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Refresher Course Module – Structural Engineering

Situation 1:
The cable of a suspension bridge shown in the figure below runs Situation 4:
over a frictionless pulley on the top of each of the towers at A and The inclined beam subjected to the
B and is fixed to anchor blocks at D and E. The cable carries a vertical load distribution shown.
uniform horizontally distributed load of w = 160 kN/m. The The value of the load distribution at
permissible working stress of the gross area of the cable, including the right end of the beam is 5 kN
voids, is 800 MPa. Unit weight of concrete is 23.4 kN/m3. per horizontal meter.
For this problem, L = 400m, S = 40m, H = 60m, α = 45˚. 12. Determine the reaction(kN) at
point A.
A. 6.61 B. 5.23 C. 2.49 D. 5.92
13. Determine the reaction(kN) at point B.
A. 6.61 B. 5.23 C. 2.49 D. 5.92

Situation 5:
1. Determine the required cable diameter in millimeters. A simply supported
A. 370 B. 375 C. 380 D. 390 beam having a length of
2. Determine the axial load in each tower in kN. 8m is to carry two-
A. 94195 B. 90372 C. 93182 D. 92926 triangular loads with
3. Determine the bending moment at the base of the tower in MN- intensities shown in the
m. figure.
A. 1592 B. 1604 C. 1144 D. 1348 14. Determine the
4. Determine the required volume of the concrete anchor blocks in distance “a” (meter) so
m3. that the moment at “a”
A. 2500 B. 2600 C. 2800 D. 3000 distance from the left support is a minimum.
A. 3.3 B. 4.7 C. 0 D. 8
Situation 2: 15. Determine the corresponding reaction at left support in
The canopy of a storage Newton.
building shown below is spaced A. 1333.33 B. 2666.67 C. 1866.67 D. 933.33
3.2 meters apart. The wind load 16. Determine the maximum moment in the beam in N-m.
normal to the rood surface is A. 8211.9 B. 4105.6 C. 3437.7 D. 2873.9
1.44 kPa.
5. Determine the total reaction
at D. say,
“Whenever things go south, just
A. 12.82 B. 14.38
C. 11.94 D. 13.25 HAKUNA MATATA”
6. Determine the force in member CG.
A. -5.91 B. -6.63 C. -4.58 D. -7.25
7. Determine the force in member FG.
A. -8.82 B. -6.91 C. -7.96 D. -8.53
8. Determine the force in member CD.
A. 6.28 B. 8.25 C. 6.98 D. 5.08

Situation 3:
A 9 m cantilever retaining wall is subjected to active pressure
increasing from 5 kN/m at the top (free end) to 45 kN/m at the base
(fixed end) per meter strip of length of wall along its longitudinal
axis.
9. Determine the maximum shear in kN.
A. 405 B. 180 C. 315 D. 225
10. Determine the maximum moment in kN-m.
A. 1282.5 B. 742.5 C. 202.5 D. 1080
11. If the wall was laterally supported at the free end, determine
the moment (kN∙m) at the base.
A. 266.625 B. 239.625 C. 141.750 D. 195.750