Workshop Problems

Code: CISTP‐D Fall 2015

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1. Uniform Roof Snow Load, Monoslope Roof

Determine the uniform design roof load for an emergency vehicle storage
garage located in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. The interior temperature in the
winter is kept at about 38 oF to avoid frozen water pipe damage. The garage is
located on a relatively open site about 30 ft from a taller municipal building
that serves as an obstruction (i.e., the municipal building roof is at least 3 ft
taller than the garage’s). The garage has a monoslope roof with slope of 1 on
12 as shown below.

A) 18.5 psf

B) 24 psf

C) 20 psf

D) 29 psf

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2. Wind Pressure on Roof Joists

The steel framed factory shown below is located in a suburban area 25 miles
inland from the coast of Southern California. The factory meets the requirements
of a simple diaphragm building and may be considered a closed structure. The
building is not sensitive to dynamic effects, and it is not located on a site at which
channeling or buffeting occurs. The roof framing consists of open joists spaced at
5 ft centers that span 20 ft parallel to the long side of the building. For wind
flowing normal to the 80 ft side of the building, determine the ASD design wind
load acting on a roof joist in interior zone 1.

A) 5.31 lb/ft, -11.91 lb/ft

B) 59.55 lb/ft, -26.55 lb/ft
C) 26.55 lb/ft, -59.55 lb/ft
D) 37.56 lb/ft, -64.73 lb/ft

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3. Seismic design

A three story, steel moment resisting frame building is located on a site with a
shear wave velocity of 2300 ft/sec. The 5% damped, maximum considered
earthquake spectral response accelerations are Ss = 0.85g and S1 = 0.27g.
Determine the 5% damped design spectral response accelerations SDS and SD1.

A) SDS = 0.657g & SD1 = 0.335g

B) SDS = 0.624g & SD1 = 0.652g
C) SDS = 0.612g & SD1 = 0.526g
D) SDS = 0.601g & SD1 = 0.275g

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4. Building base shear

Determine the seismic base shear for a 3-story building shown below designed as
a building frame structure with special reinforced masonry shear walls, using the
simplified procedure outlined in ASCE7. The 5% damped maximum considered
earthquake spectral response for a period of 0.2 sections is Ss = 0.9g. The
effective seismic weight of each floor is 235 kips.

A) 105 kips
B) 88 kips
C) 90 kips
D) 95 kips

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5. Lateral loads on Retaining Wall

For the cantilever retaining wall shown below, calculate the factor of safety
against overturning (toppling). The unit weight of the concrete retaining wall is
150 pcf.

A) 1.5
B) 3.5
C) 4
D) 6

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6. AASHTO Moving Load

According to AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications,

A 2-lane bridge is proposed for the crossing of a 125’-0” span over the Columbia
River spanning between Washington and Oregon. The area of the crossing is in a
sensitive environmental area, which would preclude the use of an intermediate
pier. Thus, for a simple span consideration, the municipality in question has an
existing truss span from a previously decommissioned site that may be used.
However, the maximum midspan moment must be determined for the current
AASHTO loading. The following information is provided: The dead load weight
per lane of the existing bridge is 8.7 kip/ft. What is the service level design
moment at midspan?

A) 41,800 kip*ft
B) 20,900 kip*ft
C) 24,800 kip*ft
D) 37,900 kip*ft

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7. AASHTO Deck Slab

According to AASHTO Bridge Design Specifications:

Two parallel bridges are to be constructed within the city limits of Houston, Texas.
The superstructure of each bridge consists of 6-precast, pretensioned 64” deep
Bulb-Tee sections with a cast-in-place normal weight deck. The deck thickness is
8” which includes a ½” thick non structural wearing surface. The design also
provides for a future wearing surface load of 35 psf. The beams are spaced at 8’-
4” on center. The bulb tee sections have the following section properties:

Depth (in) Area (in2) Ix (in4) Top flange width (in)

64 974 498,548 54
What is the approximate maximum design live load positive moment for deck
design?

