Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli Assignment Sheet No.

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Department: Civil Engineering
Issue Date: 25 March 2021 Pages: 1
Subject Name: Design of Reinforced Concrete
Structures
Faculty: Dr.S.B.Kadam Semester: II
Subject Code: 4CV324

Unit/Title: Module No 1

1. What is the difference between working stress method and limit state method?
2. Define characteristic strength and characteristic load.
3. What do you mean by partial safety factor? Give partial safety factors for materials
and loads.
4. Discuss stress-strain relationship for concrete and different grades of steel using
graphs.
5. What are the assumptions in limit state method?
6. A simply supported beam of clear span 5 m must carry a total load of 45 kN/m at
service. The width of supports is 400 mm at each end. Find out the reinforcement
required. Use M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel. Assume 3b = 2d.
7. A beam of rectangular section 300 mm wide and 500 mm effective depth is
provided with 4 bars of 18 mm diameter as tensile reinforcement. Find the depth
of neutral axis. Use M20 concrete and Fe 250 steel.