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Question Paper Code : 47341
M.E/M.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2018
First Semester
Structural Engineering
ST5101-ADVANCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES
(Regulations 2017)
‘Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks
Use of IS 456 and SP 16 is perimitted
Answer ALL questions
PART-A (10x2=20 Marks)
1. Brief cracking torque.
2. Mention the use of partial safety factors.
3. Classify shear walls according to their behavior.
4, Why side face reinforcements are extremely important in deep beams ?
5. Brief the concept of punching shear.
Differentiate between yield line and strip line. Yy7
List the major factor which influence the formation of plastic hinge.
Why moment redistribution is limited when percentage of steel is higher ?
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Discuss about average cover and ductility factor.
10. Write any two ways of improving ductility of beams,
PART -B (6x13=65 Marks)
i jorted beam of span 5 m in 300 x 600 mm in cross
ua seat ie eed with bare of 20 mm on tension side at an effective
sevor of 30 mm, Determine the shear reinforcement due to an limit state load of
om EN/mn including self-weight and lve load, Assume grade ofconerete M20
‘and grade of steel as Fe 500.
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b) Examine the short term deflection of a simply supported beat .
in size for the following data :
Span of the beam = 6m
Effective cover = 40 mm
Area of tension steel = 3 Nos. of 28 mm diameter bars
Live load = 10 Nim.
12. a) A plain concrete wall of 4 m high, 6 m long and 200 mm thick is restrained
against rotation at its base and unrestrained at the ends. Examine the load the
wall can carry. Assume fck = 25 Nimm®, fy = 500 N/mm?. Design the wall if it
has to carry a factored load of 600 kNim. (13)
(OR)
b) Abarbell type shear wall with central part 3600 x 150 mm and two 400 x 400mm
strong bands at each ends is supported on a footing 8 m x 4 m which rests on soil
hose modulus is 30000 kN/m®. Determine the lateral stiffness ofthe wall. Height
of wall is 14 m and use M 25 grade of concrete, (a3)
13. a) An interior panel of a flat slab floor is 6 m x 6 m along column centre lines. Live
load on floor is 3 kN/m?. Supporting column diameter is 500 mm. Choosing the
thickness of the slab (from stiffness criteria) and appropriate dimensions for
column head and drops, examine the design moments and shear forces. Use
direct design method. (as)
(OR)
b) Asquare interior panel of an intermediate floor is ofeffective dimension mX6m.
The live load on the floor is 2.5 KN/m®, Finishes is 1 kNim?. Analyse the slab
using yield line approach and design the slab. Use M 20 conerete and Fe 415
steel. (as)
14, a) Areinforced concrete section is 200 mm x 550 mm depth. Ifthe applied moment
is 140 kNm, locate the instantanoous curvature assuming a tensile stress in
concrete at level of steel of 1 N/mm?, Assume Ec= 28 kN/mm? -14. Use
M 20 grade concrete.
(OR)
b) Design a short column subjected to biaxial bendis
for a short column for the followin,
Pu=200 kN Mux: 160 kN, Muy = 1:
grade steel.
m=
(a3)
ing. Determine the reinforcement
ig data. Column size : 400 mm x 600 mm,
20 KN. Use M 20 grade concrete and Fe 415
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"15. a) The size of bottom column of five storeyed building
nd moments from the
300 x 500 mm, The height of the column is 3 m. The ¢!
beam are 85 kNm and 65 kNm. Sketch the reinforcement of the column as Per
18 13920. The main reinforcement consists of 6 numbers of 20 mm diameter
bars, (13)
(OR)
b) Summarize the design of the column in a multistoreyed building for ductility
with M25 and Fe 415 subjected to an axial force of 3000 KN and bending moment
of 800 kNm. (13)
PART -C (1x15=15 Marks)
16. a) Design a simply supported slab of size 4 m by 3 m using yield line theory. The
slab is subjected to a live load of 3.5 kn/m?. And floor finish of 1.6 kN/m?. Use
‘M 20 and Fe 416 using Hillerborg’s pattern. (15)
(OR)
b) A four span continuous T beam of 4 m each of span is subjected to a characteristic
load of 40 kN/m including its self-weight. Predict the beam design so that it fails
by plastic failure at the support at an ultimate load. Tale load factor as 1.5. Use
Baker's method of plastic analysis. (15)