Steel Structure Design - Engineering

Q1:

The net area of round bars to resist the tension, is the area of cross section at

A mid-section

B root of the thread

C difference of (a) and (b)

D none of these.

ANS:B - root of the thread

Area of a bar at the root of the thread is less than that shank of the bar. It takes approximately equally to 78 times of shank area.