Yeditepe University

Faculty of Engineering-Department of Civil Engineering

CE 491 Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Online Final Exam-Spring 2021

Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Dr. Almıla Uzel

Date: June 10th, 2021
Duration: 120 minutes + 15 minutes for uploading

20160710050

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1a /6
1b /9 / 15
2a / 16
2b /3
2c /6 / 25
TOTAL / 40
Solutions must be legible and clearly presented in order to receive marks.
If you think that any information is missing, make an appropriate assumption and continue with the solution.

A rectangular shaped spread footing supports an interior column with a factored load of Pf = 1100 kN. The columns dimensions
are 600 mm by 400 mm. Assuming that the soil stresses under the footing are under allowable stress limits.

1a) Check if the thickness of the footing satisfies one-way and two-way shear requirements of TS500-2000.
1b) Design the flexural reinforcement according to TS500-2000 and show reinforcement layout on plan and sections.

C25 / S420 gconcrete= 25 kN/m3

Pf = 1100 kN

all dimensions in mm

h= 500 mm.
1300
400

600

2100

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 2a) Calculate the natural period of the single-story RC structure given below and the earthquake load VtE , according to the
Turkish EQ Code 2018 . Use the method given in Clause 4.7.3.1 of TBEC2018 when calculating the natural period.

G= 2300 kN
Q= 145 kN n= 0.6

Ec= 30000 MPa

Natural period of the structure T= ? sec.

Earthquake level: DD2 SS=0.927 S1=0.259

Soil Condition: ZB FS= 0.9 F1= 0.8

Structure Utilization Class: (BKS)= 1 I= 1.5

Assume Limited Ductility, R=4 and D=2.5

Earthquake design level: (DTS)= ?

Structural Height Classification (BYS)= ?

2b) Calculate the shear force in each column using Muto's Method and assuming uncracked stiffness for columns
and beams, if the EQ load calculated in (2a) is acting as shown below.

2c) Draw the bending moment (MEQ) and shear force diagrams (VEQ) of frame A shown below under the earthquake loading
calculated in (2a). Assume yo= 0.55 for all columns.

350 x 300 300 x 350

A A

EQ

300 x 350 350 x 300

All beams BM 300 x 660 DP

350 x 300 300 x 350

EQ BM 300 x 660 DP

2200
350 x 300 300 x 350

5500
all dimensions in mm.

Section A

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