QUIZ – USD

1. A pre-stressed beam has a depth of 500mm and it is subjected to a bonded pre-stressed 8-

25mmø tendons acting as shown in the Figure-1. (Neglect the Self Weight) f’c = 20MPa, f;
fpu=2000MPa, fpy= 0.85fpu. Super imposed DL = 5kN/m and LL = 3kN/m. What is, a.) the
minimum width/base of the beam, b) the compression block, c) is the beam over/under
reinforced?

2. A pre-stressed beam with a depth 400mm and width of 200mm as shown in Figure-2 is
subjected to carry a uniformly distributed load of 10kN/m, and with a concrete unit weight of
24kN/m^3. fpy/fpu = 0.85, fpu=1900MPa, f’c = 35MPa. Compute a) how many bonded pre-
stressed tendons needed, b) what is the stress in prestressed reinforcement at nominal
strength, c) what is the compression block.

3. Given:

fpu = 2100MPa Compute the: a. Compression Block

fpy = 1800MPa b. Over/Under Reinforced
f’c = 30MPa c. Nominal Moment
fse = 700MPa
Length of the Beam = 5m