Steel Structure Design - Engineering

Q1:

Allowable working stress corresponding to the slenderness ratio of double angles placed back to back and connected to one side of a gusset plate, is reduced to

A 50%

B 60%

C 70%

D 80%

E 40%

ANS:D - 80%

Double angle strut placed back to back on same side = 0.8 * working stress.