Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Design Exam
Design Exam
S -1
Given the figure shown.
1. Reaction at A is
a. 400N b. 445 N c. 457 N d. 479 N
2. The Reaction at B is
a. 89 N b. 100 N c. 110 N d. 114 N
3. The tangential deviation of B with respect to a tangent drawn at A.
a. 1672/EI b. 1967/EI c. 2011/EI d. 2311/EI
4. The slope at B is
a. 89.58/EI b. 87.33/EI c. 85.23/EI d. 82.55/EI
S-2
Given the beam shown. The 100 kN load acts on the centroid of the cross
section.
S-4
The 3 hinged arc shown is subjected to the two concentrated forces
shown.
S-5
A truck and a trailer combination crossing a 12 m span has axle loads as
given.
S-6
The 10 meter ladder weighing 35 kg is resting on a horizontal floor at A
and on the wall at B making an angle of 60 deg from the horizontal. The
coefficient of friction between the ladder and the wall ( and the ground
and the ladder ) is 0.25 .
A man of mass 72 kg climbs the ladder.
S-8
A 9 meter high retaining wall is laterally supported at the top and fixed at
the base. The wall resists active earth pressure increasing from 0 at the
top to 52 kN/m at the base per meter length along the longitudinal axis.
S-9
A water tank 3 meter in diameter and 6 meter high is made of steel
having a thickeness of 12 mm.
40. When the tank is filled with water, determine the circumferential
stress.
a. 7.36 Mpa b. 9.82 Mpa c. 11.23 Mpa d.
12.66 Mpa
41. Determine the longitudinal stress when it is filled with water.
a. 2.41 Mpa b. 3.68 Mpa c. 4.76 Mpa d. 5.54
Mpa
S- 10
A hollow circular pole 6 mm thick with a 300 mm ouside diameter and a
height of 3 meter weighs 150 N/m. The pole is subjected to the following
loads.
P = 3 kN and e = 100 mm from the centroid of the section. Lateral force
of 0.45 kN acts at the top of the pole.
42. The maximum compressive stress at the base due to the vertical load
plus the weight of the pole.
a. 4.22 Mpa b. 3.66 Mpa c. 2.09 Mpa d.1.37 Mpa
43. The maximum tensile stress at the base due to lateral and vertical
loads and the weight of the pole.
a. 2.41Mpa b. 3.51 Mpa c. 4.89 Mpa d. 5.77 Mpa
44. BONUS-----If the hollow pole is replaced by a solid wood pole of 250
mm diameter, determine the maximum shear stress in the pole.
a.3.091 Mpa b. 1.781 Mpa c. 0.012 Mpa d.
0.000
S -11
A barge shown diagramatically supports a load of W1 and W2 for every
one meter strip along the longitudinal section.
44.Bonus!--- Find total legth L so that the upward pressure is uniform and
that the barge remains horizontal
a. L = 8 m b. L = 3 m c. L = 15 m d. L = 17 m
45. The shear at 3 meter from the left end when upward pressure q = 72
kN/m.
a. 1.03 kN b. 1.67 kN c. 219 kN d. 241 kN
46. Distance from the left end where Shear = 0 when q = 87 kN/m
a. 3 m b. 4 m c. 5 m d. 6
m
S -12
The tensile member shown is 50 mm by 75 mm and subjected to a load of
P = 200 kN. The plane AA makes an angle of 150 with the a axis.
47. The tensile stress at section AA.
a. 41.98 Mpa b. 44.11 Mpa c. 49.76 Mpa d.
52.11 Mpa
48. The shear stress on Plane AA.
a. 10.31 Mpa b. 11.98 Mpa c. 13.33 Mpa d.
15.02 Mpa
S - 13
A load W is to be lifted using the crane shown. x1 = 10 m, x2 = 8 m .
Weight of the crane is 2 kN.
S -14
A simply refinforced concrete beam reinforced for tension has a width of
300 mm and a total depth of 600 mm. It is subjected to external Moment
Mu = 540kN m.
fc = 28 Mpafy = 280 MpaEs = 200 Gpa
52. The balanced steel ratio is
a. 3.981% b. 4.926% c. 6.011% d. 7.221%
53. The depth a in terms of d if = 1/2 balance Use = 0.9
a. 22.11% b. 25.45% c. 28.11% d. 30.71%
54. The minimum effective depth is
a. 583.21 mm b.421.44 mm c. 341.22 mm d.
