Cpccbc4010b - APPLY STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES TO RESIDENTIAL LOW RISE CONSTRUCTIOS

Exercise 1.

Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

Exercise 1 Questions
Beams, Loads and Calculations.
DUE IN WEEK 5
1. What does slenderness ratio in relation to a column mean?

2. What does the effective length of a column depend on?

3. Which of the 4 x structural steel columns are most

efficient and why?

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4. What is the mass of a 11 metre long 350 UB 62.7 steel section.

5. Explain and draw images for these 3 x different beams:

a. What is a simply supported beam?

b. Explain continuously supported beams.

c. Explain cantilever beams.

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d. Which is the most efficient beam from above and why ?

6.Explain and draw images of these beam terms:

a) Compression.

b) Tension.

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c) Neutral axis.

Q7. Deflection in beams is a major problem in structural design and discussed in class. List and
explain three (3) factors that affect how a beam will deflect.

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Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

8. a) List the three (3) types of primary loads that must be taken into account when considering the
impact of loads on building structures?

b) Explain each of these loads?

c) For two (2) types of loads above give 3 examples of each.

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Exercise 1.

Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

9. Give the full name and symbol for each of these units listed in the table:

NAME UNIT SYMBOL

Length

Area

Volume

Density

Mass

Acceleration

Force

Pressure/Stress

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Exercise 1.

Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

10. CALCULATION QUESTIONS:

You have a Masonry Brick wall built on a reinforced concrete footing which has a door. Details of size
in image below and material densities.

MUST SHOW ALL CALCULATIONS ON NEXT PAGE

a) What is the total Mass in tonnes?

b) The force of the total structure?

c) If the allowable bearing pressure of the soil below the structure is 50 Kpa. What will happen
to the structure when it is built? Show calculations to justify answer.

Notes: Structure includes a 45mm softwood door.

Material Density: Reinforced Concrete 2500 kg/m3

Brickwork 1900 kg/m3

Softwood 550 kg/m3

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Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

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Exercise 1.

Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

11. The diagram below represents a new type of aerated concrete block.

It is proposed to deliver the blocks on pallets to site and they will be placed on a scaffold. Each pallet
will hold 60 blocks.

We have been advised that the scaffold can hold a maximum of 1 tonne

Each block has the following dimensions: 500 mm long x 250 mm high x 200 mm wide.

The block has also 2 circular cut outs that go thru the width of the block. These cut outs have a
diameter of 100 mm each.

The density of the aerated block is 350 kg/m 3

Using the above information determine the maximum number of blocks that may be placed on the
scaffold?

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Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

12.A) Convert the following ‘Engineering Notation’ to quantities:

a) 10 5 = 1 000 000

b) 10 -3 = 0.001

c) 10 2 x 10 4 = 10(6)

B) Convert the following quantities to ‘Engineering Notation’

d) 4,560 =

e) 0.0007 = 7(-4)

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Student Name: Jacob Navan Student Number: 880873093

Class Day & Time: FTA Monday 12:30pm

COMPLETE =)

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