Structural Engineer Interview Questions (Reinforced Concrete, Prestressed Concerete, Steel and Seismic)

1. Why permissible shear stress in Steel is 0.4fy while bending tensile stress is 0.67fy in ASD( Allowable Strength Design)?
2. Describe any three material failure criteria. Which failure criteria is used in Steel design?
3. List and Describe tests performed on fresh and hardened concrete.
4. List and describe non-destructive tests performed on welded connections
5. Draw simple shear connection and moment connections
6. Describe different lateral load resisting systems for tall buildings
7. Describe design criteria for serviceability in tall buildings
8. Describe principle of Tuned mass Dampers in tall buildings
9. Describe application/principle of seismic base isolation
10. Define Centre of rigidity in Building and Negative Torsional Shear
11. Define Hyperstatic stresses in prestressed concrete members
12. Define creep of Concrete and measures to reduce creep deformation
13. Describe different irregularities in building with respect to Seismic actions
14. Describe ductility and how it is achieved in reinforced concrete stuctures
15. Describe Method A and Method B to compute time period of Buildings in UBC 97
16. What is relation between elastic and inelastic deformation of building for earthquake action?
17. Describe principle of capacity based design
18. Describe reinforcement design in shear wall
19. How cracked section property of beam and column is accounted in 3D computer analysis of Buildings?
20. Explain parameters affecting long term deflection of concrete beams
21. Which are possible substitute materials for cement in concrete?
22. Describe High Performance Concrete and how it is different from High Strength Concrete?
23. Describe principle of concrete design in water retaining structures