Additional Practice Questions - Structural Idealisation
Additional Practice Questions - Structural Idealisation
Structural Behaviour
Additional practice questions
Structural idealisation
Dr Elliot Law
Senior Lecturer, Dean’s Office (Engineering)
The floor system used in a school classroom consists
of a concrete slab with uniformly distributed load of
4 kN/m2 over its surface area. Determine the loads
acting on members BF and ABCDE, and calculate the
maximum bending moment along these members.
Assume a = 2.25 m and b = 6.0 m.
Adapted from Structural Analysis (9th ed.) by R.C. Hibbeler
The floor system used in a school classroom consists
of a concrete slab with uniformly distributed load of
4 kN/m2 over its surface area. Determine the loads
acting on members BF and ABCDE, and calculate the
maximum bending moment along these members.
Assume a = 2.25 m and b = 6.0 m.
Member BF (secondary beam):
9 kN/m Span ratio = (6/2.25) = 2.67
One‐way distribution.
B F
6.0 m
27 kN 27 kN
Maximum bending moment = 40.5 kNm
Adapted from Structural Analysis (9th ed.) by R.C. Hibbeler
The floor system used in a school classroom consists
of a concrete slab with uniformly distributed load of
4 kN/m2 over its surface area. Determine the loads
acting on members BF and ABCDE, and calculate the
maximum bending moment along these members.
Assume a = 2.25 m and b = 6.0 m.
Member ABCDE (primary beam):
Maximum bending moment = 121.5 kNm
Adapted from Structural Analysis (9th ed.) by R.C. Hibbeler
The floor of an apartment building is subjected to a A B C
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m2 over its surface
area. Determine the loads acting on members DE and 3 m
BEH, and calculate the maximum bending moment
along these members. D F
E
4 m
G H I
5 m 5 m
The floor of an apartment building is subjected to a A B C
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m2 over its surface
area. Determine the loads acting on members DE and 3 m
BEH, and calculate the maximum bending moment
along these members. D F
E
4 m
Member DE (secondary beam):
Tributary area : G H I
Region ABED:
D E
Span ratio = (5/3) = 1.67
1.5 m 2.0 m 1.5 m
Region DEHG:
13.1 kN 13.1 kN
Span ratio = (5/4) = 1.25
Maximum bending moment (at mid‐span) = 20.6 kNm
Two‐way distribution.
The floor of an apartment building is subjected to a A B C
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m2 over its surface
area. Determine the loads acting on members DE and 3 m
BEH, and calculate the maximum bending moment
along these members. D F
E
4 m
Member DE (secondary beam):
Tributary area : G H I
Region ABED:
D E
Span ratio = (5/3) = 1.67
2.0 m 1.0 m 2.0 m
Region DEHG:
15.0 kN 15.0 kN
Span ratio = (5/4) = 1.25
Maximum bending moment (at mid‐span) = 24.6 kNm
Two‐way distribution.
The floor of an apartment building is subjected to a A B C
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m2 over its surface
area. Determine the loads acting on members DE and 3 m
BEH, and calculate the maximum bending moment
along these members. D F
E
4 m
Member DE (secondary beam):
G H I
Maximum bending moment (at mid‐span) = 45.2 kNm
Region ABED:
Span ratio = (5/3) = 1.67
Region DEHG:
Span ratio = (5/4) = 1.25
Two‐way distribution.
The floor of an apartment building is subjected to a A B C
uniformly distributed load of 5 kN/m2 over its surface
area. Determine the loads acting on members DE and 3 m
BEH, and calculate the maximum bending moment
along these members. D F
E
4 m
Member BEH (primary beam):
56.2 kN
G H I
20 kN/m
15 kN/m 5 m 5 m
B H Region ABED:
E
Span ratio = (5/3) = 1.67
1.5 m 1.5 m 2.0 m 2.0 m