DCS ASSIGNMENT (II Mid Term 2021)

1. What is minimum diameter of bar in column? (2)

2. What is Nominal shear stress? (2)
3. What is design bond strength? (2)
4. Write the formula for Area of steel in case of slab? (2)
5. Define the short column? (2)
6. How much cover provide in column? (2)
7. Write the formula of development length? (2)
8. What is the effective length? (2)
9. What is the anchorage length? (2)
10. What are the bundled bars? (2)
11. What is diagonal tensile strength? (2)
12. Draw the crack pattern in beam section? (2)
13. Write the formula of spacing in slab? (2)
14. What is the maximum diameter of bar used in slab? (2)
15. Write the formula of eccentricity in column? (2)
16. What is the minimum area of steel in one way slab? (2)

17. Write down steps for designing short axially loaded circular column with
helical ties, & explain all codal limits? (5)
18. Define the following terms:
(a) Critical section and diagonal tension
(b) Bond strength and development length (5)
19. Design the ultimate shear strength of the beam if width of the beam
250mm, depth 500 mm. Effective it’s reinforced with 3 bars of 20 mm diameter
use M 20 and Fe 415 steel. (5)
20. Design a simply supported one way RC slab for an effective span of 3m
assume following data: (5)
Effective depth of the slab is 120mm total ultimate load including the self
weight 2.4kn/m2 use M20, Fe415, give neat sectional sketch along short span
showing all details also check the slab for deflection? (5)
21. Write the design steps of one way slab in case of cantilever section. (5)
22. Write the design steps of two way slab in case of two way slab for corners
are held down. (5)
23. Explain two way and one way action of slab? (5)
24. Write the cases for calculated the effective length in column? (5)
25. Design a short column, Square in section to carry an axial load of 2000kn,
using mild steel and M20. (5)
26. Size of column is 450mmx450mm and use M20 conc. Mix and Fe415 grade
steel. This column contains 4-20 dia. bars.
Determine (i) load carrying capacity.
. (ii) Allowable service load. (5)
27. Write the design steps of rectangular & circular column with neat sketch. (5)
28. Explain the design steps for shear reinforcement for a R.C beam? (5)

29. Design the shear reinforcement for a beam width is 350mm, d= 550mm, Vu=
150kn and percentage of steel is 1.67% assume concrete and steel grade are M-
20, Fe- 415? (9)

30. Design a slab over a room 4m x 6m as per code the edges of the slab are
simply supported and the corners are not held down the live load on the slab is
3000n/m2 the slab has a bearing of 150mm on the supporting walls use M20
concrete and Fe 415 steel? (9)

31. Design a RCC slab for a room having inside dimension 3m x 7m the thickness
of supporting wall is 300mm the slab carries 75mm thick line concrete at its top
the unit weight of which may be taken as 20 kn/m3 the live load on the slab
may be taken as 2 kn/m2 assume the slab to be simply supported at the ends
use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel? (9)

32. Design a two way slab 200mm thick which is simply supported on all the
four walls of a hall with effective span of 6.3m and 4.5m assume service load
10kn/m2 and dead load including self weight 5 kn/m2 use M25 and Fe415
determine, provide and show the reinforcement along short and long span? (9)
33. A rectangular beam with width of section 350mm and effective depth
550mm has a factored shear of 400 kn at the critical section near the support
the beam is reinforced with 4-32mm diameter which are continued to support
use M25 and Fe 415, design the shear reinforcement at support using 2 legged
vertical stirrups of 10mm diameter. (9)

34. A reinforced concrete short column of 480mm diameter is reinforced with 6-

20mm diameter and 8mm diameter helix with 75mm pitch compute the
maximum load carrying capacity of the column if the concrete is of M25 grade?
(9)