Reinforced Concrete Design

Quiz #1

Solve this problems in a separate sheet of paper.

Put your final answers in a BOX. Round off your final answers to 3 decimal places. Incorrect
answers, incorrect units, and incorrect number of decimal places will not be granted any
points. Be ACCURATE.

1. The Figure shows a simply supported beam and the cross section at midspan. The
beam supports a uniform service (unfactored) dead load consisting of its own
weight plus 1.4 kips/ft and a uniform service (unfactored) live load of 1.5 kips/ft. The
concrete strength is 3500 psi, and the yield strength of the reinforcement is 60,000
psi. The concrete is normal-weight concrete (specific gravity = 2.4). Compute ∅ M n
in kip-ft (4 pts) and M u in kip-ft (3pts). Check if ∅ M n> M u (1pt)
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3. Using NSCP 2015, determine the value of β 1 if f c =35 MPa. (1pt)
4. Using NSCP 2001, determine the value of β 1 if f c =35 MPa. (1pt)
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5. If the net tensile strain of steel in a rectangular beam is 0.0035, find the value of the
strength reduction factor ( ∅ ) . (1pt)
6. In the figure shown, Find the maximum and minimum steel reinforcements,
A smax∧ A smin , respectively. (2pts)

2. A cantilever beam shown in the figure supports a uniform service (unfactored) dead load of 1
kip/ft plus its own dead load and a concentrated service (unfactored) live load of 12 kips, as
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shown. The concrete is normal-weight concrete (specific gravity = 2.4) with f c =4000 psi
and the steel is Grade 60. Compute ∅ M n in kip-ft (4 pts) and M u in kip-ft (3pts). Check
if ∅ M n> M u (1pt) 7. Determine the Value of M u at the middle support in the beam shown in the figure.
(2pts)
8. Steel may reach its yield strength before the concrete reaches its maximum
strength, in this case, the failure is due to the yielding of steel reaching a high strain
equal to or greater than 0.005. The section contains a relatively small amount of
steel and is called a _________ section. (1pt)
9. What is minimum vertical spacing of bars if there are two or more layers of
reinforcements in RC beams? (1pt)
10. What is the purpose of the strength reduction factor (∅)? (1pt)

ENGR. JEK