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Refresher Module 27 - S5 - Basic Structural Engineering 4

This document provides contact information for Buksmarquez Engineering Consultants with offices in Manila and Cebu, Philippines. It also contains sample problems from past structural engineering board examinations in the Philippines covering topics like stress calculations for columns, walls, shafts, and poles subjected to various loads. The problems are multiple choice with 4 potential answers for each question.

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Refresher Module 27 - S5 - Basic Structural Engineering 4

This document provides contact information for Buksmarquez Engineering Consultants with offices in Manila and Cebu, Philippines. It also contains sample problems from past structural engineering board examinations in the Philippines covering topics like stress calculations for columns, walls, shafts, and poles subjected to various loads. The problems are multiple choice with 4 potential answers for each question.

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MANILA: Room 206, JPD Building, CM Recto Avenue, Manila

CEBU: 4/F J. Martinez Bldg., Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City


Telephone Number: (02) 516 7559 (Manila) E-Mail: buksmarquez1 @yahoo.com
(032) 254-9967 (Cebu)

REFRESHER MODULE – BASIC STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

SIT. (CE Board Nov. 2021) SIT.


A standard weight pipe column is subjected to the following loads: The concrete wall shown retains water to its maximum height H.
Axial Load = 450 kN Given:
Moment = 35 kN-m H = 3.5 m
Given: t = 0.6 m
Area = 5419 mm^2 Concrete unit weight = 23.5 kN/m^3
Moment of Inertia = 30x10^6 mm^4 Assume full fixity at the base of the wall.
Outside Diameter = 219 mm (Refer to Fig. BSE 2)
Inside Diameter = 202 mm
1. Find the maximum compressive stress (MPa) at the base of the wall
1. Calculate the maximum compressive stress (MPa) in the column. if the water reaches the top of the wall.
A. 211 B. 128 C. 83 D. 45 A. 1.25 B. 1.09 C. 2.50 D. 2.18

2. Calculate the maximum tensile stress (MPa) in the column. 2. If the maximum compressive stress at the base of the wall is not to
A. 128 B. 45 C. 83 D. 211 exceed 400 kPa, what is the allowable depth of water?
A. 2.27 m B. 4.54 m C. 2.61 m D. 5.22 m
3. The design requires that there should be no tensile stress in the pipe
column due to the loads. How much should be the pipe outside diameter 3. If the allowable tensile stress at the base of the wall is zero, what is
(mm) if the available thickness is 8 mm? the maximum height of water the wall can retain?
A. 300 B. 310 C. 318 D. 327 A. 2.90 m B. 1.84 m C. 2.34 m D. 1.45 m

SIT.
SIT. (CE Board Nov. 2021)
A 55 mm diameter shaft is transmitting a torque of T = 2.6 kN-m and a
A rectangular tubular column has the following properties:
tensile force P = 125 kN.
Nominal width along the x-axis = 100 mm
Nominal depth along the y-axis = 200 mm
1. Determine the maximum tensile stress (MPa) of the shaft.
Wall thickness = 12 mm
A. 52.61 B. 83.83 C. 110.13 D. 57.52
Area, A = 6710 mm^2
Sx = 308 076 mm^3
2. Determine the maximum compressive stress (MPa) of the shaft.
Sy = 201 560 mm^3
A. 52.61 B. 83.83 C. 110.13 D. 57.52
1. Which of the following gives the radius of gyration (mm) of the
3. Compute the maximum shear stress of the shaft.
section about the y-axis?
A. 79.59 B. 83.83 C. 110.13 D. 57.52
A. 77.5 B. 38.8 C. 47.9 D. 54.8

2. Which of the following gives the maximum tensile stress (MPa) in the
column given the following:
Axial Load, P = 320 kN
Eccentricity of Load, P, about the x-axis = 125 mm
Eccentricity of Load, P, about the y-axis = 75 mm
A. 201.2 B. 149.6 C. 615.2 D. 254.9

3. Find the maximum load, P (kN), based on the allowable compressive


stress of 108 MPa given the following:
Eccentricity of Load, P, about the x-axis = 100 mm
Eccentricity of Load, P, about the y-axis = 50 mm
A. 724.7 B. 149.6 C. 615.2 D. 254.9

SIT. (CE Board May 2022)


Given:
Dimensions of the signage, b x c = 2.4 m x 1.0 m
Offset distance from the pole center, a = 0.4 m
Signage distance from the ground, h = 8 m
The wind force acting on the signage only is equal to 4 kN.
Diameter of the pole = 150 mm
(Refer to Fig. BSE 1)

1. Determine the shearing stress (MPa) of the pole at the base.


A. 0.226 B. 0.302 C. 0.604 D.0.453

2. Determine the bending stress (MPa) of the pole.


A. 96.58 B. 193.16 C. 102.62 D. 205.23

3. Determine the torsional stress (MPa) if the pole.


A. 9.66 B. 19.32 C. 4.83 D. 2.41

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