MTT / BE-8 / C / 20.03.2013 / S
B.E. 8th Semester (Civil)
Subject: STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN - IV
Time: 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 50
Note: Attempt any two parts from Q. 1 worth 2.5 marks each; attempt any three parts from
Q. 2 worth 15 marks each. Use of IS 456, IS 3370, IRC 6 and IRC 21 is permitted.
Draw neat sketches as and when required. Assume grade of concrete as M20 &
Grade of steel as Fe415, unless mentioned otherwise. Assume suitable data if
required and mention it clearly.
Q. 1. Attempt any two (2.5 x 2 =5)
(a) Sketch the reinforcement details in a typical combined trapezoidal
footing?
(b) What do you mean by a buttress retaining wall?
(c) What do you mean by membrane and continuity analysis of a water
tank?
(d) Indicate the different components of superstructure of a T-beam
bridge?
(e) What is the minimum grade of concrete for pretensioned and post
tensioned prestressed concrete structures?
Q. 2. Attempt any three (15 x 3 = 45)
(a) Two columns of 300 mm x 300 mm carry unfactored loads of 700 kN
and 900 kN. The spacing between the centres of two columns is 3.0
m. The width is to be restricted to 2.4 m. Find out the effective depth
of footing from bending moment and punching shear considerations.
Take SBC of soil as 150 kN/m2.
(b) The total height from the bottom of base slab to the top of horizontal
earth backfill of a cantilever retaining wall is 4.0 m. The width of heel
slab, toe slab and base slab are 1.2 m, 0.9 m and 0.3 m respectively.
Thickness of retaining wall at the bottom & top is 0.3 m & 0.2 m. The
SBC of soil is 100 kN/m2. The coefficient of friction between soil and
concrete may be assumed as 0.50. Angle of internal friction Ф = 30°.
Density of earth = 18 kN/m 3. A shear key of 300 mm x 300 mm is
provided at a distance of 0.9 m from the toe. Check the stability of the
wall against overturning and sliding and design the shear key.
(c) Design the heel slab of a counterfort retaining wall for flexure, if:
height from the bottom of base slab to the top of horizontal earth
backfill = 8.0 m; width of heel slab = 2.0 m; width of toe slab = 1.7
m; thickness of base slab = 0.3 m; thickness of retaining wall at top
and bottom = 0.3 m; SBC of soil = 180 kN/m 2; coefficient of friction
between soil and concrete = 0.50; angle of internal friction Ф = 30°;
density of earth = 18 kN/m3; clear spacing of counterforts = 3.0 m;
thickness of counterforts = 0.5 m.
P.T.O.
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(d) The internal diameter of a RCC circular ground water tank is 12 m
and the height of tank is 4 meters. The thickness of the cylindrical
wall is 200 mm. The wall of the tank is free at top and restrained at
the base. Design the tank by approximate method or by IS Code
method.
(e) An intze tank has the following dimensions: Diameter of cylindrical
portion = 14 m; Rise of top dome = 2.0 m; Diameter of bottom dome
= 8.5 m; Rise of bottom dome = 2.0 m; Height of cylindrical wall =
5.5 m; Height of conical dome = 2.8 m; Thickness of top & bottom
dome = 75 mm & 250 mm respectively; thickness of conical dome =
400 mm. Design the conical dome of the tank (ignoring the effects
due to continuity), if the vertical load from top dome, top ring beam,
cylindrical wall & middle ring beam is 74 kN/m.
(f) Design an reinforced concrete slab culvert for a National Highway,
for a two lane carriageway, to suit the following data: Footpaths on
either side: 1.0 m; clear span of slab culvert: 6.0 m; Average
thickness of wearing coat: 80 mm; Width of supports: 0.4 m;
Loading: IRC class AA (tracked vehicle) or IRC class AA (wheeled
vehicle) or IRC class A.
(g) A simply supported pre-stressed concrete beam of rectangular cross
section 400 mm x 600 mm carries a uniformly distributed load of 60
kN/m over a span of 6m. Compute the stresses at the top and bottom
fibres at the mid span and end sections, if the pre-stressing force is
1920 kN. The tendon is parabolic with zero eccentricity at the ends
and 100 mm at the midspan.
(h) (i) What are the advantages and disadvantages of pre-stressed
concrete structures over reinforced concrete structures?
(ii) Explain why high strength materials are used in pre-stressed
concrete structures?
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