CVEN 444 Assignment 6 due 6/20/03

The assignment will be review problems and will not be covered in class. Use an
engineering format and be neat!

For the given sections (a),(b) and (c) assume fc = 4000 psi and fy =60000 psi

1. At failure determine whether the precast section will act similar to a

rectangular section or as flanged section and check to see if the tension
steel has yielded
2. Check whether the section satisfy ACI requirement.
3. Calculate the nominal moment of the section
a) For the T-Beam, use fy = 60 ksi, fc =4 ksi, As =6(1.0 in2 ) =6.0 in2 1 =0.85

Assume a rectangular section so that b= 30 in.

The a value is greater than 3 in. therefore the beam must be analyzed as T-beam.

Compute c

Compute the c/d ratio

tension controlled 

Check the min of the beam

Compute the minimum

0.0056 > 0.00333 satisfies the ACI code.

Compute the nominal moment
Compute the L-Beam using fy = 60 ksi, fc =4 ksi, As =5(1.0 in2 ) =5.0 in2 1 =0.85
Assume a rectangular section so that b= 28 in.

The a value is greater than 3 in. therefore the beam must be analyzed as L-beam.

Compute c

Compute the c/d ratio

tension controlled 

Check the min of the beam

0.0066 > 0.00333 satisfies the ACI code.

Compute the nominal moment
Compute the L-Beam using fy = 60 ksi, fc =4 ksi, As =4(0.79 in2 ) =3.16 in2 1 =0.85
Assume a rectangular section so that b= 18 in.

The a value is less than 3.5 in. therefore the beam must be analyzed as rectangular beam.
Compute c

Compute the c/d ratio

tension controlled 

Check the min of the beam

0.00975 > 0.00333 satisfies the ACI code.

Treat it as a rectangular section and compute the nominal moment