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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
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Given the beam shown. The 100 kN load acts on the centroid of the cross section.
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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.
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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.
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A simply supported beam 10 m long has an overhang of 2 m at the left support. If a highway uniform
load of 9.35 kN/m and a concentrated load of 116 kN passes trough the beam, compute the following
based on the influence line on the maximum shear at midspan.
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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.
The entrance of a warehouse has a roof that supports a roof load of 8 kN/m. The supports B and C are
considered simply supported.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A load W is to be lifted using the crane shown. x1 = 10 m, x2 = 8 m . Weight of the crane is 2 kN.
49. The force at cable AC is
a. 19.34 kN b. 24.91 kN c. 27.98 kN d. 29.12 kN
50. The reaction at B
a. 33.11 kN b. 43.35 kN c. 46.11 kN d. 48.21 kN
51. Largest force that can be lifted if maximum force AC= 50kN
a. 40.11kN b. 42.15 kN c. 45.12 kN d. 47.12 kN
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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
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The beam is to be analyzed using moment distribution.
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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.
64. The tensile stress in the body of the bolt.
a. 62.11 Mpa b. 67.22 Mpa c. 70.64 Mpa d. 77.41 Mpa
65. The Tensile stress at the root of the threads
a.91.22Mpa b. 94.11 Mpa c. 99.47 Mpa d.106.22 Mpa
66. Find the compressive stress at the head as the bolt bears on the surface to resist the tensile load.
a. 36.21 Mpa b. 40.33 Mpa c. 43.51 Mpa d. 47.23 Mpa
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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
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The figure shows a semicircular arc with the given load.
73. The shear at D is
a. 0.03 kN b. 0.84 kN c. 1.44 kN d. 2.42 kN
74. The moment at D is
a. 4.77 kN m b. 3.12 kN m c. 2.14 kN m d. 1.12 kN m
75. The axial force at D is
a. 1.12 kN b. 2.44 kN c. 4.12 kN d. 4.98 kN
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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.
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The suspended girder shown is supported by a series of hangers uniformly spaced along the parabolic
cable.
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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.
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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
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For the given set of system shown:
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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
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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.
89. The reaction at A is
a. 17.333kN
90. The reaction at B is
a. b. 38.667 kN
91. The location of the zero shear from A is
a. 1.6795 m
92. The maximum positive bending moment is
a. b. 13.766 kN m
93. The location of the point of inflection from point A is
a. 3.615 m
94. The maximum negative moment is
a. b. 40 kN m
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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
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From the given frame shown using CANTILEVER method.