Situation 1: A 250 mm wide rectangular concrete beam is reinforced for tension only.
The
beam has an effective depth of 300 mm. fc = 9.3 MPa, fs = 138 MPa, n = 9. Use WSD under
balance condition.
1.) Determine the mostly nearly gives the balanced moment capacity of the beam.
2.) Determine the allowed uniform live load needed over the cantilever beam with a span
of 3m.
3.) Determine the allowed concentrated load needed over the simply supported beam of
5m.
Situation 2: A reinforced concrete rectangular beam has a width of 300 mm and effective
depth to bottom bars of 450 mm. The beam is reinforced with six 32mm bottom bars and
two 28 mm bars located 65 mm from the top of the beam. Concrete strength f’c = 34.5
MPa and steel strength fy = 345 MPa.
4.) Which of the following gives the balance reinforcement ratio of the beam section in
percent
5.) Which of the following gives the depth of the compression block in millimeters
6.) Which of the following gives the nominal moment capacity of the beam in kN.m
Situation 3: A reinforced concrete beam having a width of 280 mm and an effective depth
of 520 mm is reinforced for tension only with 5 – 28 mm bars. Concrete strength fs = 128
MPa, f’c = 21 MPa, n = 9. Use WSD
7.) Which of the following gives the moment capacity of the beam in kN.m
8.) Which of the following gives the location of the neutral axis from the outermost
compression concrete.
Situation 4: A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of
400 mm. The beam is simply supported over a span of 5.50 m and carries a service live
load of 36 kN/m and a service dead load of 15 kN/m (including the weight of the beam).
Steel yield strength fy = 276 MPa and concrete strength f’c = 20.7 MPa. If compression
steel is required, it will be placed 75 mm from the extreme compression fiber.
9.) Which of the following mostly nearly gives the total factored uniform load acting on
the beam kN/m.
10.) Which of the following mostly gives the nominal moment capacity (kN.m) if the
beam is singly reinforced with maximum steel reinforcement allowed
11.) Which of the following most nearly gives the total area of tension steel required to
resist the total factored load
Situation 5: A reinforced concrete beam having a width of 300 mm and an effective depth
of 520 mm is reinforced for tension only with 5 – 28 mm bars. fs = 128 MPa, f’c = 27 MPa,
n = 9 . Use WSD.
12.) Which of the following gives balance moment capacity of the beam in kN.m
13.) Which of the following gives the value of j in percent
14.) If the tension steel is 5-28 mm bars which of the following gives the moment capacity
of the beam in kN.m
Situation 6: A prismatic beam having 300 mm x 500 mm has an effective depth of 430 mm
and is simply supported over a span of 4.5m. The beam is reinforced for tension only with
5-25 mm bars having fy = 275 MPa. The beam carries a factored concentrated load of 500
kN at midspan and a factored axial compressive force of 100 kN including the effects of
tension due to creep and shrinkage. Concrete weighs 23.5 kN/m3. Concrete strength is
20.7 MPa.
15.) Which of the following gives the value of the modified moment to be used at the
critical section for the beam shear, in kN.m
16.) Which of the following gives the value of the shear force Vc at critical section, in kN.
17.) Which of the following gives the shear force to be carried by shear reinforcement in
kN
Situation 7: For a beam with 300 mm width and 460 mm height and tension reinforcement
of 4 – 28 mm diameter bar. fy = 275 MPa and f’c = 21 MPa.
18.) Which of the following gives the maximum steel ratio in percent
19.) Which of the following gives the actual steel ration in percent
20.) Which of the following gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam in kN.m
Situation 8: A 305 mm wide rectangular beam has an overall depth of 560 mm. The beam
is reinforced with four 25 mm diameter compression bars. The centroid of tension and
compression bars are 70 mm from the extreme concrete fiber. Assume fy = 415 MPa and
f’c = 29 MPa.
21-22.) Determine the balance tension steel area and the nominal and ultimate balanced
moment.
23-24.) Determine the maximum tension steel area and the nominal and ultimate
maximum moment.
Situation 9: A rectangular beam has b = 310 mm and 460 mm. The beam will be designed
to carry a service dead load of 230 kN.m and service live load 190 kN.m. Compression
reinforcement I f necessary will have its centroid 70 mm from extreme concrete fiber. Use
f’c = 30 MPa and fy = 415 MPa.
25.) Determine the concrete block
26.) Determine the required compression steel area
27.) Determine the required tension steel area
Situation 10: For 8 points, Give a situation where the conditions are the reinforced
concrete beam is indeterminate, USD, doubly reinforced, with shear and with complete
reinforcement details.
Answer Key:
Situation 1:
1. 34.527 kN.m
2. 5.9072 kN/m
3. 27.62 kN
Situation 2:
4. 4.39%
5. 140.9 mm
6. 634.19 kN.m
Situation 3:
7. 138.18 kN.m
8. 236.8 mm
Situation 4:
9. 82.2 kN/m
10. 239.81 kN.m
11. 3,957 m2
Situation 5:
12. 192.16 kN.m
13. 85.2%
14. 174.6 kN.m
Situation 6:
15. 92.195 kN.m
16. 134.597 kN
17. 2.84%
Situation 7:
18. 2.84%
19. 1.785%
20. 241.77 kN.m
Situation 8:
21. 6,424 mm2
22. 1,021.4 kN.m & 919.24 kN.m
23. 5,309 mm2
24. 887.45 kN.m & 798.7 kN.m
Situation 9:
25. 173.35 mm
26. 1334 mm2
27. 4,569 mm2
