of wide spacing, local buckling occurs in between the
connections, which reduces the design strength capacity