A. 13.7 kip*ft / ft width

B. 5.88 kip*ft / ft width
C. 16.4 kip*ft / ft width
D. 10.3 kip*ft / ft width

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8. Composite Design-AISC 14th. Ed.

I. Determine the allowable moment capacity as per AISC Steel Design, 14th Ed.
for a typical interior composite beam in the framing system shown below.
The beam section is W21x44 Grade 50 steel and supports a 4 ½” normal
weight concrete slab with compressive strength, f’c = 4,000 psi. Assume full
composite section.

II. Determine the required number of ¾” shear studs over the entire length of
the beam. Use the fully composite beam of part “I” above.

I. A. 675 kip-ft.

B. 750 kip-ft.

C. 447 kip-ft.

D. 900 kip-ft.

II. A. 31

B. 40

C. 60

D. 62

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9. Composite Design-AASHTO

A 3 span continuous structural steel bridge is to be erected in Miami, Florida with

a 9” reinforced concrete deck (4’-6” effective width) with longitudinal steel
composed of #5 bars at 9” in two mats. Additional longitudinal steel over the pier
consists of a single mat of #6 bars at 6”. Girders will be W16x100, non-composite
over the intermediate piers. Span lengths are: 45’-125’-45’. Determine the total
number of required shear studs as per AASHTO LRFD at the contraflexure points,
assuming 5/8” diameter shear studs with a shear resistance of 2.1 kip, and the
stress range over the intermediate pier is 4.7 ksi.

A) 60

B) 15

C) 20

D) 80

W16 x 100 Section Properties

2
A (in ) d (in) tw (in) bf (in) tf (in)
29.4 17 0.585 10.4 0.985

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10. Steel Connection Design - Welds

A 1/4” x 18” wide plate is fillet welded to a 3/8” plate. The plates are ASTM A572
Grade 50 and have been properly sized. Use 70-ksi electrodes. Determine the
minimum length of fillet weld for these two plates.

A) 18”
B) 24”
C) 27”
D) 35”

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11. AISC Connection Design-Bolt

The steel connection of a floorbeam to a vertical gusset plate for a building

designed in Seismic Category D is shown below. Determine the size of A325 bolt
that will provide the minimum required capacity for the connection. Assume
threads are not included in the shear plane. P = 43 kips, e = 16”. Use ASD.

e P

6”

8” Section View

A) 3/4” diameter
B) 1” diameter
C) 7/8” diameter
D) 5/8” diameter

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12. Timber Design-Glulam Beam

A structural glulam beam is requested by an engineer for the least cost from a
local timber mill. The beam must sustain a flexural stress at the extreme fiber of
2,200 psi with a minimum modulus value of 1,800,000 psi. Which of the following
designations does not meet the provided requirement based on NDS?

A) 24F-E4 RM

B) 24F-1.7E

C) 24F-1.8E

D) 26F-1.9E

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13. Seismic Design

The building shown below in plan view is loaded in the east-west direction. The
roof diaphragm consists of a flexible light gage steel section with a capacity of 320
lb / ft. For a redundancy factor of 1.0, what is the maximum uniformly distributed
load on the diaphragm?
55’ 15’ 55’

40’
North

55’ 15’ 55’

(A) 1000 lb / ft

(B) 1760 lb / ft

(C) 2.0 kip / ft

(D) 0.880 kip / ft

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14. Seismic Design

From: 345 Solved Seismic Design Problems, 5th Ed., Baradar, M., 2009, Page 43.

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15. Seismic Design

From: Seismic Principles Practice Exam, 3rd Ed., 2011 by Baradar, M., Page 10-11

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16. Seismic Design

From: Seismic Principles Practice Exam, 3rd Ed., 2011 by Baradar, M., Page 28-29

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17. P/S Concrete

A precast, pretensioned circular hollowed out pile is to be driven into sand for a
marine application. The area of the pile is set at 144 in2. Elastic shortening due to
prestressing is estimated at 12 ksi. Neglect all other losses. The pile is to be
reinforced with 32-1/2” diameter grade 270 low relaxation strand oriented
concentrically around the pile, jacked to 75% of the ultimate capacity. What is
the best estimate of the required concrete strength at release?

