GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 Shift 2 Solved Paper

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Two bolted plates under tension with alternative arrangement of bolt holes are shown in figures 1
and 2. The hole diameter, pitch, and gauge length are d, p and g, respectively.

Which one of the following conditions must be ensured to have higher net tensile capacity of
configuration shown in Figure 2 than that shown in Figure 1 ?
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