In case of compression members where forces are transferred through butting faces, pitch shall not exceed ___ for a distance of 1.5 times width of member from butting faces.
(a) 4.5d, where d= diameter of fasteners
(b) 5d, where d= diameter of fasteners
(c) 2.5d, where d= diameter of fasteners
(d) 5.5d, where d= diameter of fasteners
This question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.
This interesting question is from Bolted Connections topic in section Bolted Connections of Design of Steel Structures