REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN ASSIGNMENT No.

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1. Design a rectangular beam
reinforced for tension only to
carry a dead load moment of
150 KN-m and a live load of 140
KN-m.
fc= 20.7 MPa; fy = 414 MPa
Use 65 mm steel covering.
2. A reinforced rectangular beam
has a width of 350 mm having a
simple span of 6m. It carries a
dead load moment (including its
own weight) of 100 KN-m, a live
load moment of 140 KN-m and a
moment due to the effect of
earthquake of 118 KN-m. If fc
= 20.7 MPa, with a steel yield
strength of 414 MPa.
a) Determine the design
moment.
b) Determine the effective
depth of the beam.
c) How many 25 mm

bars

compression reinforcement if
required will be placed at a
depth of 60 mm. if
and
design the steel
reinforcement if the beam is to
support a bending moment of
650 KN/m.
5. A rectangular reinforced
concrete beam has a width of
300 mm and an effective depth
of 450 mm. It is reinforced for
tension at the bottom with a
total steel area of 962.5

fc = 24.2 MPa; fy = 345.6 MPa;

Es = 200 000 MPa.
a) Evaluate the curvature

are needed for the

reinforcement.
3. A reinforced concrete beam has
a width of 300 mm and an
effective depth to the tension
reinforcement of 600 mm.
Compression reinforcement of
600 mm. Compression
reinforcement if required will be
placed at a depth of 60 mm. If
fc = 300 mm and fy = 410
MPa, design the longitudinal
reinforcement if the beam is to
support a bending moment of
650 KN-m.
4. A reinforced concrete beam has
a width 300 mm and an
effective depth to the tension
reinforcement of 618 mm.
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due to the moment

which produces initial
yielding of the tension
steel in radians per
meter.
b) Evaluate the curvature
due to nominal flexural
strength Mn of the cross
section in radians per
meter.
c) Determine the magnitude
of the cross sections
curvature ductility ratio.
6. An under reinforced beam has a
width of 300 mm and an
effective depth of 425 mm is
reinforced with a total steel area
of 587

. Its neutral axis is

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located at 102.5 mm below the
top of the beam.
fc = 24.9 MPa; fy = 414.7 MPa;
Es = 200 000 MPa.
a) Compute the magnitude
of the moment that
produces initial failure of
the cross section (Tension
Steel Strained to

b) Compute the associated

curvature

c)

Compute the stress fc at

the top surface of the
beam.
7. Using USD method, design a
simply supported reinforced
concrete beam 0.20 m wide and
4.50 m long, carrying only a
wall load of 8.27 KN/m including
its own weight. Keep the steel
ratio within 1 % and use 16 mm
reinforcing bars. Use fy =
413.7 MPa, fc = 27.6 MPa and a
minimum concrete cover of 63.5
mm. Indicate the depth and
number of reinforcing bars on
the figure:

Wu = 11. 578 KN/m

4.5 m
8. Section 5.10.3.2 and 5.10.3.3 of
the 1992 National Code of the
Philippines states as follows:
Balanced strain conditions exist
at a cross section when tension
reinforcement reaches the
strain corresponding to its
specified yield strength fy just
as concrete in compression
reaches its ultimate strain of
0.003. for flexural members
subject to combined flexural
and compressive axial load
when the design axial load
strength

is less than the

smaller of 0.10 fc Ag or

the

ratio of reinforcement
provided shall not exceed 0.75
of the ratio

that would

produced balanced strain

conditions for the section under
the flexure without axial load.
For members with compression

200

63.5

reinforcement the portion of

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equalized by compression
reinforcement need not be
reduced by the 0.75 factor. A
singly-reinforced concrete beam
has a width of 300 mm and an
effective depth of 400 mm.
Concrete strength is 24 MPa and
steel yield strength is 340 MPa.

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Determine the maximum
allowable steel area n
accordance with the 1992 NSCP
strength design method.
9. A simply reinforced concrete
beam has a width of 250 mm
and an effective depth of 500
mm concrete strength is 28 MPa
and fy = 280 MPa. Determine:
a) Balanced reinforced ratio
in percent.
b) Maximum allowable steel
area accordance with
1992 NSCP.
c) Number of 25 mm bar to
be used.
10.A reinforced concrete beam has
the following properties: b =
320 mm; d = 640 mm; fc; = 25
MPa; fy = 400 MPa and Es =
200 000 MPa.
If the beam is to be designed for
a balanced condition, find the
required area of steel
reinforcement in

. Hint: The

balanced steel area = 0.75 Asb.