301.29 mm
S -15
The beam is to be analyzed using moment distribution.
S -16
A W 420 x 85 steel beam is fully restrained with a uniformly distributed
load of 25 Kn/m. The beam has a span of 10 m.
Properties:
A = 10839 mm2
bf = 180 mm
tf = 18 m
tw = 11 mm
d = 420 mm
59. The actual uniform load carried by the beam ( include its weight )
a. 25.834kN/m b. 26.878 kN/m c. 27.451 kN/m d. 28.221
kN/m
60. The maximum moment carried by the beam.
a. 312.11 kN m b. 289.56 kN m c. 266.77 kN m d.
215. 28 kN m
61. The maximum bending stress
a. 244.11 Mpa b. 213.41 Mpa c. 199.12 Mpa d.
145.84 Mpa
62. The maximum web shear stress fv = V/( d tw )
a. 27.96 Mpa b. 31.22 Mpa c. 34.11 Mpa d.
37.22 Mpa
63.The maximum horizontal shear stress
a. 30.22 Mpa b. 33.09 Mpa c. 35.32 Mpa d.
38.22 Mpa
S -17
Given the figure shown.
S -18
The pin jointed assembly supports a billboard 2 m high x 4 n wide on
each end. The total weight of the billboard is 24 kN. H = 1 m and = 600.
Wind pressure q = 1.44 KpA
Wind pressure coefficient C = 1.2
S-19
The figure shows a semicircular arc with the given load.
S-20
When the columns at E and H of the floor framing plan are deleted, girder
BEHK becomes a one span fixed ended beam supporting DEF and beam
GHI at H. The following loads on girder BEHK are as follows.
Concentrated load at E = 266 kN
Concentrated load at H = 266 Kn
Uniform load throughout its length = 5Kn/m
Hint: Consider BK as beam fixed at B and K with the given loads.
S -21
P1 = 1.8 kN P2 = 0.9 kN P3 = 0.45 kN = 300 = 450
S-22
The suspended girder shown is supported by a series of hangers uniformly
spaced along the parabolic cable.
S -24
A 5 kg block is at rest at time t = 0 and is acted upon by a horizontal force
P that varies with time as shown.
S-25
The rectangular reinforced concrete beam with a width of 200 mm and an
effective depth of 500 mm is subjected to a service moment of 120 kN m.
The beam is reinforced with 4 25 mm diameter bars with n= 8.
95. The distance from the neutral axis from the top of the beam.
a. 461.452 mm b. 342.123 mm c.301.411 mm d.
212.507 mm
96. The maximum stress in concrete is
a. 13.518 Mpa b.15.221 Mpa c. 21.412 Mpa d.
22.881 Mpa
97.The maximum stress in steel is
a. 104.221 Mpa b. 142.406 Mpa c. 177.231 Mpa d. 190.241
Mpa
S -26
For the given set of system shown:
S -27
The force acting per meter length of the dam are shown.
S -28
To prevent excessive deflection of a 3 m long cantilever beam subjected
to a load of 2 Kn/M. Its free end is attached to a tension rod.
Beam properties are as follows.
A = 1900 mm2 I = 5.12 x 106 mm4 E = 200 Gpa
S - 29
The bridge truss shown on the figure carries a concentrated load of 20 kN
and a uniform load of 2 kN/m.
S -30
The beam shown in the figure carries a triangular load as shown.
S -31
A rectangular footing 2.5 meter wide along the y axis, 3 m long along the
x axis supports a circular pedestal 0.45 m in diameter. The horizontal force
acting at the top of the pedestal along the x axis of the footing is 144 kN.
The total axial load from the pedestal is 1200 kN. Thickness of the footing
is 0.7 m, height of backfill on top of the footing is 1.5 m, depth from the
top pedestal to the base of the footing is 2.5 m. Concrete unit weight = 24
kN/m3 Unit weight of soil = 17 Kn/m3
95. The maximum soil pressure is
a. 256 kPa b. 276 kPa c. 298 kPa d. 321 kPa
96. The minimum soil pressure is
a. 61 kPa b. 64 kPa c. 67 kPa d. 71 kPa
97. The required soil bearing capacity is
a. 201.1 kPa b.244.1 kPa c. 298.3 kPa d.
308.4 kPa
S- 32
From the given frame shown using CANTILEVER method.