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Design of RC Structural Elements

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ONE full question from each module.
2. Any revealing of identification, appeal to evaluator and /or equations written eg, 42+8 = 50, will be treated as malpractice.

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1 a. Explain the principles of limit state design. (06 Marks)

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b. Enlist the reasons for adopting partial safety factors for loads and material strength.
Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.

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c. Derive from the fundamentals the expression for the area of stress block 0.36 fck x u.
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2 a. Explain short term deflection and long term deflection. (06 Marks)
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b. A simply supported RCC beam of size 300mm  600mm carries a Udl live load of 25 kN/m
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with 4 - # 16mm diameter bars. The effective cover is 50mm. Calculate the short term

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deflection and long term deflection of beam, if i) Ultimate shrinkage coefficient = 0.0003,
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ii) Creep co-efficient = 1.6, concrete grade M20, and steel Fe415 are used.
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M20 concrete and Fe415 steel. Determine the central point load that can be supported in
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addition to the self weight. (10 Marks)

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b. Determine the moment of resistance of a T-beam for the following data:

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a. A doubly reinforced beam section is 250mm wide and 450mm deep upto the centre of the
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tensile reinforcement. It is reinforced with 2-16 as compression reinforcement at an
effective cover of 50mm and 4-25 as tensile steel, using M20 concrete and Fe250 steel,
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calculate the ultimate moment of resistance of the beam section. (09 Marks)
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i) C/C spacing of beams = 3.20mt,
ii) Simply supported efficiency span of (simply) beam  8m
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5 Design a reinforced concrete beam of rectangular cross-section using the following data:
Effective span = 5m, width of beam = 250mm, overall depth = 500mm, service load

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including dead load and live load = 40kN/m, tension cover = 50mm. Adopt M20 grade

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concrete and Fe-415 grade steel. Sketch the reinforcement details. (16 Marks)

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force of 30kN and twisting moment of 11.5 kNm at a given section. Design the

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reinforcement if M20 grade concrete and Fe415 steel are used. Sketch the details. (12 Marks)
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7 Design a R.C.C. slab for an office floor 4.5m  5.5m with all four edges discontinuous and

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corners held down. The live load on the slab is 3kN/m2. Assume floor finish as 0.6 kN/m2
and ceiling finish as 0.4 kN/m2. Use M20 concrete and Fe415 steel. Sketch the
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vertical distance between the floors is 3.6m. The width of flight is to be 1.25m. Assume live
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load of 3kN/m2. Use M-20 concrete and Fe-415 grade steel. Assume that the stairs are
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supported on 230mm at the outer edges of landing stairs. Sketch the reinforcement details.

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9 a. Design the reinforcement for a square column of size 450mm  450mm to support a service
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load of 1500kN. Use M20 concrete and Fe-415 steel. (08 Marks)
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Pu = 1100kN and Mu = 150kNm, about the major axis. Assuming the bars on two sides,
design the column using M25 concrete and Fe415 steel. (08 Marks)
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600kN and having a base of size 500mm  500mm. The safe bearing capacity of the soil
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cover of 30mm. If M20 concrete and Fe415 steel are used. Calculate the moment of
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b. What is the minimum grade of plain concrete, reinforced concrete and minimum cover to
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reinforcement when the exposure is “severe”. (05 Marks)

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Ly = 7500mm Lx = 3000mm
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M.20 concrete, Fe415 steel

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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
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5 Semester, B.E (CBCS) CV
Course: 15CV51 – Design of RC Structural Elements
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 80
Note: (i) Answer Five full questions selecting any one full question from each Module.
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(ii) Question on a topic of a Module may appear in either its 1 or 2 question.
III ) Use of IS 456- 2000 and SP -16 is Permitted.
Module 1
1 (a) Differentiate between working stress method and limit state method of RCC design. 5
Explain the following
i)Partial safety factor for loads and materials
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ii)Characteristics load
iii)Characteristic strength
Calculate the crack width directly under the bar on tension face at the location of max bending
moment in the beam of b=300mm, D=600mm, off cover on comp. side (d’) =37.5mm,
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Reinforcement -3 bars of 20mm dia bars. M=200 kN-m, Ast=1855mm .

