REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

QUIZ #4 8. Determine the effective flange width based on NSCP 2010

a. 3000 c. 1650
b .1950 d. 1850
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the correct answer (letter only) on the left side of the number. Solution
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9. Calculate the minimum reinforcement based on NSCP 2010
a. 487.26 c. 716.56
b . 520.32 d. 758.33
SITUATION 1: A rectangular concrete beam 450 mm wide and reinforced for
tension by 5- 32 mm bars and for compression by 3- 28 mm bars has the
following properties:
10. Calculate the required area of tension reinforcements
Eff. depth of tension bars, d = 650 mm
a. 2341.46 c. 2850.47
Eff. depth of compression bars, d’ = 70 mm
b . 2754.65 d. 4025.36
Concrete strength, f’c = 20.7 MPa
Reinforcing steel strength, fy = 344.8 MPa
SITUATION 5: A short circular column, spirally reinforced, is to support a
1. What is the depth of the rectangular stress block “a”?.
centric load of 3500 kN. Use f’c = 27 MPa, and fy = 345 MPa. Concrete
cover = 40 mm. Use 10 mm diameter spiral.
a. 110.5 b. 94.67 c. 111.38 d. 80.37
mm mm mm mm
11. Assuming rho = 0.025, which of the following most nearly gives the
diameter of the column rounded up to the nearest 10 mm?
2. What is the stress, f’s, on the compression bars? a. 460 mm c. 470 mm
b . 490 mm d. 480 mm
a. 344.8 MPa b. 276.92 MPa c. 222.90 MPa d. 279.47 MPa
12. Which of the following gives the required number of 28 mm bars?
a. 7 c. 6
3.Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of
b.9 d. 8
the doubly reinforced section?
a. 735 kN-m b. 817 kN-m c. 751 kN-m d. 835 kN-m
13. Which of the following gives the required pitch of the spiral?
a. 49.42 mm c. 34.32 mm
b . 53.61 mm d. 65.44 mm
SITUATION 2: The reinforced concrete beam has a width of 250mm and an
effective depth of 500mm. f’c = 28MPa & fy = 414MPa. Modulus of elasticity
of steel is 200000MPa. SITUATION 6: A trapezoidal beam of 11 m span is reinforced with steel
having a total area of 726π mm2. The upper base is 300 mm while the lower
4. Compute the maximum steel area required. base is 500 mm. Steel and concrete strengths are 345 MPa and 24 MPa.
a. 2810.9mm2 c. 2617.75mm2
Use steel cover up to the centroid of reinforcements = 50mm and effective
b. 2709.4mm2 d.2912.7 mm2
depth = 400mm.
5. Compute the ultimate moment capacity of the beam. 14. Compute the depth of the neutral axis.
a.443.18 KN-m c. 485 KN-m
a. 139.08 mm c. 172.07 mm
b .361.05 KN-m d. 398.86 KN-m b . 118.22 mm d. 146.27 mm

15. Compute the ultimate moment capacity in kN-m

SITUATION 3: A concrete beam reinforced for tension only. The rebars are
a. 289.74 c. 277.41
laid out in a single layer only. The compressive strength of concrete is 28 b . 332.04 d. 240.29
MPa and yield strength of steel bars is 420 MPa. Use unit weight of concrete
as 24 kN/m^3 Use b=350mm, total depth=800mm , steel cover =60mm , As 16. Compute the factored uniform distributed load that that the beam can
= 5 pieces of 36 mm diameter rebars. If the beam carries a superimposed support in kN/m
dead load is 26 kN/m and that the length of simply supported beam is 8m,
a. 15.89 c. 21.95
b . 19.16 d. 18.34
6. Determine the ultimate moment capacity of the beam
a.1176.77 KN-m c. 1307.525 KN-m
SITUATION 7: A monolithic floor system consists of 100 mm thick slabs and
b .1103.917 KN-m d. 849.89 KN-m
simply supported beams with 7.3 m span, 1.2 m on centers. The floor carries
a superimposed dead load of 1.15 kPa and live load of 3.8 kPa. Walls
7. Calculate the maximum uniform service live load (unfactored) in kN/m
weighing 6.72 kN/m are directly supported by the beams. Beams
a. 61.7035 kN/m c. 107.83 KN/m
dimensions are 275 x 500 mm. Concrete weighs 24 kN/m3 and the stirrups
b .98.7256 KN/m d. 67.40 KN/m diameter is 10 mm. If 3-20 mm bars are provided at the bottom and 2-16 mm
bars are provided at the top, calculate the following. Use f’c = 21 MPa and fy
SITUATION 4: On your first day of work, you are asked to design an interior = 275 MPa. Using fcallow = 0.45f’c, fsallow = 0.5fy, and n = 9.
RC beam of an apartment building. Your senior manager already provided the
dimensions needed (see figure below) and the only thing lacking is the
reinforcements of the beam. Upon checking the plans, you found out that the
17. Compute the service (unfactored) moment to be carried by the beam in
beam is 12 meters long. The beam is to be analyzed as simply supported for
kN-m
conservative reasons. Design criteria state that the concrete compressive
a. 121.1015 c. 125.4980
strength is 28 MPa, and steel yield strength is 420 MPa. From your load
b . 93. 7238 d. 103.516
analysis, you determined that the total dead load acting on the beam to be 6.2
kPa (inclusive of self-weight). Live load can be taken as 1.9 kPa.
18. Calculate the cracked moment of inertia in x106 considering a
rectangular section
a. 1051.294 c. 725.645
b . 945.354 d. 816.332

