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Refresher Module – Basic Structural Engineering

Situation 1: Situation 5:
The cable of a suspension bridge shown in the figure below runs over a The frame shown in the figure below is loaded by a uniformly distributed
frictionless pulley on the top of each of the towers at A and B and is fixed load “w”. Consider pin support B and C to be in double shear and pin A
to anchor blocks at D and E. The cable carries a uniform horizontally to be in single shear. Let w = 5 kN/m.
distributed load of w = 160 kN/m. The permissible working stress of the 14. Determine the normal stress (MPa) at
gross area of the cable, including voids, is 800 MPa. Unit weight of bar AC having a cross-section of 10mm by
concrete is 23.4 kN/m3. 40mm.
For this problem, L = 400m, S = 40m, H = 60m, α = 45˚. A. 49.15 B. 46.88
C. 42.85 D. 44.61
15. Determine the diameter (mm) of the pin
at A if the shear stress at pin A is only
limited to 150 MPa.
A. 12 B. 14
C. 13 D. 15
16. Determine the diameter (mm) of the pin
1. Determine the required cable diameter in millimeters. at C if the shear stress at pin C is only
A. 370 B. 375 C. 380 D. 390 limited to 120 MPa.
2. Determine the axial load in each tower in kN. A. 9 B. 8 C. 11 D. 10
A. 94195 B. 90372 C. 93182 D. 92926
3. Determine the bending moment at the base of the tower in MN-m. Situation 6:
A. 1592 B. 1604 C. 1144 D. 1348 A simply supported beam
4. Determine the required volume of the concrete anchor blocks in m3. having a length of 8m is to
A. 2500 B. 2600 C. 2800 D. 3000 carry two-triangular loads
with intensities shown in
Situation 2: the figure.
The canopy of a storage building 17. Determine the
shown below is spaced 3.2 meters distance “a” (meter) so
apart. The wind load normal to the that the moment at “a”
rood surface is 1.44 kPa. distance from the left
5. Determine the total reaction at support is a minimum.
D. A. 3.3 B. 4.7 C. 0 D. 8
A. 12.82 B. 14.38 18. Determine the corresponding reaction at left support in Newton.
C. 11.94 D. 13.25 A. 1333.33 B. 2666.67 C. 1866.67 D. 933.33
6. Determine the force in member CG. 19. Determine the maximum moment in the beam in N-m.
A. -5.91 B. -6.63 C. -4.58 D. -7.25 A. 8211.9 B. 4105.6 C. 3437.7 D. 2873.9
7. Determine the force in member FG.
A. -8.82 B. -6.91 C. -7.96 D. -8.53 Situation 7:
8. Determine the force in member CD. A fixed ended beam has a span of 12 m and supports a super imposed
A. 6.28 B. 8.25 C. 7.58 D. 5.08 Uniformly distributed load of 15 kN/m.
Properties of W 480x86:
Situation 3: A = 10800 mm2 IX = 383.13x106 mm4 bf = 180 mm
A 9 m cantilever retaining wall is subjected to active pressure increasing IY = 14.64x10 mm
6 4 tf = 15 mm
from 5 kN/m at the top (free end) to 45 kN/m at the base (fixed end) per tw = 12 mm d = 480 mm wb = 86 kg/m
meter strip of length of wall along its longitudinal axis. 20. Determine the maximum bending stress in the beam in MPa.
9. Determine the maximum shear in kN. A. 119.1 B. 132.98 C. 147.2 D. 128.87
A. 405 B. 180 C. 315 D. 225 21. What is the average shearing stress in the beam in MPa?
10. Determine the maximum moment in kN-m. A. 18.6 B. 13.6 C. 21.4 D. 16.5
A. 1282.5 B. 742.5 C. 202.5 D. 1080 22. Determine the maximum shearing stress in the beam in MPa.
11. If the wall was laterally supported at the free end, determine the A. 16.54 B. 17.32 C. 19.26 D. 21.23
moment (kN∙m) at the base.
A. 266.625 B. 239.625 C. 141.750 D. 195.750
“Life is a series of thousand tiny miracles.”
Situation 4: NOTICE THEM.
The inclined beam subjected to the
vertical load distribution shown. The APPRECIATE THEM.
value of the load distribution at the MAKE THEM WORTH IT.
right end of the beam is 5 kN per
horizontal meter.
12. Determine the reaction(kN) at
point A.
A. 6.61 B. 5.23
C. 2.49 D. 5.92
13. Determine the reaction(kN) at point B.
A. 6.61 B. 5.23 C. 2.49 D. 5.92