A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 280 mm and an effective depth of 520 mm.
It is reinforced for tension only
with 5 -28 mm diameter bars. Material strength are f’c = 21 MPa and fs = 128 MPa. Assume n = 9. Use Working Stress
Design
Which of the following most nearly gives the location of neutral axis from the extreme compression concrete?
a. 276.52 mm c. 236.77 mm b. 302.85 mm d. 193.07 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the moment capacity of the beam?
a. 173.82 kN-m c. 138.16 kN-m b. 111.03 kN-m d. 157.89 kN-m
Which of the following statements is true for the given beam?
a. The beam complies with the code
b. The concrete fails first before the tension steel yields
c. The tension steel yields first before the concrete fails
d. The concrete fails and the tension steel yields at the same time
A 335 mm x 500 mm concrete beam is reinforced with three 25 mm diameter tension bars. The modular ration is n = 8.
Assume effective depth as 435 mm. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment of inertia of the uncracked
transformed section?
a. 2.38 x 109 mm4 c. 2.83 x 109 mm4
b. 3.28 x 109 mm4 d. 3.82 x 109 mm4
A triangular beam has a length of 12 meters. It has an effective depth of 450 mm and a base of 400 mm. The steel
reinforcement is 3500 mm2 . A uniformly distributed load of 20 kN/m is acting on the beam. Use n = 9 and steel cover of
50 mm.
Determine the maximum stress that the concrete experiences.
a. 92.52 MPa c. 98.94 MPa
b. 85.12 MPa d. 82.50 MPa
Determine the location of the neutral axis measured from the apex so that balance condition is achieved. Use f’c = 21
MPa and fs = 120 MPa.
a. 177.23 mm c. 133.08 mm
b. 186.65 mm d. 161.57 mm
Determine the balanced moment capacity.
a. 144.72 kN-m c. 110.05 kN-m
b. 138.55 kN-m d.114.70 kN-m
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 400 mm and a total depth of 550 mm. The longitudinal bars at the top are 2 –
28 mm Φ and 4 – 32 mm Φ at the bottom. Concrete strength is f’c = 24 MPa and steel yield strengthfy = 300 MPa. Steel
Cover is 70 mm.
What is the transformed moment of inertia?
a. 3548.65 x 106 mm4 b. 3768.19 x 106 mm4
c. 3535.63 x 106 mm4 d. 3636.61 x 106 mm4
What is the Moment Capacity?
a. 204.11 kN-m c. 284.34 kN-m
b. 219.17kN-m d.201.50kN-m
What is the safest uniformly distributed load that the beam can carry if the length of the beam is 8 meters.
a. 35.54 kN/m c. 22.08 kN/m
b. 25.19kN/m d.27.39kN/m
A rectangular beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 425 mm with a 75 mm steel covering. It is
reinforced with 3 -28 mm diameter bars. The beam has a simple span of 6 m and carries a service dead load including its
own weight of 14 kN/m and a service live load of 10 kN/m. Use f’c = 20.7 MPa and n = 10
Which of the following most nearly gives the effective moment of inertia?
a.2008 x 106 mm4 c. 1690 x 106 mm4
b. 1762 x 106 mm4 d. 1859 x 106 mm4
Which of the following most nearly gives the instantaneous deflection for dead load and live load?
a. 10.19 mm c. 9.43 mm
b. 10.75 mm d. 11.21 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the deflection for the same loads after one year assuming that 30 % of the live
load is sustained?
a. 20.29 mm c. 22.32 mm
b. 18.78 mm d. 21.40 mm
A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 350 mm and an effective depth of 650 mm. It is reinforced with five 28 mm
diameter bars for tension only. Concrete strength is f’c = 24 MPa and steel yields strength fy = 300 MPa.
Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular compression stress block?
a. 122.95 mm c. 118.58 mm b. 129.36 mm d. 111.39 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the neutral axis from the extreme compression concrete?
a. 152.19 mm c. 139.51 mm b. 144.65 mm d. 131.05 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the beam?
a. 486.56 kN-m c. 520.57 kN-m b. 468.51 kN-m d. 542.46 kN-m
A beam is simply supported on a span of 5 m and carries the following loads: Super imposed dead load = 16 kN/m Live
Load = 14 kN/m Properties: b = 300 mm h = 450 mm d = 380 mm L = 5 m f’c = 30 MPa fy = 415 MPa SG = 2.4
What is the maximum moment at ultimate condition?
a. 158.28 kN-m c. 132.61 kN-m b. 211.51 kN-m d. 204.67 kN-m
Find the number of 16 mm diameter bars required if the design moment at ultimate loads is 200 kN-m.
a. 6 c. 8 b. 9 d. 7
19. If the beam carries an ultimate concentrated load of 50 kN at the midspan. What is the number of 16 mm diameter
bars required?
a. 4 c. 5 b. 3 d. 2
A reinforced concrete beam has a total depth of 700 mm. Use f’c = 34
MPa and fy = 415 MPa. The diameter of the rebar is 28 mm and the
concrete cover is 60 mm. See Figure
Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of compression block?
a. 216.94 mm c. 250.51 mm b. 194.74 mm d. 156.19 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the compressive strength of concrete?
a. 1701.39 kN c. 1277.69 kN b. 1660.78 kN d. 1600.56 kN
Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity?
a. 429.68 kN-m c. 643.51 kN-m b. 660.49 kN-m d. 432.79 kN-m
For the beam below; f’c = 27 MPa Steel Cover = 100 mm fy = 270 MPa As = 4 – 32 mm
Which of the following most nearly fives the depth of compression block?
a. 224.64 mm c. 276.49 mm b. 308.56 mm d. 336.96 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the compressive strength of concrete?
a. 728.36 Kn c. 868.59 kN b. 693.14 kN d. 625.04 kN
Which of the following most nearly gives the nominal moment capacity?
a. 297.10 kN-m c. 304.21 kN-m b. 239.17 kN-m d. 214.35 kN-m
A rectangular beam, has a concrete strength of 21 MPa. The yield strength of the reinforcing bars is 275 MPa. Width of
the beam – 350 mm.
Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the compression block?
a. 180.81 mm c. 173.14 mm b. 263.56 mm d. 224.02 mm
Which of the following most nearly gives the compressive strength of concrete?
a. 1129.60 kN c. 1278.91 kN b. 1456.02 kN d. 1399.58 kN
Which of the following most nearly gives the moment capacity?
a. 315.20 kN-m c. 355.21 kN-m b. 489.15 kN-m d. 440.23 kN-m
