A vertical post 2.

5-meters high must support a lateral

load P =12 kN at its upper end. Two plans are
proposed: a solid wood post and a hollow aluminum
tube.
(a) What is the minimum required diameter of the
wood post if the allowable bending stress in the wood is
15 Mpa round to nearest tenth’s?
(b) What is the minimum required outer diameter of
the aluminum tube if its wall thickness is to be one-
eighth of the outer diameter and the allowable bending
stress in the aluminum is 50 MPa round to nearest
tenth’s?
 A beam of wide-flange shape is subjected
to a vertical shear force
V =45 kN. The cross-sectional dimensions of the
beam are b=165 mm, t =7.5 mm, h=320 mm, and
h1=290 mm.
Determine:
a.)maximum shear stress.
b.)total shear force in the web.
 Are fabricated from two or more pieces of
material joined together to form a single beam.
Such beams can be constructed in a great
variety of shapes to meet special architectural
or structural needs and to provide larger cross
sections than are ordinarily available.
 Is the horizontal shear
force per unit distance along the
longitudinal axis of the beam.
 A beam especially
provided over an opening
for a door, window, to carry
the wall over the opening.
 A number denoting a
margin of safety and represents
the ratio of the ultimate strength
to the working strength of the
material.
 Determine the maximum normal
strain emax produced in a steel wire of
diameter d=1/16 in. When it is bent around
a cylindrical drum of radius R=24 in. (see
figure).
 A cantilever beam AB is loaded by a couple M0
at its free end (see figure). The length of the beam is L
=1.5 m and the longitudinal normal strain at the top
surface is 0.001. The distance from the top surface of the
beam to the neutral surface is 75 mm. Calculate the
radius of curvature r, and the vertical deflection at the
end of the beam.
 Is an index to the
fineness or coarseness of the
aggregates and is expressed
as the sum of the percentages
of the total aggregate retained
on the standard sieves divided
by 100.
 Determine the fineness modulus
of the aggregate is shown in
the following:
SIEVE SIZE PERCENTAGE
RETAINED
No. 4 0
No. 8 5
No. 16 40
No. 30 45
No. 50 50
No. 100 95
.
 If a 1:2:4 mixture is
considered. Using Fuller’s Rule
A) Determine the number of bags
of cement for one cubic yard of
concrete.
B) Determine the volume of loose
sand in cubic yard.
C) Determine the volume of loose
gravel in cubic yard.
 Is the measure of the energy
releases of an earthquake?
 The lowest acknowledge
numerical value that would be
used to identify a major
earthquake.
 What is the minimum Beta
factor for any reinforced
rectangular concrete beam?
 A 10-mm gusset plate 300 mm
wide is bolted to a 20-mm thick column by
four 25 mm bolt arranged in a straight line
along the 300 mm side. For the gusset
plate, Fy= 250 MPa, Fu = 400 MPa.
Allowable shearing stress on bolts(single
shear) is 160 MPa. What is the capacity of
the gusset plate?
 A BW 775x287 steel
I-Beam has the following
dimensions:
Total beam depth, H= 775 mm
Web Thickness, tw = 19 mm
Flange width, bf = 360 mm
Flange thickness, tf = 32 mm
Determine the moment of inertia
about the major axis:
 An A36 steel girder has
the following properties:
bf = 250 mm, tf = 15 mm,
d = 300 mm, tw = 15 mm
What is the capacity of the section
by shear?
 A rubber ball is inflated to a
pressure of 60 kPa. At that pressure
the diameter of the ball is 230 mm
and the wall thickness is 1.2 mm. The
rubber has modulus
of elasticity E=3.5 MPa and Poisson’s
ratio n=0.45.
Determine the maximum stress.
 A cantilever hollow circular
bar 5 mm thick with outside
diameter of 75 mm is subjected to
a torque of 3 KN-m at its end.
Find the maximum shearing
stress in the bar?
 A 250 mm Ø pole, 3m high is
fixed at the base. It is subjected to a
compressive force of 3 KN acting at its centroid
and a 0.45 KN lateral force applied at the top.
What is the maximum shear stress in the pole?
 DESCRIPTION DIMENSION QUNATITY

Slab 6mx6mx0.3m 8 pcs.

Column 1mx1mx3.5m 12 pcs.
Shear Wall 6mx3mx0.3m 4 pcs.
Beams 1mx1.35mx6m 17 pcs.

From the following data:

