COLEGIO DE MUNTINLUPA

Department of Civil Engineering

STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF TOWERS AND OTHER VERTICAL STRUCTURES

1st Semester, AY 2023-2024
CE 4A

PROBLEM SET No. 1

Review on Internal Forces and Stresses
26 August 2023

Deadline: on or before 11:59PM of 1 September 2023

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Instruction: Answer each question legibly on a clean sheet of paper/notebook. Show complete solution
for full points. For intermediate answers, round off values up to four decimal places only. Box your final
answers and express in two decimal places only. After writing your solutions, scan or take a photo of
the solution per item. Please write your name and section on every page of your answers

1. Solve for the normal force on point A of each column given below.

2. Solve for the normal force, shear force, and internal moment acting on points C and D of the
given beam below.

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3. The pins on the frame at D and E each have a diameter of 0.35 in. If these pins are subjected
to double shear, determine the average shear stress in each pin.

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