11.For the continuous beam shown

by
moment
distribution
calculate the magnitudes of the
maximum negative moments
over the supports; draw the
shear and moment diagrams
showing the locations of the
points of inflection and the point
of maximum positive moments
and the total vertical reactions
at all supports. Neglect the
dead weight of the beam. Using
an effective d = 560 mm.
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Determine the required number

of
20
mm

tensile
reinforcement
over
each
supports and at each of the
points of maximum positive
moments between the supports.
Also determine the maximum
spacing at the faces of the
supports of 10 mm stirrups.
Use fc = 21 MPa, fy = 275 MPa.

12.From the given cross section of

a rectangular beam reinforced
for tension only.
Diameter of stirrups = 10
mm.
Clear spacing between
layers of bars = 25 mm.
Clear cover of stirrups =
40 mm
Diameter of 4 lower bars
= 25 mm.
Diameter of 4 upper bars
= 28 mm.
Determine the following:
a. Effective tension area of
concrete
b. Value of crack index
c. Allowable values of crack
index for interior exposure
and exterior exposure.

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13.Given the cross section of the
beam having a dimension of
270 x 600 mm and is reinforced
with 8 20 mm bars arranged
as shown.
Determine the following:
a. Clear
horizontal
spacing
between bars
b. Narrowest
dimension
of
horizontal forms
c. Maximum size of coarse
aggregates

14.A reinforced concrete beam

having a width of 280 mm and a
total depth of 600 mm is
reinforced for tension at the
bottom with 6 36 mm bars
placed on two layers as shown.
Determine the following:
a. Effective depth of beam
b. Clear
horizontal
spacing
between bars
c.
Maximum size of coarse
aggregates

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15.A reinforced concrete beam has

a width of 300 mm and an
effective depth of 600 mm fc =
35 MPa, fy = 400 MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Value of the factor
b. Value of balanced steel ratio
c. Number of 28 mm
16.The reinforced concrete beam
has a width of 250 mm and a
effective depth of 500 mm. the
compressive
strength
of
concrete is 28 MPa and the yield
strength
of
the
steel
reinforcement is 414 MPa. Es =
200 000 MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Maximum steel area required
b. Number of 25 mm bars
c. Using maximum number of
25 mm bars compute the
nominal moment capacity of
beam.
17.The
cross
section
of
a
rectangular reinforced beam
has a width of 250 mm and d =
360 mm and reinforced for
tension with As = 600 mm2, fc =
40 MPa, fy = 400 MPa and Es =
200 000 MPa.
Determine the following:

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a. Location of neutral axis
below
the
compression
surface
b. Strain required to yield the
steel
c. Condition of the beam
18.A reinforced concrete having a
width of 250 mm and an
effective depth of 500 mm has
coefficient of resistance of 5.32.
If fc = 35 MPa and fy = 275.8
MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Maximum ultimate moment
capacity of beam
b. Steel ratio of the beam
c. Steel area required by the
beam
19.A reinforced concrete beam has
a width of 350 mm and d = 690
mm. if fc = 20.7 MPa and fy =
414 MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Maximum steel ratio
b. Coefficient of resistane for a
steel ratio equal to pmax
c. Ultimate factored moment
capcity
20.A symmetrical cross-section of a
reinforced concrete shown has a
value of fc = 24.13 MPa and fy
= 482.7 MPa, Es = 200 000
MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Location of neutral axis from
the top of the beam for a
balanced condition
b. Balanced steel area Asb
c. Maximum area permitted by
the code.

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21.A
rectangular
reinforced
concrete beam has b = 300 mm
and total depth 480 mm. it is
reinforced with a total steel area
in tension equal to 2280 mm 2.
Effective depth of the beam is
400 mm. fc = 20.68 MPa, fy =
344.7 MPa.
Determine the following:
a. Curvature of the beam due
to nominal flexural strength
of the beam in radians per
meter
b. Maximum value of factored
moment Mu that the cross
section can support
c. Coefficient of resistance of
beam.