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CE 502 – Reinforced Concrete Design
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1. A 300mm x 600mm interior reinforced concrete beam is reinforced for tension with 3 – 28mmø bars placed on the outermost layer and 2 –
25mmø bars on the inner layer which are spaced under a clear layer distance of 25mm. Stirrups are 10mmø bars. In lieu of such calculations,
for tensile stress fs, it is permitted to take fs as 0.60fy where the value computed is 240MPa. Determine the following:
a. effective tension area of the concrete
b. if the estimated crack sizes are within the provisions assuming the beam to be under exterior exposure
c. estimate the value of the width of the crack in μm if the neutral axis is located 219.16mm from the extreme compressive fiber
2. A 350mm by 500mm by 4m simply supported interior beam with a 2m overhang on the roller support is reinforced for tension only with 5-
28mm diameter main bars. The beam carries a uniform dead load (including its weight) of 4.5kN/m, a uniform live load of 3kN/m, and a
concentrated load of P and 2P placed at 2m from the edge of the overhang and 2m from the left pin support, respectively. It was observed
that the yield strength of steel is 414MPa and that the concrete strength is at 34.5MPa. Calculate the following:
a. the maximum value of P in kN
b. the design capacity in kN-m
3. An RC beam designed for positive bending has a cross section in the form of inverted U-section having a stem of uniform thickness and a
total depth of 400mm. The beam is reinforced for tension at each stem with 2 – 25mmø bars. It has a gross concrete area of 110000mm2
and gross concrete inertia of 1582x106 mm4. The neutral axis at working load is located 241mm from the extreme tensile fiber. The beam

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has a simple span of 4m and carries a load of 2.6kN/m. Lightweight aggregate concrete will be used. The observed tensile strength of
concrete after direct tensile test is 4.90MPa; the split cylinder tensile strength of the concrete is 2.2MPa; and the 28-day cylinder strength of
concrete is 20.68MPa. Determine the following:
a. bending stress at which cracks will begin to form in the section in MPa
b. maximum bending moment in the section that will cause the beam to crack in kN-m
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c. concentrated load P in kN at midspan corresponding to cracking
4. A 300mmx400mmx6m simply supported interior RC beam is reinforced with 4 – 28mm diameter RSB at the bottom, 2 – 28mm diameter
RSB at the top, and 16mm diameter RSB for stirrups. Given that f’c = 20.7MPa and fy = 415MPa. Balanced steel ratio is at 0.021. Assume
compression steel yields for simplification; the displaced concrete by the compression bars is neglected. Determine the following:
a. the design strength using 0.90 strength reduction factor
b. live load at midspan in addition to the 20kN/m dead load of the beam
5. A 300mmx560mmx7.6m simply-supported interior RC beam is reinforced with 3 pieces 12mm diameter bars for compression and 3 pieces
22mm diameter bars for tension. The centroid of reinforcements is 64mm from the extreme concrete fibers. The beam is to be analyzed for
short-term and long-term deflection. Assume that 50% of the live load shall be sustained. Given the following data:
f'c = 21MPa Es = 200GPa γc = 23.6kN/m3 LL = 4.4kN/m
fy = 276MPa Ec = 4700√(f’c) DL = 1.75kN/m (not including beam weight)
a. what is maximum deflection due to live loads?
b. what is the midspan deflection due to sustained loads?
c. what is the maximum deflection after 5 years?