Reinforced Concrete and Steel Design d.

Stirrup is not needed

Midterm Quiz
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
If the answer is not among the choices,
shade E.
1. It is the condition in which the
concrete reaches its full compressive
strength when the steel reaches its
yield strength.
a. Under-reinforced design
b. Over-reinforced design
c. Balanced design
d. All of the above
2. The ___________ of a column member is
equal to the distance between the
inflection points of a laterally
deflected member
a. Unsupported length
b. Effective length
c. Critical length
d. Allowable length
Situation 2: A square column footing is
to support a 400mm square tied column
that carries a DL of 880 kN and LL of
710 kN. The column is reinforced with 8-
#8 bars. The base of the footing is 1.5m
below the natural grade with allowable
soil pressure of 235 kPa. The soil above
the footing has a unit weight of 15.6
kN/m3. Assuming fy = 275 Mpa, fc’ = 27.5
Mpa, and unit weight of concrete as 23.5
kN/m3.
8. Assuming a footing depth of 600mm,
the effective bearing capacity of the
soil in kPa is?
a. 195 b. 167 c. 245 d. 300
9. Determine the required dimension of
the footing rounded-off to the nearest
0.1m
a. 2.8mx2.8m b. 3mx3m
c. 2.5mx2.5m d. 2.3mx2.3m

3. Minimum clear cover of ties shall not Situation 3: The cross section shown is
be less than the following except loaded by Vu = 200 kN and a torque of
a. 40mm
b. 1.5 times the diameter of vertical Tu = 25 kNm, fc’ = 20.7 Mpa,
bars fy = 415 MPa
c. diameter of vertical bars
d. 1 1/3 the maximum size of coarse
aggregate

4. The net area of a steel member at any

point shall be determined by summing the
product of the thickness and the gross
width of each elements as measured
normal to the axis of the member
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. Cannot tell without further
10. Compute the allowable torque in kNm
experiment
a. 5.99 b. 5.15 c. 25 d. 30.15
5. For the design of slabs, if fy = 415
11. Calculate the ultimate shearing
Mpa, no magnification factor is needed
stress in Mpa
a. True
a. 1.54 b. 2.95 c. 1.23 d. 2.52
b. False
c. Maybe
d. Cannot tell without further
experiment

Situation 1: A rectangular beam with

b = 350mm and d = 600mm is provided
with #3 vertical U stirrups with fy = 414
Mpa. Assume fc’ = 20.7 Mpa.

6. Determine the required stirrup

spacing for Vu = 62 kN
Situation 4: A compression member is 3m
a. 120mm
long and pinned at both ends (k = 1.0).
b. 135mm
Use A36 steel, fy = 250 Mpa, E = 200
c. Beam size is inadequate to carry the
Gpa,
shear
d. Stirrup is not needed
Properties of the Section:
A = 1200 mm2 Ix = 100x106 mm4
7. Determine the required stirrup
Iy = 40x106 mm4 Pxy = 20x106 mm4
spacing for Vu = 380 kN
a. 120mm
12. Determine the minimum radius of
b. 135mm
gyration in mm
c. Beam size is inadequate to carry the
shear
a. 209.77 b. 168.18 c. 179.56 d. Check for minimum area of stirrups for
235.01 shear and torsion:
13. Determine the critical slenderness
ratio 𝟏 𝒃𝒘 𝒔
𝑨𝒗 + 𝟐𝑨𝒕 =
a. 14.3 b. 17.84 c. 16.71 d. 𝟑 𝒇𝒚𝒗
12.77

Situation 6. Refer to Figure ST-001. The Area of longitudinal steel required for
eccentric weld connection is loaded with torsion:
P = 35.15 kN.

