UNIVERSITY OF PRPETUAL HELP SYSTEM LAGUNA

Civil Engineering Department

ASSIGNMENT 1
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the
box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. A cantilever hollow circular bar 5mm thick with outside diameter of 75mm is subjected to a torque of 3 kN-m at
its free end. Find the maximum shear stress in the bar.
a. 81.1 MPa c. 83.1 MPa
b. 82.1 Mpa d. 84.1 MPa
2. A single bolt is used to lap joint two steel bars together. Tensile force on the bar is 20 kN. Determine the
diameter of the bolt required if the allowable shearing stress on it is 70 MPa.
a. 25mm c. 19mm
b. 15mm d. 12mm

Situation 6: A simply supported concrete beam 6m long has a width of 300 mm, total depth of 600 mm and an effective
depth of 540 mm. The beam is to support a superimposed dead load of 15 kN/m and a live load of 20 kN/m. f’c = 21 MPa,
fy = 275 MPa.
3. Determine the maximum steel ratio allowed by the NSCP.
a 0.02344 b. 0.03104 c. 0.02837 d. 0.03783
4. Find the total factored load.
a. 48.6 kN/m b. 57.6 kN/m c. 53.4 kN/m d. 60.9 kN/m
5. Find the number of 28mm φ bars required.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5
6. Solve for the wall moment in the propped beam shown in the figure.
a. 1580 lb-ft b. -1575 lb-ft c. -1580 lb-ft d. 1575 lb-ft

SITUATION 7: 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.
7. Compute the maximum steel area required.
a. 2810.9mm2 b. 2611.0mm2 c. 2709.4mm2 d.2912.7 mm2
8. Compute the No. of 25mmØ bars.
a. 4 b. 8 c. 2 d. 6
9. Compute the nominal moment capacity of the beam.
a. 465KN-m b. 485KN-m c .456KN-m d. 458KN-m

Situation 8. A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an overall depth of 480 mm. The beam is simply
supported over a span of 5 m. Concrete cover is 60 mm from the centroid of the steel area. The beam is reinforced with 5-
20 mm Ø tension steel and 2-20 mm Ø compression steel. Unit weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/m3. Other than the weight
of the beam, the beam carries a superimposed uniform load. Neglect the effect of compression steel.
10. Using a modular ratio n = 9, determine the concrete stress when the steel stress reaches 140 MPa.
a. 8.1 MPa b. 9.3 MPa c. 8.8 MPa d. 10.2 MPa
11. If the maximum bending moment is 72 kN-m, determine the stress in the tension steel. a. 108
MPa b. 125 MPa c. 116 MPa d. 138 MPa
12. Determine the total uniform load on the beam that will produce a maximum concrete stress of 9 MPa.

a. 23 kN/m b. 27 kN/m c. 25 kN/m

d. 30 kN/m

SITUATION 9: The given bracket is subjected to an eccentric load of 45KN acting as shown. All materials are A36 steel with
Fy = 248.8 MPa. The fillet weld is made up of E 70xx with a minimum tensile strength Fu = 483.8MPa.
13. Determine the force per mm resisted by the fillet weld due to bending only.
a. 510.15N/mm b. 308.16N/mm c. 406.14N/mm d. 209.17N/mm
14. Determine the force per mm resisted by the fillet weld due to bending and axial load.
a. 475.39N/mm b. 275.26N/mm c. 345.37N/mm d.535.62N/mm
15. Determine the maximum size of the fillet weld required for the given bracket.
a. 4.63mm say 5mm c. 3.36 say 4mm
b. 5.72mm say 6mm d.2.56 say 3mm
Situation 10: A beam has a T-section shown in the figure. It has an effective flange width of 750 mm and flange thickness
of 100 mm. It is reinforced with 8-32 mm tension bars in double layers. Material properties are as follows: f’ c = 27.6
MPa and fy = 413.7 MPa. Es = 200 GPa.
16. Calculate the area of concrete in compression in mm 2.
a. 99 719.45 b. 86 866.72 c. 69 249.62 d. 113 458.55

17. Calculate the location of the neutral axis measured from extreme concrete fiber in compression.
a. 209.88 mm b. 177.98 mm c. 381.38 mm d. 246.92 mm
18. Determine the ultimate moment capacity of the beam
a. 1 711 kN-m b. 1 624 kN-m c. 1 837 kN-m d. 1 901 kN-m
mm
800
mm
100

8-32
mm
mm
750

mm
350

Situation 11: A 6 m long cantilever beam, 250 mm wide x 600 mm deep, supports a uniformly distributed. DL (beam
weight included) of 5 kN/m throughout its length and a concentrated live load of 18 kN at the free end. To prevent
excessive deflection of the beam, it is pre-tensioned with 12 mm diameter strands causing a final pre-stress force of 540
kN.
19. Determine the resulting stress (MPa) at the bottom fiber of the beam at the free end if the center of gravity of
the strands coincides with the centroid of the section.
a. 7.2 C b. 3.6 T c. 7.2 T d. 3.6 C
20. Determine the resulting stress (MPa) at the top fiber of the beam at the fixed end if the center of gravity of the
strands is at 100 mm above the neutral axis of the section.
a. 13.2 C b. 3.6 C c. 6.0 T d. 7.2 T