1. A simply reinforced concrete beam has a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm.
Concrete strength is 28 MPa and steel yield strength Fy = 280 MPa.
b. Which of the following gives the max. allowable steel area AS in accordance with the
1992 NSCP strength design specifications.
c. Which of the following gives the number of 25 mmØ bars to be used based in NSCP
specifications.
2. A reinforced concrete beam having a width of 450 mm and an effective depth of 675 mm is
reinforced with 4 – 25 mmØ. The beam has a simple span of 9 m. it carries an ultimate
uniform load of 40 kN/m. fc’ = 27.6 MPa, fy = 414.7 MPa.
c. Compute the cut-off point for two of the bars from the support.
3. A 12 mm simple supported beam is provided by an additional support at mid-span. The beam
has a width of b = 300 mm and a total depth h = 450 mm. it is reinforced with 4 – 25 mmØ at
the tension side and 2 – 25 mmØ at the compression side with 70 mm cover to centroid of the
c. Determine the total factored uniform load including the beam weight considering
moment capacity reduction of 0.90.
4. A reinforced concrete T-beam has an effective depth of 650 mm and is reinforced with 8 – 25
mmØ bars. The web width is 330 mm and has a flange thickness of 115 mm. The beam has a
span of 8 meters and has a spacing center to center equal to 4 meters. fc’ = 21 MPa and fy =
350 MPa.
a. Which of the following gives the ultimate uniform load acting on the slab in kPa.
b. Which of the following gives max positive moment in the shot span direction of the
exterior panel.
c. Which of the following gives the total static design moment in the long direction of the
exterior panel.
7. Minimum thickness of slabs without interior beams spacing between the supports shall be in
accordance with the provisions of Table 5.9.5(c) and shall not be less than the following
values.
a. Slabs without drop panels 125 mm
b. Slabs with drop panels 100 mm
Ln = length of clear span in long direction of two-way construction, measured face to face of
supports in slabs without beams and face to face of beams or other support in the cases.
From the given floor plan of a building shown. Compute the following using fc’ = 27.6 MPa.