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CEM701 DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES II

UNIT 1
1. Design a reinforced concrete combined rectangular slab footing for two columns located
at 4.5 m apart. The overall sizes of the columns are 400 x 400 mm and 600 mm x 600
mm and they are transferring 600 kN and 1000 kN respectively. The centre of the lighter
column is 0.4 m from the property line. The safe bearing capacity of the soil is 150
kN/m3. Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel. Sketch the reinforcement details.
2. Combined footing is to be provided for columns of sizes 400 x 400 mm and 600 x 600
mm carrying loads of 600 kN and 1000 kN. The centre to centre distance of the column
is 4 m. The property line is at a distance 0.3 m from the column carrying 600 kN. Length
of footing is to be restricted to 5 m. Prepare the layout plan of the footing and show the
loading on longitudinal section. Given SBC of soil = 150 kN/m2.
3. Design a Plain concrete footing for a column 300 mm x 300 mm carrying an axial load of
330 kN (under service loads, due to dead and live loads). Assume an allowable soil
bearing pressure of 360kN/m2 at a depth of 1.0 m below ground. Assume M20 concrete
and Fe415 steel.
4. Design an isolated footing for a square column 450mm x 450 mm reinforced with 8-25
mm dia bars and carrying a service load of 2300 kN. Assume soil with a safe bearing
capacity (gross) of 300 kN/m2 at a depth of 1.5 m below ground. Assume M20 concrete
and Fe415 steel for footing, and M25 concrete and Fe415 steel for the column.
5. Design a reinforced concrete footing for a 230 mm thick masonary wall which supports a
load (inclusive of self weight) of 200 kN/m under service loads. Assume a safe soil
bearing capacity of 150 kN/m2 at a depth of 1 m below ground. Assume M20 concrete
and Fe415 steel.
6. A column 300 mm x 500 mm supports an axial load 1500 kN. Design isolated sloped
footing for the column if the safe bearing capacity of the soil is 200 kN/m 2. Also sketch
the reinforcement details: Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel.
7. A square column 450 mm x 450 mm supports an axial load 1600 kN. Design a square
footing for a column. The safe bearing capacity of the soil is 250 kN/m 2. Use M25
concrete and Fe415 grade steel.
8. Design an isolated footing for a column 300mm x 500mm reinforced with 6-25 mm dia
bars and Fe415 steel and M25 concrete subjected to a factored axial load Pu = 1000kN
and a factored uniaxial moment Mux = 120 kNm (with respect to major axis). At the
column base. Assume that the moment is reversible. The safe soil bearing capacity may
 be taken as 200 kN/m2 at a depth of 1.25 m. Assume M20 concrete and Fe415 steel for
the footing.
9. Designed a combined footing for two columns C1(400mm x 400 mm with 4-25 dia bars)
and C2(500 mm x 500 mm with 4-28 mm dia bars) supporting axial load P1 = 900 kN and
P2 = 600 kN respectively (under service, dead and live loads). The column C1 is an
exterior column whose exterior face is flushed with the property line. The centre to
centre distance between C1 and C2 is 4.5 m. The allowable soil pressure at the base of
the footing, 1.5 m below ground level, is 240kN/m2. Assume steel of grade Fe415 in
column as well as footing, and concrete of M30 grade in column and M20 grade in
footing.
10. Design a RC footing for a concrete wall of 400 mm width for a superimposed load of 800
kN/m. The safe bearing capacity of soil is 200 kN/m2. Use M15 concrete and Fe415 steel.

11. Design a square footing for a column of cross section 400 mm x 400 mm which transfers
load 800 kN inclusive of self weight of footing. The safe bearing capacity of soil is 245
kN/m2. Use M20 concrete and Fe 250 steel.

12. Design a rectangular footing for a column of 300 x 400 mm carrying a load of 500 kN.
The safe bearing capacity of soil is 150 kN/m2. Use M20 concrete and Fe 250 steel.