A. 7200 psi
B. 5000 psi
C. 6500 psi
D. 9500 psi

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18. P/S Concrete

A precast, prestressed concrete beam has been erected at a plant and the strand
are to be cut for release. However, the plant engineer wants to make sure that
the beam will not be subjected to excessive stress at release. Based on the strand
location, f’ci, and force in the strand, what location is overstressed?

A (in2) 560
24.73” I (in4) 125390
Pstrand (kip) 310
CG of Section f’c (ksi) 9
f’ci (ksi) 6

CG of Strand

20.27”

2”

A) 1670 psi (compression)

B) 361 psi (tension)

C) 1468.3 psi (compression)

D) 464.8 psi (tension)

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19. P/S Concrete

A parking garage is to be designed with normal weight precast, pretensioned

double tee sections. The designer has chosen to use a 10’-0” wide x 24” deep
double tee with f’ci = 3600 psi, f’c = 5000 psi, and fpu = 270 ksi. The strand
pattern includes 12-1/2” diameter low relaxation strand harped at midspan. The
section will have a 2” normal weight topping applied when in service. Based on a
span length of 54’-0”, what is the best estimate of the service load capacity of the
section?

A. 92 psf
B. 79 psf
C. 90 psf
D. 67 psf

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20. P/S Concrete

As per ACI 318-11:

A high rise building located in Chicago, Illinois is to be constructed of precast,

pretensioned rectangular beams with f’c = 6000 psi. The deck system is designed
using the cast-in-place unshored construction techniques with f’c = 3000 psi (n =
1.41). The resulting section properties of the rectangular beam and composite
section of the beam and the deck are shown below in the following table as well
as a list of applicable loading cases for each stage of the construction. Determine
which location exceeds the allowable stress during construction, for a Class U
design criteria.

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Stress profile of beam after erection (prior to deck placement):

Beam Section Stress Distribution

1720 psi (compression)

2600 psi (compression)

A. The bottom of the Non-composite beam

B. The top of the Non-composite beam
C. The top of the beam-Composite section
D. The bottom of the beam-Composite section

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21. ACI 318-11

for deformed
Which of the following statements are correct:

I. The lightweight concrete factor, λ, from ACI 318-11 only applies to

shear design

II. All reinforcing steel must meet the deformation requirements of

ASTM A615 for concrete construction

III. Concrete cylinder testing (consting of two 6” diameter by 12” or

three 4” diameter by 8” cylinders) is required for each different class of
concrete poured per day regardless of the volume of concrete used.

IV. Plain concrete is permitted only in members supported providing

continuous vertical support or columns supported by competent soils

A) I
B) I and IV
C) II, III, and IV
D) All are correct
E) None are correct

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22. ACI 318-11 Appendix D

A single post-installed torque controlled anchor will be used for a project but the
embedment depth is not known (anchor is not sensitive to installation
techniques). Failure will occur from concrete breakout strength in tension for f’c
= 3,000 psi normal weight concrete. The design tensile force from ACI 318-11
Section 9.2 load combination = 4.75 kip with service level loading causing no
cracking in the concrete. The anchor is a ½” diameter and placed geometrically as
shown in a reinforced concrete
10” section
3” in plan view below:

3”

10”

A) 6”

B) 8”

C) 10”

D) 12”

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23. Deep Foundations

A drilled shaft for a pedestrian pier is to be constructed with an allowable end

bearing capacity of 0.15 kips/ft2 and a side friction allowable capacity of 0.2
kip/ft/ft. Assume service loading of 470 kip for the shaft. The shaft will be
installed over a depth of 18’ but the upper 4’ will be enveloped in a casing, to
prevent negative skin friction. What is the best estimate of the required shaft
diameter?

