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    1. The document summarizes common mistakes students made on a structural engineering quiz. 2. Key mistakes included not properly checking beam-column capacity, misunderstanding load paths and tributary areas, and incorrectly applying formulas for deflection, shear stud design, and buckling resistance. 3. The summary provides examples of these mistakes, such as amplifying bending moments in the wrong directions, using inconsistent units, and considering rebar force for shear stud design.

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    1. The document summarizes common mistakes students made on a structural engineering quiz. 2. Key mistakes included not properly checking beam-column capacity, misunderstanding load paths and tributary areas, and incorrectly applying formulas for deflection, shear stud design, and buckling resistance. 3. The summary provides examples of these mistakes, such as amplifying bending moments in the wrong directions, using inconsistent units, and considering rebar force for shear stud design.

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    1. The document summarizes common mistakes students made on a structural engineering quiz. 2. Key mistakes included not properly checking beam-column capacity, misunderstanding load paths and tributary areas, and incorrectly applying formulas for deflection, shear stud design, and buckling resistance. 3. The summary provides examples of these mistakes, such as amplifying bending moments in the wrong directions, using inconsistent units, and considering rebar force for shear stud design.

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    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes Final

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    Steven Kua
    1. The document summarizes common mistakes students made on a structural engineering quiz. 2. Key mistakes included not properly checking beam-column capacity, misunderstanding load paths and tributary areas, and incorrectly applying formulas for deflection, shear stud design, and buckling resistance. 3. The summary provides examples of these mistakes, such as amplifying bending moments in the wrong directions, using inconsistent units, and considering rebar force for shear stud design.

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    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes

    Question 1 a) • Many students did not perform cross‐sectional 
    2000kN 2000kN capacity check which is necessary for beam 
    column design.
    • Member buckling check‐‐‐Exact method assumed 
    fix based olumn: it is necessary  to check both 
    10kN 10kN A
    segments BC and CD
    2m

    Segment BC:
    Major axis buckling:  Lcr,y = 2.0 x 7m =14m
    20kN
    B Minor axis buckling:  Lcr,z = 2.5m
    L. T. Buckling:              Lcr,LTB = 2.5m
    2.5m

    NEd = 2000kN
    My,Ed = 45kN
    45kN Mz,Ed = 0
    C
    Segment CD
    2.5m

    Major axis buckling:  Lcr,y = 2.0 x 7m =14m
    Minor axis buckling:  Lcr,z = 0.85 x 2.5 =2.125m
    D L. T. Buckling:              Lcr,LTB = 1.0 x 2.5m
    Fixed 70kN
    (to be conservative)
    NEd = 2000kN
    My,Ed = 70kN
    Mz,Ed = 0
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 1 a)
    • Member buckling check‐‐‐conservative method:
    2000kN 2000kN It is conservatively to take Lcr,z of segment CD to be 
    2.5m (assume pin –base), segment CD is the most 
    critical. In this case, only need to check for CD.
    10kN 10kN A Segment BC:
    2m

    Major axis buckling:  Lcr,y = 2.0 x 7m =14m
    Minor axis buckling:  Lcr,z = 2.5m
    20kN L. T. Buckling:              Lcr,LTB = 2.5m
    B
    NEd = 2000kN
    2.5m

    My,Ed = 45kN
    Mz,Ed = 0
    Segment CD  more critical (pin‐base)
    45kN
    C Major axis buckling:  Lcr,y = 2.0 x 7m =14m
    Minor axis buckling:  Lcr,z = 2.5m
    2.5m

    (to be conservative)
    D L. T. Buckling:              Lcr,LTB = 2.5m     
    70kN NEd = 2000kN
    My,Ed = 70kN
    Mz,Ed = 0
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 1
    b) 
    2000kN 2000kN • When using the amplified moment method, 
    original column length should be used to 
    obtain flexural buckling resistance. In this case, 
    10kN 10kN A original column length is 7m. Many students 
    used the buckling resistance obtained from 
    2m

    part a) which assumed Lcr,y = 14m.
    20kN
    B • Moment in major axis direction should be 
    amplified only when doing major axis buckling 
    2.5m

    check. Some students amplified the major axis 
    moment in minor axis buckling check as well.
    45kN
    C
    2.5m

    D
    70kN
    NOT amplified
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 2 a)
    • several students did not understand the 
    cladding meaning of “cladding load” and treat it the 
    Ry
    same as other superimposed dead load and 
    multiply them with floor area.

    cladding
    • Many students were not able to analyse the 
    load path and hence got the wrong loads 
    on the column. Tributary areas for Ry, Rz and 
    Rz NEd are as shown in the figure on the left.

    • The column moments from beam loads 
    should be divided between columns in the 
    upper and lower level. Yet, a number of 
    students applied all the moments to the 
    ground level.
    NEd = 6 x (Ry +Rz)
    My,Ed = Ry x (h/2 + 100mm)
    Mz,Ed = Rz x (tw/2 + 100mm)
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 2
    b) & c)
    From 500mm slab • High shear check is required at the two 
    concentrated loading points B & C.
    A D
    B C c)
    Shear force • With intermediate restraints at B and C, 
    segment BC is the most critical. The 
    bending moment diagram within segment 
    BC is almost uniform, hence C1 should be 
    taken as ≈ 1.0. Some students considered 
    the bending moment diagram of the 
    entire beam and refered to the following 
    Bending moment
    figure which is incorrect.
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 2
    d)
    From 500mm slab • Only UNFACTORED IMPOSED load 
    should be considered in SLS 
    A D
    B C deflection check.

    Shear force • When using the following formula to 
    obtain the beam deflection, many 
    students inserted values with 
    inconsistent units and hence got the 
    wrong results. 
    Δ = 0.033PL3/EI
    Bending moment
    • When using the above formula, 
    several students confused between 
    “second moment of area” and 
    “section modulus” and choose the 
    wrong value from section table.
    CE5509 Quiz 1 Common Mistakes
    Question 3 b)
    The numerator is the 
    • Number of shear stud should be equal to
    shear force transferred 
    , through concrete‐steel 
    interface

    Where Rs is the tensile resistance of the steel plate only. Many 
    students considered Rs plus the force in rebar: Nq = (Rs + Rrebar)/ 
    PRd, which is incorrect.

    • Number of shear studs obtained from the above method is for HALF SPAN 
    (zero to max. moment). Many students distributed Nq to the full span and 
    under‐designed no. of shear studs by ½.

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