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Derive the expression for stress block parameter for compressive force Cu and Tensile force Tu
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and locate a depth of neutral axis y= 0.42 xu from top
(b) Briefly explain under reinforced, over reinforced and balanced sections with sketch. 4
A reinforced concrete beam of cross section 300mmx600mm overall is reinforced with 3 bars
of 20mm HYDS bars of Fe415 grade on tension side with an effective cover of 50mm.
(c) compute short term deflection of the beam at mid span, consisting of service load of 20kN/m 7
and concentrated load of 25kN at the center of span. The beam is simply supported over a span
of 5m. Use M20 grade concrete and Fe415steel.
Module 2
Define Singly reinforced beam and doubly reinforced beam. List the situation which requires
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the adoption of the same.
A singly reinforced beam 250mmx450mm deep up to center of reinforcement Effective cover
50mm Effective span 6m using M20 concrete and Fe500 steel. Determine the central point load
(b) that can be supported in addition to self weight. When 10
i)3-16mm dia bars
ii) 3-20mm dia bars are used as reinforcement.
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Determine the moment of resistance of a T-beam for the following data
Breadth of the flange=740mm; Effective depth=400mm; Breadth of web=240mm; Tensile
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reinforcement =5-20Φ; Depth of flange =110mm: Adopt M20 grade concrete and Fe415 grade
steel.
 A doubly reinforced beam section is 250mm wide and 450mm deep to the centre of the tensile
reinforcement. It is reinforced with 2#16Φ as compression reinforcement at an effective cover
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of 50mm and 4#25Φ as tensile steel. Using M15 concrete and Fe250 steel. Calculate the
ultimate moment of resistance of the beam section.
Module 3
A rectangular RC beam of size 250mm * 600 mm of effective simply supported span of 7 m
has a support service load of 26.25 kN/m excluding self-weight. The effective cover = 50
mm Design the beam for flexure and shear. Check the beam depth for control of deflection
5 (a) using empirical method. Design the stress value for different strain in steel is given below 9

Strain Stress (N/mm2 )

0.00276 351.8
0.00380 360.9

A reinforced concrete beam is to be designed over an effective span of 5m to support a service

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load of 8 kN/m . Adopt M20 grade concrete and Fe 415 steel. Design a beam to satisfy the
collapse and serviceability limit states.

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A hall of 16 m * 6m supported by beams spaced 4 m C/C thickness of slab is 120 mm UDL 4
kN/m .Design a T beam using M20 Concrete and Fe 415 steel for flexure and shear . Take
bearing as 500 mm. Also show check for deflection and bond
A doubly reinforced concrete beam 250 mm wide 500mm deep is required to support 40 kN/m
(b) including self-weight with effective span 5m .Effective cover of 50 mm using M20 concrete 8
and Fe 415 steel find steel for flexure and shear
Module 4
(a) Distinguish between one way slab and Two way slab 4
(b) Explain Importance of Bond , Anchorage length 4
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Design a slab for a room 5m x 10m live load 4kN/m . Use M20 concrete and Fe415 steel. Also
7 (b) check for bond length deflection and shear. Assume corners are held down, bearing 300mm. 7
Sketch the reinforcement details.
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(a) What is development length? Obtain the expression for development length in tension? 3
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Design a two way slab 5m x 6m. Live load is 3kN/m . M20 concrete Fe415 steel. Also
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check for bond length and shear. Assume corners are held down, bearing 300mm.
Design the middle flight of a open well type stair case to be provided for a stair hall of size
8 3.25m x 3.25m. Size of open well = 1.25m x 1.25m. Floor to floor height = 3.6m. Size of
(b) landing at each corner = 1m x 1m. Stair had to be provided along all the four walls of hall. 7
Thickness of stair hall is 230mm. the stair slab is embedded in to the wall by 200mm. The
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What is necessity of transverse reinforcement in columns

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M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel
A square column 400mm sides carries a load of 900kN. Design a footing SBC of soil
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100kN/m2. Adopt M20 concrete Fe415 steel. Check the necessary conditions.
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i) Explain difference between short column and long column 3
ii) What are the advantages of Providing pedestal to columns

A column 300mm x 400mm is to support a ultimate load of 1200kN and Mu 200kN-m. Find
10 (b) steel using M20 concrete Fe415 steel, assuming effective cover 50mm. Sketch the 6
reinforcement details.
Design a rectangular isolated footing of uniform thickness for a column 400 mm*600 mm to
support a load of 600 kN, SBC of soil is 120 kN/m2. Adopt M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel.
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Consider the size of footing 2.5 m* 2.3 m. Also check the requirement with all necessary
checks