𝑨𝒕 𝒇𝒚𝒗 𝟓√𝒇𝒄 ′(𝑨𝒄𝒑 ) 𝑨 𝒇𝒚𝒗

𝑨𝒍 = 𝑷𝒃 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝟐 𝜽 𝑨𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒏 = − ( 𝒕) 𝑷𝒃
𝒔 𝒇𝒚𝒍 𝟏𝟐𝒇𝒚𝒍 𝒔 𝒇𝒚𝒍

Spacing of torsion reinforcement:

𝑷𝒉
𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒙 = 𝒐𝒓 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒓
Fig ST-001 𝟖

14. If the load P is placed at the centroid

of the welds, determine the load resisted Reinforced Concrete Design
by the weld per mm length due to P alone. (Shear - USD)
(N/mm)
a. 103.38 b. 58.82 c. 45.89 d. 88.34 Ultimate Strength Design
15. If the weld thickness equals 6mm, NSCP 2001
determine the maximum shear stress
experienced by the welds in Mpa Section 411.4.1.1 NSCP states that the
shear strength Vc shall be computed by
provisions Section 411.1.1.1 through
Reinforced Concrete Design 411.4.1.3 unless a detailed calculation
is made in accordance with Section
(Torsion - USD) 411.4.2
Ultimate Strength Design
NSCP 2001 SIMPLIFIED CALCULATION
𝝓√𝒇𝒄 ′(𝑨𝒄𝒑 )𝟐
Allowable Torsional Moment: 𝑻𝒖 = For members subject to shear and flexure
𝟏𝟐𝑷𝒄𝒑
only,
ϕ = 0.85
√𝑓𝑐′
𝑉𝑐 = 𝑏 𝑑
6 𝑤
Adequacy of the section:
𝟐 𝟐
√[( 𝑽𝒖 ) + ( 𝑻𝒖 𝑷𝒉 𝟐) ] ≤ 𝝓[ 𝑽𝒄 + 𝟐 √𝒇𝒄 ′]
𝒃 𝒅
𝒘 𝟏.𝟕(𝑨 ) 𝒐𝒉 𝒃 𝒅 𝟑 𝒘 For members subject to axial
compression,
1 𝑁 𝑁𝑢
Area of stirrups required for torsion 𝑉𝑐 = 6
[1 + 14𝐴𝑢 ]√𝑓𝑐′ 𝑏𝑤 𝑑 , 𝐴𝑔
shall be
𝑔
for one leg of stirrup: expressed in mPa
Shear strength Vc may be computed by more
𝑨𝒕 𝑻𝒏 𝑇𝑢 detailed calculation of Section
= 𝑇𝑛 = θ = 45˚ Ao = 0.85Aoh 411.4.1.1 through Section 411.4.2.1
𝒔 𝟐𝒇𝒚𝒗 𝑨𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒕𝜽 𝜙

Area of stirrups required for shear for DETAILED CALCULATION

two legs of stirrup:
For members subject to shear and flexure
only,
𝑨𝒗 𝑽𝒔 1 𝑉𝑢 𝑑
= 𝑉𝑐 = 7
[√𝑓𝑐′ + 120𝜌𝑤 𝑀𝑢 𝑤
]𝑏 𝑑 Eq 411-5 but not
𝒔 𝒇𝒚 𝒅
greater than 0.3√𝑓𝑐′ 𝑏𝑤 𝑑
𝑉𝑢 𝑑
𝑀𝑢
shall not be taken greater than 1.0
Area of stirrups required for shear and
torsion: where Mu is the factored moment occurring
simultaneously with Vu at section
considered
𝑨𝒗 (𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍) 𝑨𝒗 𝟐𝑨𝒕
𝒔
= 𝒔
+ 𝒔
For members subject to axial compression
 Eq 411-5 may be used to compute Vc with
𝑉𝑢 𝑑
Mm substitute for Mu and 𝑀𝑢
not then
4ℎ−𝑑
limited to 1.0 where Mm = Mu – Nu[ 8
]

0.3𝑁𝑢
Vc = 0.3√𝑓𝑐′ 𝑏𝑤 𝑑√1 + Eq 411-7
𝐴𝑔

Quantity Nu shall be expressed in mPa.

When Mm as computed is negative, Vc shall
be computed by Eq 411-7

For members subject to significant axial

tension,
1 0.3𝑁𝑢
𝑉𝑐 = [1+ ]√𝑓𝑐′ 𝑏𝑤 𝑑 where Nu is negative
6 𝐴𝑔
for tension, ϕ = 0.85