19. Calculate the maximum tension-steel stress in MPa based on the

applied loading considering a rectangular section.
a. 325.21 c. 337.0308
b . 251.70 d. 277.997

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SITUATION 8: The service load bending moments acting on a rectangular

beam 350 mm wide and 650 mm deep are 150 kN-m for dead load and 150 29. Determine the nominal axial load in kN when concrete strain is 0.003
kN-m for live load. Use the following properties: f’c = 32 MPa , fy = 414 MPa and yield strain of steel is ey = fy/Es.
, db = 20 mm (bar diameter) , ds = 10 mm (stirrups diameter) A. 1171.5 B. 874.9 C. 768.6 D. 972.1

30. Determine the nominal moment in kN·m to this nominal axial load.
20. Compute the ultimate moment capacity in kN-m A. 102.96 B. 137.28 C. 266.56 D. 300.88
a. 401.94 c. 321.551
b . 325.571 d. 361.745

21. Compute the demand capacity ratio

a. 1.161 c. 1.157
b . 1.045 d. 1.285

SITUATION 9: The typical T-section results from the monolithic construction

of the slab and its supporting beams. The following are the properties based
on bending requirements: Effective flange width bf = 700 mm Slab thickness,
t = 100 mm Web width, bw = 275 mm Total depth, h = 650 mm
Bottom reinforcement = 10 – ø25 mm
Steel cover = 75 mm
f’c = 28 MPa fy = 414 MPa
Use unit weight of concrete = 24 kN/m3
Tributary width = 3 meter
Superimposed dead load = 8.8 kPa
Beam span = 6.8 m on simple support

22. Compute the factored dead load moment to be carried by the beam in
kN-m
a. 258.227 c. 233.050
b . 215.190 d. 194.208

23. Compute the ultimate moment capacity of the T-beam

a. 1038.358 c. 934.522
b . 1044.564 d. 940.108

24. Determine the maximum service live load (in kPa) that can be applied on
the beam

a. 47.830 c. 20.776
b . 24.376 d. 48.682

SITUATION 10: A reinforced concrete column section 400 mm square is

reinforced with longitudinal bars Ast = 8- 25 mm equally distributed along
all faces. Lateral ties are composed of 12 mm rectangular hoops with clear
cover equal to 40 mm and 12 mm cross ties in both directions. Concrete
yield strength f’c = 27 MPa and steel yield strength, fy = 415 MPa. Design
forces from combined wind load and gravity loads are as follows: Mu = 420
kN∙m, Vu = 370 kN. Nu = 450 kN

25. Calculate the nominal shear strength of concrete in kN.

A. 139.57 B. 116.22 C. 98.78 D. 104.68

26. Calculate the nominal shear strength in kN provided by the ties

(including the cross ties) if they are spaced 150 mm on centers within the
critical section for shear.

A. 314.94 B. 104.98 C. 209.96 D. 178.46

27. Calculate the factored shear force in kN the column can resist if ties
(including cross ties) are spaced 200 mm on centers.
A. 326.18 B. 386.33 C. 277.25 D. 366.48

SITUATION 11: A tied column 300 mm by 400 mm is reinforced with 6-ϕ25

mm equally distributed at short sides only. Use f’c = 20.7 MPa, fy = 415
MPa, Es = 200 GPa and 40 mm covering of tie reinforcement 12 mm in
diameter.

28. Determine the location of the plastic centroid from the short edge.
A. 200 B. 150 C. 225 D. 275

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