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UNIVERSITY OF VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Industrial & Vocational Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Construction Technology and
Resource Management - 2015 / 2016 (B2)
Year II – Semester - I Examination - December - 2016

Design of Structural Elements- CT30409

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Instructions:
• This examination accounts for 60% of the total module assessment.
• This is an open book examination. The students are required to bring the relevant design codes.
• This paper contains 02 major parts (Part A & B). Part A contains 20 multiple choice questions and Part B contains 2
questions.
• Part A: Answer all the questions. Underline the correct or the most suitable answer in the question paper.
• Part B: Answer all the questions in the separate answer sheet.
• Answered Part A question paper should be attached with the answer sheet of Part B.

Duration : 03 hours

Part A
Answer all the questions. Underline the correct or the most suitable answer.

01. The property of fresh concrete, in which the water in the mix tends to rise to the surface while placing
and compacting called,
(a) Segregation (b) Bleeding (c) Bulking (d) Creep (e) Compaction

02. Admixtures which cause early setting, and hardening of concrete are called,
(a) Workability admixtures (d) Air entraining agents
(b) Accelerators (e) None of the above
(c) Retarders

03. If a beam fails in bond, then its bond strength can be increased most economically by,
(a) increasing the depth of beam (d) providing vertical stirrups
(b) using thinner bars but more in number (e) None of the above
(c) using thicker bars but less in number

04. If the depth of actual neutral axis in a beam is more than the depth of critical neutral axis, then the
beam is called,
(a) Balanced beam (d) All of the above
(b) Under-reinforced beam (e) None of the above
(c) Over-reinforced beam

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Answer the questions 05 and 06 using Concise Eurocode 2 (For the design of in-situ concrete framed buildings
to BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 and its UK National Annex: 2005).

05. What is the mean value of C20/25 concrete cylinder compressive strength?
(a) 20MPa (b) 24MPa (c) 25Mpa (d) 28MPa (e) 30MPa

06. 200mm thickness concrete slab is constructed with 35mm cover and 10mm diameter tension
reinforcement bars. What is the value of the neutral axis at the ultimate limit state after 20%
redistribution?
(a) 160mm (b) 128mm (c) 80mm (d) 64mm (e) 32mm

Answer the questions from 07 to 10 using Steel Building Design: Concise Eurocodes (In accordance with
Eurocodes and UK National Annexes).

07. Parameter χ defines,

(a) Non-dimensional slenderness
(b) Non-dimensional slenderness for lateral torsional buckling
(c) Reduction factor for the relevant buckling curve
(d) Reduction factor for lateral torsional buckling
(e) Radius of gyration about relevant axis

08. Determine the plastic modulus of hot finished 200x200,10 steel hollow section.
(a) 245cm3 (b) 283cm3 (c) 350cm3 (d) 447cm3 (e) 531cm3

09. Which one of the followings defines bearing resistance of a single bolt?
(a) (0.6fubA/γm2) (b) (0.6fubAs/γm2) (c) (k1αbfudt/γm2)
(d) (k2αbfudt/γm2) (e) (0.6πdxtpfu/γm2)

10. The design shear strength of the welding for grade S275 should be determined from,
(a) 0.68fu/γm2 (b) 0.68fy/γm2 (c) 0.64fu/γm2 (d) 0.64fy/γm2 (e) 0.58fy/γm2

Answer the questions from 11 to 13 using BS5628-1-1992 (Use of masonry - Part 1: Structural use of
unreinforced masonry).

11. Characteristic shear strength of masonry is defined by the parameter,

(a) fk (b) fkx (c) fy (d) fv (e) Fk

12. Find the characteristic compressive strength of solid concrete blocks having 2.5 ratio of height to least
horizontal dimension, 20N/mm2 compressive strength and mortar designation (ii),
(a) 6.5N/mm2 (b) 5.8N/mm2 (c) 12.8N/mm2 (d) 10.6N/mm2 (e) 5.9N/mm2

13. Determine the characteristic flexural strength of clay bricks having 10% of water absorption and mortar
designation (iii) when the plane of failure is perpendicular to the bed joints,
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.2 (d) 1.5 (e) 1.1

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The questions from 14 to 16 are based on the Figure 01.

14. Determine the stiffness coefficient for the above masonry wall shown in Figure 01,
(a) 1.0 (b) 1.2 (c) 1.25 (d) 1.35 (e) 1.4

15. If the eccentricity at top of the wall is 20mm, find the capacity reduction factor,
(a) 0.88 (b) 0.77 (c) 0.66 (d) 0.55 (e) 0.44

16. Construction control and manufacturing control of the structural units both are normal. The
characteristic strength is 3.0N/mm2. Determine the design vertical load resistance,
(a) 48.6kN/m (b) 29.1kN/m (c) 37.5 kN/m (d) 51 kN/m (e) 56.6kN/m

The questions from 17 to 20 are based on the Figure 02. Use the requirements of BS 5268-
2:1996(Structural use of timber - Part 2: Code of practice for permissible stress design, materials and
workmanship).

4m

The Figure 02 shows a solid 400mm x 400mm, service class 1, teak timber beam is simply supported
for long term use. Assume the load sharing modification factor is 1.

17. Calculate the bending capacity of the beam,

(a) 7.5MPa (b) 16.6MPa (c) 12.5MPa (d) 11.8MPa (e) 17.1MPa

18. What is the allowable deflection of the beam?

(a) 10mm (b) 12mm (c) 14mm (d) 16mm (e) 20mm

19. If the above beam’s effective height is 300mm with notch on the underside, determine the admissible
shear stress,
(a) 1.5MPa (b) 2MPa (c) 2.67MPa (d) 9.4MPa (e) 12.5MPa

20. If the length of bearing is 125mm, determine the admissible bearing stress of the beam,
(a) 1.5MPa (b) 1.57MPa (c) 3MPa (d) 3.15MPa (e) 12.5MPa
(40 marks)
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 Part B
Answer all the questions.

(01)
Answer the following questions by confirming the requirements of Steel Building Design: Concise
Eurocodes (In accordance with Eurocodes and UK National Annexes).
(Young’s modulus of steel is 210GPa.)

(a) S355, hot finished square hollow section 100x100,5mm is used for a 3m length steel truss member.
Find the design buckling resistance of the member. (5 marks)

(b) Figure 3 shows S275 restrained steel end beam loaded by 20kN/m with 5m span.

Check the conditions to use I section 356x171x51. (15 marks)

(c)

Check the conditions to use I section 203x203x60, S275 for the pin ended steel column AB which is
connected to the beams. (20 marks)

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(02)
A typical floor plan of a reinforced concrete building is shown below.

The followings should be considered during the design.

Loading from reinforced concrete = 25kN/m3

Floor finish = 1.8kN/m2
Block work partitions = 2.2kN/m2
Ceiling and service loads = 0.5kN/m2
Imposed load on slab = 1.5kN/m2
Demountable light weight partitions= 1kN/m2
Slab thickness = 150mm
Concrete strength = C35/45

By confirming the requirements of Concise Eurocode 2 (For the design of in-situ concrete framed buildings
to BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 and its UK National Annex: 2005),

(a) Find the minimum number of reinforcement bars (diameter=12mm) and maximum spacing between
two bars for 1m strip along the main span of slab panel BCGF.
(Assume the cover is 35mm, area for block work partitions is 1m2, area for demountable light weight
partitions is 1m2and redistribution is 20%)

(b) Check the deflection level of the slab panel BCGF.

(20 marks)

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