Name: 2705/302 2710/9302 ‘709/302 STRUCTURES II Oct./Noy. 2015 ‘Time: 3 hours THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL =. — DIPLOMA IN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURE {i 2 MODULE Ir 1 % r STRUCTURES ff) 3S zn SP hours INSTRUCTIONS 10 CANDIDATES Write your name and index mantrer in the spaces provided above. Sign and wrlie dhe date of the examination \n the spaces provided above, You should have Mathematical tabiesi Scientific: calculator nd drawing insirwments for this examination. This poper consists of FIGHT questions Answer any FIVE of the LIGHT questions in the: spaces pravidedt in thix question paper: ALL questions carry equal marks. Maximum marks for each part ofa question are as indicated Relevant design sable ine attache Do NOT remove any poses front thes Booklet. a Cundiates should aiseer the questions in English For Examiner's Use Only —-- TOTAL Question A 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 eGoRe Candidate's Score This paper consists of 20 printed pages. (Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing. 22015 The Kenya National Examinations Council) State three advantages of the following connections: @ Bolted connections; (Gi), Welded connections. (6 marks) Figure | shows a bolied connection required to transmit a tensile force of 250 KN. ‘Check the adequacy of the joint in terms of: @ ——Tansile stress in plates; Gi) Tensile stress in angles; (iii) hear stress in bolts, (iv) Bearing stress in-angles. Take the aren of an £9 x 76x 7.8 mmangle to be 12.35 cm? Permissible tensile stress = 155 Némm? Permissible siear stress = 80 N/mun? Pormissible bearing stress = 250 Nim? 0g Gucces pate —> Lome Gower pate 7h 8 mm Goss caprbet wad © nike Gasset plate Black bolts LXmin dinmater — one rue Angle k Témmn of |. 260 |3. (a) Define the following terms as used to structure timber: 2. (a) State four advantages of casing a steel section, (4 marks) (b) — Auniversal column used as an edge stanchion in a multi-storey building has an actual length of 3.6 m centre to centre of floor beam. The loading in the bean is as shown in figure 2. Design the Stinchion as an encased column in Grade 43 stecl, using the tables provided, (16 marks) Fig.2 (i) Basic stress; (i) Green stresa; (ili) Grade stress. (3 marks) (6) A solid timber column of 200 mm x 150 mm and of strength of elass 50 s is 4 mi tong, Ibis restrained in position and direetion at both end and is required to carry an axial load of 85 KN. Check the adequacy of the colume. - Tabe9 BS 5268 - Grade stress parallel to grain = 87 Nim? = Esinimum, = 7 KNAmm? - Kj =125, Ko = 1, far medium duration (17 marks) 4. Using the mornent distribution method, analyse the beam in figure 3 and sketch the bending moment diagram, indicatimy all critical values. (20 marks) SON. 0KN 30kN 454i ‘2 705/302, 27107302 + ‘Turn over 2709/3902 BetiNon 20155. Using the three moment theorem, analyse the bean shown in figure 4 and hence sketch the shear force und bending moment diagrams, indicating values at all critical points. (20 marks) et Fao A : t i a © 2m 2m fon Yigd “6. Analyse the frame in figure 5 using moment of distribution method and then plot bending. ‘moment diagram, showing the values at all ertieal points. (20 marks) 7. (a) _ Figure 6 is.a simply supported universal beam loaded-as shown, Using the data provided below, chock if a 533 x 165 x 73 kg/m UB will be satisfactory and hence check for shear and deflection. Data - Liveloads == 75% of point load + Compression flanges fully restrained Po = 100N/mumt Eo = 210. KNimm! (9 rakes) kNby) G) Sketch any ewo butt welds, (ii) Design the connection in figure 7 shown using balanced weld design. (11 marks) ee — 2BSKN Fig:7 8. {a) State five properties of structural timber as a construction material. (5 marks) (6) Atimber haying a clear span of 6.0 m is suspended on 250-mm bearing at each end. ‘The beam carries’ uniformly distributed load of 15 KN/m over the entire span, ‘Design the beam using the following information: = Permissible deflection = span/300 - Permissible shear stress = 1.2 Némm* + Depth of section is twice the breadth - Young's modulus of elasticity,E = 8 KNimm? 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