(Derrick Campus)

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

FINAL EXAMINATION- SEMESTER 1/2014
TRADE DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
STAGE 4
CIV 522 - STRUCTURAL DESIGN 2

Instructions to Students:

01. You are allowed 10 minutes EXTRA reading time to familiarize, evaluate
and study the requirements being asked in all the problems before
starting to write your solutions.

02. Begin each answer on a fresh page, avoid too many erasures and use
both sides of the answer sheet.

03 Write your candidate number at the top of each attached answer sheet.

04. Write clearly the number(s) of the question(s) attempted on the top of
each sheet.

05. Insert all written foolscap, drawing paper, etc. in their correct sequence
and secure with string.

06. Candidates are warned not to open any Structural Design 2 lecture
notes. Any attempt to do so and was caught shall be outright
disqualification to sit in the Final Examination and the student shall be
subject to academic disciplinary action, THE PENALTY OF WHICH IS
SUSPENSION FOR ONE YEAR.

07. All questions are compulsory

08. Use black or blue ball pen in answering, pencils are not allowed, except
for drawing figures.

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 QUESTION 1
(30 marks)

The second floor rectangular beams of an office building will carry the load of the
concrete floor slab as shown in the figure below.

x x
L
Beam to be
designed L

Y
L1 L1

Slab thickness = 150mm

D The beam to
be designed

L =3000mm L =3000mm L = 3000mm

Sectional view Y - Y

D = 400 mm ; b = 240mm

A B C

L1 =4,500mm L1 = 4,500mm

Sectional view x - x

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 240 mm

d=350 mm

50 mm

Beam Cross Section

Additional Design Parameters:

1) Column dimensions = 300 mm x 300 mm

2) Total depth (D) of the rectangular beam to be design = 400mm
3) Effective depth (d) of rectangular beam to be design = 350 mm
4) Effective width (bw) of the rectangular beam to be design = 240mm
5) Concrete strength (f’c) = 25  MPa 
6) Superimposed Dead Load on slab  = 2.00 kPa 
7) Superimposed Live Load on slab   = 3.00 kPa 
8) L= 3000 mm 
9) L1 = 4500mm  
10) Floor Slab thickness Ds = 150 mm 
11) Use D16 bars for main longitudinal bars
12) fy = 300 Mpa for main bars
13) Use stirrups bar diameter = R10 mm
14) fy = 250 Mpa for stirrups
15) Φ = 0.85 for Moment and φ = 0.75 for shear
16) Density of concrete = 2500kg/m3

Answer the following questions:

(i) Develop  bending  moment  diagram  and  shear  force  diagram  using  the  simplified 
method of structural analysis;        
                                                                                                                                       
(ii) Determine the value of (‐) M*(min) and  (+)M*(min);                                                    
  
(iii) Design the negative bending reinforcement over  the first interior support of the end 
span only of the rectangular beam.   Use D16 main reinforcement;                                              
 
(iv)  Determine the spacing of stirrups at the interior support; 

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 QUESTION 2
(15 marks)

Design a Double reinforced rectangular beam to carry a maximum design

moment of 300 kNm. The beam is limited to a cross section of 250 mm x 460mm,
having an effective depth of 400 mm. fc’ = 30 MPa, fy = 400 MPa. Use steel covering
measured from bottom of beam to center of tension bars equal to 60 mm. Use also 60
mm steel cover to compression bars. Use Y16 for compression bars and Y36 for
tension bars.

QUESTION 3
(10 marks)

A 310 UC 118 is used as a column to carry axial load N* . It has an unsupported length
of 4.60 meters. Using fy = 300 MPa, Es = 200,000 MPa. Determine the maximum axial
load it could carry for the following end support conditions.
a) Both ends are fixed (ke = 0.70)
b) Both ends are pinned (ke = 1.0)
c) One end fixed and other end pinned (ke = 0.85)

N*

L = 4.6 m

Properties of 310 UC 118

Ag = 15,000 mm2 rx = 136 mm
d = 315 mm ry = 77.5 mm
bf = 307 mm
tf = 18.7 mm
tw = 11.9 mm
Ix = 277 x 106 mm4
Iy = 90.2 x 106 mm4
Sx = 1960 x 103 mm3

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 QUESTION 4
(10 marks)

A bolted connection shown in figure below is using a 32.22 mm diameter bolt. Thread Length
is 38 mm.

a) Compute the length of the grip

b) Compute the required bolt length
c) Determine whether threads are excluded or not excluded from shear planes.

Grip L
12mm 25mm 12mm

L required
x 38 mm

Figure Q4

Bolt Size (mm) Thread (mm) L (mm)

12.5 25 18
15 30 22
20 35 25
22 38 28
25 45 30

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 QUESTION 5
(20 marks)

A 12.00 meters continuous beam shown in Figure Q5 is used to carry a dead

load of 35 kN/m and a live load of 30 kN/m. fy = 300Mpa, and fu = 410 Mpa.
Assuming that there are no bolt holes in the flanges of the Universal Beam:
a) Determine the size of hot rolled structural Universal beam that
could support the given loading,

b) Also, check the nominal section capacity of the designed

section, and

c) Design the web with regards to shear strength. Use Plasticity

Slenderness Parameter Limit λsp =9.0.
 
w = 1.20 G + 1.60 Q

MA
wkN/m
A
B C
6,000mm 6,000 mm

Figure Q5

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 QUESTION 6
(15 marks)
A 7.50 meters steel truss is shown in Figure Q6. By method of joint/method of section and by
Maxwell truss diagram, the maximum axial compressive force on the top chord of the truss was
found acting on member AB with a magnitude of 2300 kN. Assuming no bolt holes with fy=
300 MPa, Kf=1.00 (for pin connected members of a Steel Truss), determine a size of universal
column that will be structurally adequate to support the maximum axial compressive force in
the top chord of the truss.

The purlins are assumed to be located at the nodes of the truss.

a) Also, check the nominal section capacity of the designed section, and

b) Design the web with regards to shear strength. Use Plasticity Slenderness
Parameter Limit λsp =9.0.
 

Rise = 1.70m
B

A
1.5 1.50 1.5 1.50 1.5

Figure Q6

N* =2300.0 kN

1.372 m
A

Member AB of Truss
N*= 2300.0 kN