1.

Determine the number of longitudinal bars and spacing of transverse reinforcements at critical
section of beam AD of the floor framing shown (basic area) in figure 1 to support the dead and
live loads given below. The structure is a two-storey residential building.

Use:

Concrete:
fc’=21 MPa
Concrete Cover=40mm
ϒc=23.6 kN/m3

Longitudinal reinforcement:
db= 16mm diameter deformed bar
fy=276 MPa

Transverse reinforcement:
dbt= 10mm diameter deformed bar
fyt=276 MPa

Floor properties:
S-1, 100mm thick stone reinforced concrete slab
Floor Finish:
S-1, 25mm Concrete fill finish

Ceiling:
12 mm gypsum board on suspended steel channel system

The beam is also carrying a 2.8m high-150mm thick concrete hollow block (16.5 kN/m3 density)
plastered both sides.
Beam properties:
Reinforced concrete.
Use the minimum thickness from the table shown below and a d/b ratio = 1.5

Minimum Thickness, h

One end Both ends

Simply supported Cantilever
continuous continuous

Member Members not supporting or attached to partitions or other construction

likely to be damaged by large deflections

Solid one-
L/20 L/24 L/28 L/10
way slabs

Beams or
ribbed one- L/16 L/18.5 L/21 L/8
way slab

Note: Convert triangular and trapezoidal loading to an equivalent uniformly distributed loading.
S-1 S-1

S-1 S-1

Figure-1
2. Determine the maximum safe uniform distributed load that the section can carry. (30 PTS)
Put a box on your final answer only.

Concrete:
fc’=21 MPa
Concrete Cover=40mm
Normal Weight

Longitudinal reinforcement:
db= 20mm diameter deformed bar
fy=276 MPa
Tension bars-3pcs
Compression bars-2pcs

Transverse reinforcement:
dbt= 10mm diameter deformed bar
fyt=276 MPa
Spacing at distance d from the support = 100mm on centers
2 points each for numbers 3-12.

3. The color code for grade 40 deformed bars. _______________

4. Bars in the reinforced concrete beam that resist bending and is parallel to the length of the
beam. _______________
5. The concrete starts to crush if it reaches a strain greater than _______.
6. The minimum clear distance between 20 mm diameter longitudinal reinforcing bars with 20 mm
coarse aggregate size.
7. What is the minimum thickness of a 5.5m simply supported rectangular beam?
8. What is the minimum concrete covering for concrete cast against and permanently exposed to
earth?
9. The method used by Engineers of today’s generation in the design and analysis of reinforced
concrete structures.
10. A beam that has a ___________ is one of which tensile steel will theoretically just reach its
yield point at the same time the extreme compression concrete fibers attain a strain equal to
0.003.
11. The _________ is the cause for shear cracks.
12. Bars in the reinforced concrete beam that resist shear. _______________