UNIT 2
13. Determine suitable dimension of a cantilever retaining wall, which is required to support
a 4.0 m high bank of earth above the ground level on the toe side of the wall. Consider
the backfill surface to be inclined surface at an angle of 15 degree with the horizontal.
Assume good soil for foundation at a depth of 1.25 m below the ground level with a safe
bearing capacity of 160kN/m2. Further assume the backfill to comprise granular soil with
a unit weight of 16kN/m3 and an angle of shearing resistance of 30°. Assume the
coefficient of friction between soil and concrete to be 0.5.
14. Design a suitable counterfort retaining wall to support a level backfill, 7.5m high avove
the ground level on the toe side. Assume good soil for foundation at a depth of 1.5 m
below the ground level with a safe bearing capacity of 170 kN/m 2. Further assume that
the backfill to comprise granular soil with a unit weight of 16kN/m 3 and an angle of
shearing resistance of 30°. Assume the coefficient of friction between soil and concrete
to be 0.5. Assume M25 concrete and Fe415 steel.
15. Design a reinforced concrete cantilever type retaining wall having a 5 m tall stem. The
wall retains soil level with its top. The soil weighs 18 kN/m3 and has an angle of repose
of 30⁰. The safe bearing capacity of the soil is 200kN/m2. Use M20 concrete and Fe415
steel.
 16. Design a cantilever type retaining wall to retain earth 3.5 m high above ground level. The
density of earth is 17 kN/m3 and its angle of repose is 30⁰. The earth is horizontal at top.
The safe bearing capacity of soil is 180 kN/m2 and coefficient of friction between soil
and concrete is 0.55. Use M20 concrete and Fe415 steel.
17. Design the stem of a reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall, retaining levelled earth
5m above base slab.Take the density of earth 18 kN/m3 and angle of repose as 30⁰. Toe
projection 1.8 m, heel projection 1.7m and thickness of base slab as 450 mm. Use M20
concrete and Fe 415 steel.
18. Determine the dimension of a T-shaped cantilever retaining wall to support soil upto a
height of 4.5 m above GL, The angle of repose of earth is 30⁰ and density of soil is
18kN/m3. Safe bearing capacity of soil is 120 kN/m2 at 1.0m below. Check the safety of
retaining wall againgt overturning and sliding. Also design the vertical stem of wall. Use
M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel.
19. Fix the preliminary dimensions of a cantilever retaining wall and check the stability of
the retaining wall to retain a earth embankment with a horizontal top, 3.5 m above the
ground level.Take density of earth as 18 kN/m3. Angle of internal friction φ = 30⁰. Safe
bearing capacity of soil at 1.25 m depth is 200 kN/m2. Take coefficient of internal friction
between soil and concrete is equal to 0.5. Adopt M20 grade concrete and HYSD Fe 415
grade steel.
20. Design a cantilever retaining wall to retain a level earthfill to 4.5 m above ground level.
The surcharge on the earthfill is 15 kN/m2. The angle of the repose of soil is 30⁰, unit
weight of soil is 16 kN/m3. Coefficient of friction between soil and concrete is 0.6 and the
safe bearing capacity of the soil is 150 kN/m2. Use M20 concrete and Fe 500 steel.
21. Design a cantilever type retaining wall to retain sand for 3.75 m above the ground level.
The sand fill slopes at the rate of 1 vertical to 2 horizontal. The weight of sand is 18
kN/m3. The safe bearing capacity of the soil is 200kN/m2 at a depth of 1.25m below the
ground level. The angle of repose of the soil is 30⁰. Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel.
Take ꭒ = 0.6
UNIT 3

Assume all the beams in the multistory frame shown are loaded bu udls with Wdl = 16
kN/m and Wll = 6 kN/m. Assume the frame to be in RCC with the following sizes: beams
300 x 500 mm ; columns 300 x 500. The self weight of the beam is included in the above

Fig 1
 loads and the loads are all working loads. Assume a load factor of 1.5 for both the dead
loads and the live loads. Use “pattern loading” for the following problem and the
“substitle frame method” for the analysis

22. Calculate the factored design moment at A (fig 1)?

23. Calculate the factored design moment at F (fig 1)?
24. Calculate the factored design moment in the span BC. Use data of (fig 1)?
25. Calculate the factored design moment in the span DE. Use data of (fig 1)?

Moment of inertia of the beam and the

column members have been given as
multiples of “I”. A horizontal load of 100
kN is applied at D. Calculate the axial
forces, shear forces and the bending
moment in the member of the frame
using

26. The portal method (use data of fig 2)

27. The cantilever method (use data of fig 2)
28. The factor method (use data of fig 2)

UNIT 4
29. Design an elevated circular water tank of 500 kl capacity with a top dome. The tank is
supported on a masonry tower. The depth of water in tank is 5 m. Take unit weight of
water = 10 kN/m3. Take live load on dome as 1.0 kN/m2.
30. Design a rectangular tank of size 2 m x 5 m x 3 m resting on the ground M25 concrete
and Fe415 steel.
31. Design a circular water tank with fixed base, resting on the ground, for a capacity of 500
kl. The depth of water tank is 5 m and a free board of 200 mm is to be provided. Use
M30 concrete and Fe415 steel.
32. Design the wall of a circular tank 7 m diameter and 4m high. The tank is fixed at the base
and resisting on the ground. Sketch the details.
33. Design an Intze tank of capacity 900 kl supported on symmetrically placed 8 columns.
Use M30 concrete and Fe415 steel. Sketch the details.
34. Design an Intze tank for a capacity of 1000 kl supported on symmetrically placed 8
columns. Use M30 concrete and Fe415 steel.
 35. Design a rectangular water tank resisting on the ground having size 10 m x 4 m x 5 m.
Use M30 mix and Fe415 steel. Sketch the details of the tank.
36. Explain the various kinds of joints used in water tanks.
37. What is an Intze tank? What are the methods of design of water tank? Explain the various
requirements regarding materials, joints etc for the design of water tanks.
38. Explain various kinds of joints used in water tanks? Also Explain with sketches various
types of supporting arrangements for overhead water tanks?
39. Design the tank walls of a rectangular water tank 3 m x 5 m x 2.5 m resting on the
ground.

