DSS2 (B-TECH Civil Engineering 7-8th)

SECTION A Duration of exam: 3 Hrs.

Unit-I: Elementary Plastic Analysis and Design: Introduction, Scope of plastic analysis, ultimate load carrying

capacity of tension members and compression members, flexural members, shape factor, mechanisms, plastic

collapse, analysis, plastic analysis applied to steel beams and simple portal frames and design.

SECTION B

Unit-II: Industrial Buildings: Loads, general arrangement and stability, design considerations, design of

purlins, design of roof trusses, industrial building frames, bracings and stepped columns.

Unit-III: Design of Water Tanks: Introduction, permissible stresses, design of circular, rectangular and

pressed steel tanks including staging.

SECTION C

Unit-IV: Design of Steel Stacks: Introduction, various loads to be considered for the design of steel stacks,

design of steel stacks including foundation.

Unit-V: Towers: Transmission line towers, microwave towers, Design loads, classification, design procedure

and specification.

SECTION D

Unit-VI: Cold Formed Sections: Introduction and brief description of various type of cold-formed sections,

local buckling, concepts of effective width and effective sections, elements with stiffeners, design of

compression and bending elements.