ASSIGNMENT 3 PART 1

SIT A: A reinforced concrete beam, reinforced for tension has a 11. Determine the required amount of steel reinforcement at
width 300mm and total depth of 600 mm. It is subjected to an mid-span of the interior beam. Use concrete compressive
external moment Mu = 540 kN-m. Concrete strength fc = 28 strength fc = 21 MPa and steel strength fy = 275 MPa.
MPa, steel strength fy = 280 MPa and Es =200 GPa. Assume 20 mm bar diameter for flexure and 10 mm for
1. Which of the following gives the balanced steel ratio in stirrups.
percent? a. 1434 b. 835
a. 2.168 b. 3.201 c. 1262 d. 616
c. 3.695 d. 4.926 SIT D: A rectangular section is limited to a size of b = 350 mm
2. Which of the following gives the depth of the stress block and d = 700 mm to carry a factored moment of 1,500 kNm.
a in terms of d in percent using 0.5bal. Assume that bars in compression will be placed at 70 mm from
a. 24.63 b. 25.48 the compression face. Given f c = 28 MPa and fy = 420 MPa.
c. 27.31 d. 28.98 12. Calculate the maximum steel reinforcement set by the
3. Which of the following gives the minimum required code.
effective depth of the tensile reinforcement? a. 0.02833 b. 0.019833
a. 412 b. 438 c. 0.02125 d. 0.019125
13. Determine the amount of tensile reinforcement required.
c. 536 d. 582
a. 6,940 b. 6,805
SIT I: A 12 m simply supported beam is provided by an
c. 6,592 d. 5,206
additional support at mid span. A superimposed dead load of
14. Determine the amount of compression reinforcement
4.95 kN/m and service live load of 24.57 kN/m is to be carried in
required.
addition to the self-weight of the beam. The beam has a constant
a. 1,765 b. 1,598
rectangular section with b = 300 mm and a total depth h = 450
c. 3,905 d. 2,158
mm and reinforcement is to be varied according to requirements.
SIT E: A beam 275 mm wide and effective depth 400 mm
Allow concrete cover to bar centroid of 70 mm, fy = 415 MPa and
carries a factored uniformly distributed load of 77.35 kN/m
fc = 30 MPa. Use 0.75b = 0.023 and min = 0.0033
including its own weight, in addition to a concentrated factored
4. Determine the required tensile area for positive bending.
load of 53.38 kN at midspan. It spans 5.5 m face to face of
a. 1,025 mm^2 b. 931 mm^2
simple supports. It is reinforced with three No. 9 (db = 28 mm)
c. 1,965 mm^2 d. 1,767 mm^2
for positive bending. Use fc = 27 MPa and fy = 278 MPa.
5. Determine the required tensile area for negative bending.
15. Calculate the nominal shear strength of concrete.
a. 1,025 mm^2 b. 931 mm^2
a. 79.459 kN b. 70.111 kN
c. 1,965 mm^2 d. 1,767 mm^2
c. 93.482 kN d. 124.643 kN
SIT B: A rectangular concrete beam is 350 mm wide and 700
16. Calculate the required spacing of 12 mm stirrups.
mm deep. It is reinforced at the bottom with 5-32 mm bars and
a. 200 mm b. 180 mm
at the top with 3-28 mm bars. Steel covering to bar centroid is
c. 160 mm d. 100 mm
70 mm at the top and at the bottom of the beam. Use fc = 21 17. What part of the beam is web reinforcement no longer
MPa and fy = 415 MPa
required?
6. Calculate the design moment capacity of the beam section a. 2.572 m b. 2.048 m
in negative bending.
c. 2.496 m d. 1.896 m
a. 227.05 kNm b. 435.93 kNm
c. 392.34 kNm d. 267.12 kNm
SIT F: A column 450 mm square is reinforced with 8-28 mm
7. Calculate the design moment capacity of the beam section equally distributed on its sides. The unsupported length of the
in positive bending.
column is 2.6 m and is prevented to sidesway by shear walls. K
a. 834 kNm b. 746 kNm 1.0, fc = 20.7 MPa and fy = 415 MPa. Use 40 mm covering
c. 829 kNm d. 926 kNm
measured from center of tie reinforcement with diameter 12 mm.
8. Determine the maximum factored load in kN/m the beam Es = 200 GPa.230.54
can support if it is simply supported over a span of 6m and
18. Determine the nominal load in kN that the column could
a 2-m overhang. carry.
a. 196.17 b. 185.33
a. 5521 b. 3091
c. 234.56 d. 165.78 c. 4416 d. 4692
SIT C: A monolithic floor system consists of 100 mm thick
19. Determine the nominal balanced load in kN using concrete
slabs and simply supported beams with a 7.3 m span, 1.2 m on
strain of 0.003 and yield strain of steel y = fy/Es
centers. The floor carries a superimposed dead load of 1.15 kPa
a. 1684 b. 1569
and live load of 1.9 kPa. Walls weighing 2.8 kPa and 2.4 m high
c. 1178 d. 1098
are directly supported by the beams. Beam dimensions, as
20. Determine the nominal balanced moment in kNm.
determined by negative moment requirements at supports, are b w
a. 482 b. 405
= 275 mm and h = 500 mm. Concrete weights 24 kN/m^3.
c. 434 d. 450
9. Determine the total factored load to be carried by an
interior beam in kN/m.
a. 22.944 b. 19.248
c. 20.256 d. 13.536
10. Determine the effective flange width of the interior beam
in mm according to 2001 NSCP.
a. 1875 b. 1200
c. 1825 d. 1475