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The adjoining figure shows a schematic representation of a steel plate girder to be used as a simply supported beam with a concentrated load. For stiffeners PQ (running along the beam axis) and RS (running between the top and bottom flanges), which of the following pairs of statements will be TRUE?
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(i) RS helps to prevent local buckling of the web.
(ii) PQ should be placed in the compression side of the flange.
(ii) PQ should be placed in the compression side of the flange.
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