UNIT 5
40. A prestressed concrete beam 150 mm wide and 300 mm deep is prestressed by 8 wires
of 6 mm diameter provided at an eccentricity of 50 mm. The initial stress in the wire is
1000 N/mm2, find the loss due to creep of concrete.
41. A post tensioned beam 300 mm x 500 mm is prestressed by a parabolic cable with 150
mm eccentricity at centre and 50 mm eccentricity at ends. The beam is prestressed by
cables having area 500 mm2 subjected to 1150 N/mm2 of initial prestress. The span of
beam is 18 m. Deterine the loss due to friction. Take µ = 0.2 and k = 15 x 10-4/m length.
42. Determine the percentage loss of prestress in a pretensioned beam of size 180 mm x
300 mm having 8 wires of 6 mm diameter subjected to an initial prestress of 1200
N/mm2 at an eccentricity of 50 mm. Using following data
Creep coefficient: 1.5 loss due to relaxation = 5%
Use M40 concrete Es= 2 x 105 N/mm2
43. A beam of symmetrical I section spanning 8 m has a flange width of 200 mm and flange
thickness of 60 mm respectively. The overall depth of the beam is 400 mm. Thickness of
the web is 80 mm. The beam is prestressed by a parabolic cable with an eccentricity of
150 mm at the centre and zero at supports with an effective prestressing force of 100
kN. The live load on the beam is 200 N/m. The the stress distribution diagram at the mid
span section for the following condition.
(i) Prestress and self weight
(ii) Prestress and self weight and live loads

44. Determine the various stresses set up at mid span in a pretensioned beam 250 mm x
500 mm, subjected to an initial prestress of 1500 kN and a uniformly distributed
superimposed load of 5kN/m over a span of 15 m. Assume total loss of prestress as 12 %
and eccentricity of prestress at mid span is 100 mm.
45. Determine the percentage of total loss of prestress in a simply supported pretensioned
beam of size 150 mm x 300 mm, having 8 wires of 6 mm diameter subjected to an initial
prestess of 100 N/mm2 at an eccentricity of 50 mm. Take the following data for the
calculation of losses. Creep coefficient = 1.6, loss due to relaxation= 5%, Use M40
concrete. Es= 2 x 105 N/mm2
46. Determine the loss of prestress for a prestressed concrete beam 300 x 500 mm
prestressed by tendons of area 250 mm2 at an eccentricity of 50 mm with an initial
stress of 1050 N/mm2 span of the beam is 10 m. Use the following data:
Relaxation of steel = 2.0% Friction coefficient = 0.0015 /m
Modular ratio = 9 Creep strain = 30 x 10-6 for pretensioned
Anchorage slip = 1.5 mm = 20 x 10-6 for post-tensioned
Shrinkage strain of concrete = 3 x 10-4 for pretensioned
= 2 x 10-4 for post-tensioned
Consider the beam as:
(i) Pretensioned
(ii) Posttensioned

47. A concrete beam of I section having following data is carrying a superimposed load of
15kN/m over a span of 8 m. It is prestressed with a cable carrying a force of 110 kN at an
eccentricity of 150 mm at the centre of span
Top and bottom flange width = 250 mm
Thickness of flanges = 100 mm
Overall depth = 500 mm
Thickness of web = 80 mm
Compute the resultant stress at midspan at following stages:
(i) Initial stage
(ii) Final Stage
48. A Rectangular concrete beam of cross section 300 mm deep and 200 mm wide is
prestressed by means of 15 wires of 5 mm diameter located 65 mm from the bottom of
the beam and 3 wires of dia 5mm, 25 mm from the top. Assuming the prestress in the
steel as 840 N/mm2. Calculate the stresses at the extreme fibre at the mid span section
when the beam is supporting its own weight over a span of 6 m. If a uniformly
distributed live load of 6 kN/m is imposed, evaluate the maxi working stress in concrete.
The density of concrete is 24 kN/m3.
49. An unsymmetrical I-section beam is used to support an imposed load of 2 kN/m over a
span of 8 m. The sectional details are top flange, 300 mm wide and 60 mm thick,
bottom flange 100 mm wide and 60 mm thick, thickness of the web 80 mm overall
depth of beam 400 mm. At the centre of the span the effective prestressing force of 100
 kN is located at 50 mm from the soffit of the beam. Estimate the stresses at the centre
of span section of the beam of the beam for the following load conditions:
(i) Prestress + Self weight
(ii) Prestress + self weight + live load
50. A rectangular concrete beam 250 mm wide and 300 mm deep is prestressed by a force
of 540 kN at a constant eccentricity of 60 mm. The beam supports a concentrated load
of 68 kN at the centre of a span of 3 m. Determine the location of the pressure line at
the centre , quarter span and the support sections of the beam. Neglect the self weight
of the beam.