Romblon State University

College of Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering Department

Name: Date:
Course and Year: Engr. Raymond Jay G. Severo

Problem Set No.1 (Final Term)

Reinforced Concrete Design

Instruction: Solve the following problem independently. Make sure to be neat, clean and organize
in your solution. Use 23.5 as unit weight of concrete in any of the computation if needed.

Problem 1: A reinforced beam having a 11. Compute the value of concentrated

width of 300 mm and an effective depth of load P that the beam could carry at
600 mm, carries a moment of 80 – kN-m midspan if moment governs.
which developed a max stress of 5 MPa in
concrete. 12. Compute the value of P if shear governs.
1. If n = 9, compute the distance of the
neutral axis from the top of the beam.

2. Compute the steel reinforcement

required.

3. Compute the stress developed in steel.

Problem 2: A rectangular reinforced

concrete beam with width of 300 mm and
effective depth of 600 mm is subjected to a
service unfactored bending moment of 200
kN-m. The beam is reinforced with 4-32 mm
diameter bars. The modular ratio n = 8.
4. Determine the distance of the neutral Problem 5: The cross section shown consist of
axis from the top of the beam in mm. hollow concrete beam with an effective
depth of 400 mm. the beam is reinforced with
4-25 mm diameter bars placed 60 mm from
5. Determine the maximum stress in
the center of the bottom bars to bottom of
concrete in MPa.
the beam. The beam is a simple span of 6m
in length. Consider fc = 7 MPa, fs = 124 MPa,
6. Determine the total compression force n = 12.
in concrete in kN. 13. Compute the moment capacity of
concrete.
Problem 3: A reinforced concrete beam
having a width of 200 mm and an effective
14. Compute the moment capacity of steel.
depth of 400 mm is reinforced with steel bars
having an area of 1400 mm2. If the modular
ration n = 10 and fs = 120 MPa. 15. What total uniform load (not included its
7. Determine the distance of the neutral own weight) could the beam carry
axis from the steel reinforcement. besides the concentrated load of 8 kN
at the midspan.
8. Determine the distance from the
compression block force to tension
force.

9. Determine the moment capacity of the

beam

Problem 4: A concrete beam shown has a

simple span of 5 m. It was designed
according to ACI specifications with f’c = 20
MPa, fs = 124 MPa. Assuming that the web
reinforcement is satisfactory, critical shear =
2.5 MPa, n =10.
10. Compute the safe moment capacity of
a beam.

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Problem 6: A concrete beam, reinforced for
tension only, is carrying a uniform load on a
simple span of 10 m. the allowable stresses
are fc = 6 MPa, fs = 124 MPa and n = 15.
16. Compute the safe moment capacity of
the beam.
17. What uniform load can the beam carry
besides its own weight?
18. Determine the distance from the center
of the beam where bar “a”, “a” and “b”,
“b” maybe cut.
Problem 8: The beam has a given cross
section shown. Fc = 7.8 MPa, fs = 152 MPa, n
= 12.
23. Compute the transformed moment of
inertia of the beam at the neutral axis.
24. Determine the moment capacity of
concrete.
25. Determine the moment capacity of steel.

Problem 7: The cross section shown below is

a rectangular beam reinforced for tension
only. Fs = 138 MPa, f’c = 20 MPa, n = 12.
Neglect weight of beam.
19. Compute the maximum moment due to
the load shown.

20. Compute the moment capacity of

concrete.

21. Compute the moment capacity of steel.

22. Is the beam safe or not?

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