CIVE 33208 ASS

SIGNMENT
T TWO

APRIL
L 29, 2015

QUEST
TION 1.0
a) Design the timber flooor joist for a domestic dwelling
d
usiing timber of
o strength class
c
C20 given that:
t
Thee floor widthh, b is 3.8m
m and the flooor span, l iss 3.6m
Thee joist are sppaced at 450
0mm c/c
Thee floor is tonngue and grrove boardinng of thickn
ness 21mm and
a a self-w
weight
2
of 0.12
0
kN/m
Thee ceiling is of
o PVC withh the self-w
weight of 0.1
15kN/m2
Thee bearing lenngth is 100m
mm
Fig.1 show
ws a part secction of the floor.

Fig. 1

b) For the sam

me joist desiign in part a)
a with a nottch of 80mm
m deep (as seen
s
in Figg.2) at
the bearingg; determinee if the notchhed section remains addequate.

Fig. 2

QUEST
TION 2.0
a) A mechaniically gradeed timber column
c
of strength
s
claass C20, coonsist of 2003.2 mm
square secttion which is restrain
ned at bothh ends in position
p
buut not in direction.
Assuming that the seervice class conditionss comply with
w
Servicee Class 2, and the
actual heig
ght of the column
c
is 3.85m, calcculate the axial
a
long term load that the
column cann support.

Fig. 3
b) Check the adequacy
a
off the column
n to resist a long term axial
a
load of
o 15kN appplied
35mm ecceentric to the y-y axis.

Fig. 4
Notes:

Due Date:
May 055, 2015.
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