TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

TAGUIG CAMPUS

NAME: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

DESIGN
SECTION: BSCE 3 LEP DATE: February 14, 2021

ASSIGNMENT 1 INSTRUCTOR:
(Review: Reinforced Concrete Design) ENGR. MARJON C. GONTIÑAS, CE

Direction: Solve the following. Show your solutions properly.

Situation 1:
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 600 mm.
It is reinforced for tension only with 5 – 32 mm diameter bars. Material strengths are
f’c = 21 MPa and fs = 130 MPa. Assume n = 10. Use Working Stress Design.
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the neutral axis from
the extreme compression concrete? (2 points)
a. 274.33 mm c. 256.77 mm
b. 288.83 mm d. 189.07 mm
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the moment capacity of the beam? (2
points)
a. 263.33 kN-m c. 238.16 kN-m
b. 211.03 kN-m d. 206.23 kN-m
3. Which of the following statements is true for the given beam? Support your
answer. (2 points)
a. The beam complies with the Code.
b. The concrete fails first before the tension steel yields.
c. The tension steel yields first before the concrete fails.

d. The concrete fails and the tension steel yields at the same time.

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NAME: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
DESIGN
SECTION: DATE:

INSTRUCTOR:
ASSIGNMENT 1 ENGR. MARJON C. GONTIÑAS, CE

Situation 2:
A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 350 mm and an effective depth of 650 mm.
It is reinforced with five 28-mm diameter bars for tension only. Concrete strength is f’c
= 24 MPa and steel yield strength fy = 300 MPa.
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of the rectangular
compression stress block? (2 points)
a. 122.95 mm c. 118.58 mm
b. 129.36 mm d. 111.39 mm
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the neutral axis from
the extreme compression concrete? (2 points)
a. 152.19 mm c. 139.51 mm
b. 144.65 mm d. 131.05 mm
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the ultimate moment capacity of the

beam? NSCP: where ∅ = 0.90. (2 points)

NAME: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
DESIGN
SECTION: DATE:

INSTRUCTOR:
ASSIGNMENT 1 ENGR. MARJON C. GONTIÑAS, CE

Situation 3:
The following are the data parameters of the column as shown in the figure:
Column dimensions, W x L = 400 mm x 600 mm
Main reinforcement, Asl = 10 – 25 mmØ
Ties of hoop reinforcement = 12 mmØ spaced at 100 mm o.c.
Concrete strength, f’c = 28 MPa
Steel strength, fy = 415 MPa
Clear concrete cover = 40 mm

Permissible concrete shear stress = 0.88 MPa

1. What is the nominal axial load strength of the column, Pn? (2 points) a.
5,342.61 kN c. 4,109.78 kN
b. 7,632.30 kN d. 6,105.84 kN
2. Find the nominal shear capacity of the section, Vux. (2 points)
a. 807.00 kN c. 942.50 kN
b. 1,403.51 kN d. 671.91 kN
3. Find the nominal shear capacity of the section, Vuy. (2 points)
a. 807.00 kN c. 942.50 kN

b. 1,403.51 kN d. 671.91 kN
NAME: PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
DESIGN
SECTION: DATE:

INSTRUCTOR:
ASSIGNMENT 1 ENGR. MARJON C. GONTIÑAS, CE

Situation 4:
A square spread footing supports 450 mm square tied column supporting a service
dead load of 1,784 kN and a service live load of 1,204 kN. The top of the footing is to be
covered with a 150 mm concrete basement floor having a unit weight of 2,400 kg/m 3.
Allowable bearing pressure of soil is 288 kPa. The column is reinforced with 8 –
28mmØ bars with f’c = 34.6 MPa, fy = 414.7 MPa. For the spread footing use f’c = 20.7
MPa and fy = 414.7 MPa. The total depth of the footing is 800 mm with an effective
depth of 688 mm. The bottom of the footing is 1.10 m below the top of the basement
floor. Weight of soil is 18.88 kN/m3.
1. Calculate the dimension of the footing. (2 points)
a. 3.5 m c. 3.4 m
b. 3.3 m d. 3.6 m
2. Calculate the number of 28 mmØ bars to reinforce the footing on the both ways.
NSCP: Use Ø = 0.90. (2 points)
a. 13 c. 12
b. 14 d. 10
3. Calculate the required spacing of longitudinal (main) bars. (2 points)
a. 200 mm c. 250 mm
b. 300 mm d. 100 mm
4. Calculate the required spacing of 12mmØ shrinkage and temperature bars. (2
points)
a. 75 mm c. 125 mm
b. 100 mm d. 50 mm
5. Calculate the allowable wide beam shear stress. (2 points)
a. 1.931 MPa c. 0.529 MPa
b. 0.758 MPa d. 1.980 MPa
6. Calculate the punching shear stress. Use Ø = 0.85. (2 points)
a. 0.33 MPa c. 0.19 MPa

b. 1.52 MPa d. 1.29 MPa