A) Compute the total volume of columns.
B) Compute the total area of shear wall
C) Compute the number of samples to be
tested each day.
 A government project which costs P6 M
has a contract time within it should be
finished by 50 calendar days starting from the time
the project is awarded to the contractor. By the end
of 50 days the contractor was able to finish only 80
% worth of the job. The contractor request for a 12
day extension in order to finish the job.
A) What is the amount of the daily liquidated
damages?
B) What is the total liquidated damages?
C) What is the maximum limit of liquidated
damages as per required by PD 1594?
 A 600-mmx600-mm RC
column is reinforced with
16-32mmØ bars. Size aggregates
used is 25 mm.
A) Compute the spacing of
the 10 mm lateral ties.
B) Compute the minimum
clear cover over tie wire.
What would be the required tie
spacing at the confinement zone
of a 600x400 earthquake-resisting
RC column reinforced with 8-25
vertical bars? Assume ties to be
12 bars.
 A reinforced rectangular beam has
width of 350 mm having a simple span of 6
m. It carries a dead load moment (including its
own weight) of 116 KN-m, a live load moment of
148 KN-m and a moment due to the effect of
earthquake of 135 KN-m. If f’c = 27 MPa, with a
steel yield strength Fy of 400 MPa.
A) Compute the design moment.
B) Compute the effective depth of the
beam. Use ρ = ½ ρmax.
C) Compute the number of 25-mm Ø
rebars.
 An A36 base plate is
30-mm thick and is supporting
a wide-flange column with overall
flange width of 100 and overall
web depth of 200. The critical
bending length for the plate is
150mm. What is the capacity in
bending of this base plate?
 A hollow steel tube with an
inside diameter of 100 mm must
carry a tensile load of 400 kN.
Determine the outside diameter of
the tube if the stress is limited to
120 MN/m2.
 This may be calculated as
the area under the stress-strain
curve from the origin to up to the
elastic limit.
 Is the work done on a unit
volume of material as the force is
gradually increased. This may be
calculated as the area under the
entire stress-strain curve. The
toughness of a material is its
ability to absorb energy without
causing it to break.
 A block of wood is resting
on a level surface. If the
coefficient of friction between the
block and the surface is 0.30.,
how much can the plane be
inclined without causing the block
to slide down?
 A car starting from rest
accelerates uniformly from zero at
B to 3 m/s2 from 5 sec at C, then
decelerates uniformly at 2 m/s2
and stop at D. Compute the time
the car has traveled from B to D.
 A wooden beam 200 mm x 350 mm
has a simple span of 6 m. If the weight of
the beam is 6.3 kN/m3 and its allowable
bending and shearing stress are 10.6 and
0.70 MPa respectively.
a) Calculate the size factor
adjustment.
b) Calculate the safe uniform load
using the size factor adjustment.
 Determine the ratio of the
shear modulus to the modulus of
elasticity of a material whose
Poisson’s ratio is 0.50.
 A 8-m span simple beam
carries a uniform load of 2 KN/m
throughout. Calculate the
deflection at the midspan.
Use E= 200 GPa, and
I= 80 x 106 mm4.
 A propped beam 7 m
long carries a uniformly varying
load starting from zero at the fixed
end to 12 kN/m at the point 6 m
from the fixed end. Calculate the
reaction at the roller support and
the moment at the fixed end.
 A stone is dropped from
the deck of Mactan Bridge. The
sound of the splash reaches the
deck 3 seconds later. If the sound
travels 342 m/s in still air, how
high is the deck of Mactan Bridge
above the water?
 At a uniform rate of 4
drops per second, water is
dripping from a faucet. Find the
distance between two consecutive
drops in mm if the upper drop has
been in motion for 3/8 seconds.
 Determine the resultant of
the three forces passing through
the origin and passing through the
points indicated:
P1= 126 N through (8, 6),
P2= 183 N through (2, -5),
P3= 269 N through (-6, 3)
 What international code is the
basis of the Wind Loads
provisions of the latest NSCP?
 A 300 mm x 800mm concrete
beam with f’c=28 Mpa and using fy=415
Mpa reinforcements is reinforced with
7-25 deformed top bars at the face of
the left column support. It has 10 bars
stirrups. Compute the effective depth of
the concrete block in compression and
the distance from the neutral axis to outer
compression fiber.
 Is an artificial activity
represented on the arrow
diagram by a dotted line?
 A steel section having a cross
section of 20 mm x 30 mm is subjected to
an axial force of 240 KN. The steel section
has produces a strain of 0.002. If it has a
value of Poisson’s ratio of 0.30. Compute
the following.
A) Modulus of Elasticity
B) Bulk Modulus
C) Shear Modulus
 A fixed ended beam
having a span of 10 m carries a
triangular load which varies
from zero at the left support to
10 KN/m at the right support.
Compute the moment at left
support..
 For a Moment Resisting
Frame System (MRFS), what is
the minimum depth of the beam
supported by 600 mm x 600 mm
RC column?
 A 12 mm thick steel tire,
has a width of 110 mm and has
internal diameter of 800 mm. The
tire is heated and shrunk to a
steel wheel 800.5 mm diameter.
Modulus of Elasticity E = 200
GPa. Determine the tensile stress.
 A water tank 3 m in
diameter and 6 m high is made
from a steel having a thickness of
12 mm. When the tank is filled
with water, determine the
circumferential stress.
 A cantilever beam projects
2.8 m from the face of a wall. It is
subjected to the following loads:
25 KN concentrated at 2 m from
the wall, 10 KN/m uniformly
distributed throughout its length.
What is the resulting moment at
the fixed end?
 Which structural member
that has the ratio of its
unsupported height to its least
lateral dimension of not less than
3 and is used primarily to
support axial load?
 A method of concrete
building construction in which
floor (and roof) slabs are cast,
usually at ground level, and
then raised into position by
jacking.
 What do you call the
force which determines whether
the body will be in equilibrium
or will have a varying state of
motion?