A) 48”
B) 36”
C) 54”
D) 72”

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24. Reinforced Concrete

According to ACI 318:

An exterior fascia beam for a proposed administrative building located in Nome,

Alaska is to be designed of normal weight concrete. The design wind load for this
location is determined to be 20 psf. The beam has a width of 12” and an effective
depth of 9”. A uniform distributed load representative of the masonry veneer is
equal to 50 lb/ft. A concentrated live load of 800 lb is located at midspan of the
beam. The length of the beam between points of support is 13’-0”. The concrete
strength is set to 3000 psi and Grade 60 steel is used. The beam depth is 11”.
What is the required area of steel for flexure?

A) 0.211 in2

B) 0.296 in2

C) 0.360 in2

D) 0.248 in2

E) 0.138 in2

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25. Reinforced Concrete

According to ACI 318,

An isolated rectangular footing is designed to support a total axial load of P = 225

kips and a moment of 330 kip*ft. The column section is 1’ x 1’ centered along the
length of the footing. The footing length L is 12’-0”. The width is 8’-0”.
Neglecting the weight of the footing, determine the closest thickness of to meet
one-way shear requirements (assume punching shear does not govern) with f’c =
3500 psi. Assume distance from tension face to centroid of reinforcing steel of 3”.
The critical location for shear is 1’-0” from the face of the column.

A. 12”
B. 18”
C. 26”
D. 36”

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26. Masonry Design

Which of the following statements regarding Masonry Block is correct?

I. Running bond is required in SDC C, D, E

II. Clay brick should be pre-wet if initial rate of absorption is low

III. Masonry mortar does not require field testing for strength

IV. Deflections of masonry beams need not be checked when the span length <
8*effective depth

A) I, III, and IV Only

B) I, II, and IV only

C) II and IV only

D) All are correct

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27. Masonry Design

An existing masonry building built in the early 1940s has recently changed
ownership and the use of the building will change from that of an assembly hall to
that of a manufacturing facility. As such, a large piece of equipment will be
placed in the center of an otherwise open area within the second floor of the
building. In order to maintain the historical nature of the building, a masonry
column section will be erected at the center of the first floor section. Based on a
service load of the equipment of 104,000 lb and a floor-to-floor height of 15’,
what is the best estimate of the minimum size of the column section using CMU
block, assuming f’m = 2000 psi, grade 60 reinforcing steel consists of 4-#9 bars
(one in each corner of the column section).

A) 4” x 4”

B) 8” x 8”

C) 16” x 16”

D) 24” x 24”

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28. Masonry Design

A proposed building is under design for an automobile manufacturer which will be

constructed of reinforced masonry. The exterior walls will support a gantry crane
to be used for assembly purposes directly above the opening. The weight of the
gantry crane is 1,400 lb (the self weight of the roof is included in this weight). The
lintel beam below must be designed. The wall section above the lintel beam is an
8” medium weight concrete masonry wall with normal weight grout with cores at
40”. The lintel is 10” deep with an effective depth of 8”. f’m = 1800 psi, and fy=60
ksi for the reinforcing steel. What is the design moment for this lintel beam?

Gantry Crane Load

6’-2”

12’

A) 12474 lb-ft
B) 11966 lb-ft
C) 11585 lb-ft
D) 11458 lb-ft

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29. OSHA

Which of the following statements are true:

I. Safety lifelines shall be secured above the point of operation to a structural

member capable of supporting a dead lof of 400 lb

II. Safety net size should be a minimum of 4” x 4” and meet an impact force of
17,500 ft-lbs

III. Guardrail systems composed of pipe railing that be ≥1.5” diameter schedule 40
pipe spaced ≤ 10 feet

IV. Column anchorages shall resist an eccentric load of 300 lbs located 1’-2” from
the extreme outer face of the column in each direction at the top of the column
shaft.

A) I and II only
B) I and IV only
C) II and III only
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

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30. OSHA

According to OSHA CFR 29 Part 1926, what statement regarding employer

personal protective equipment (PPE) is correct?

A) Plain cotton hearing protection is acceptable only in locations where the noise
decibel level is between 90-95 dBA

B) Eye protection shall only provide protection against the hazards they were
designed for

C) PPE shall be provided by the empoyer at no cost regardless of the situation

D) Safety belts and lanyards can be reused if only subjected to in-service loading
one time

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