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Refresher MODULE – Basic Structural Engineering

SITUATION. A simply supported steel beam spans 9 m. It carries a uniformly SITUATION. A simply supported beam 10 m long has an overhang of 2 m at the
distributed load of 10 kN/m, beam weight already included. left support. If a highway uniform load of 9.35 kN/m and a concentrated load of
Beam Properties: 116 kN passes through the beam.
Area = 8530 mm^2 16. Determine the length (m) of the beam where the uniform load could produce
Depth = 306 mm maximum positive shear at the midspan
Flange width = 204 mm A. 7 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
Flange thickness = 14.6 mm 17. Determine the length (m) of the beam where the uniform load could produce
Web thickness = 8.5 mm
maximum negative moment at the midspan
Moment of Inertia, Ix = 145 x 10^6 mm^4
Modulus of Elasticity = 200 GPa A. 10 B. 5 C. 2 D. 4
18. If the concentrated load alone is placed at the end of the overhang, compute
1. What is the maximum flexural stress (MPa) in the beam? the maximum shear (kN) at the midspan.
A. 107 B. 54 C. 142 D. 71
2. To prevent excessive deflection, the beam is propped at midspan using a A. 32.2 B. 23.2 C. 20.5 D. 21.0
pipe column. Find the resulting axial stress (MPa) in the column.
Column Properties: SITUATION. A parabolic cable carries a horizontally distributed load of 20 kN/m.
Outside diameter = 200 mm The horizontal span between the supports A and C is 60 m. The lowest point B
Thickness = 10 mm has a vertical distance of 6 m below the support at A and 12 m below the support
Height = 4000 mm at C.
19. Determine the horizontal distance (m) between the lowest point and the
A. 4.7 B. 9.4 C. 18.8 D. 2.8 support at A.
3. How much is the maximum bending stress (MPa) in the propped beam? A. 21.67 B. 24.85 C. 25.35 D. 26.45
A. 26.7 B. 17.8 C. 15.0 D. 35.6 20. What is the tension (kN) at cable A?
A. 1029 B. 1143 C. 1247 D. 703
SITUATION. An 8 m high retaining wall is subjected to lateral earth pressure
21. What is the tension (kN) at cable C?
increasing from 34 kPa at the top to 136 kPa at the base. Flexural rigidity EI =
4.5 x1014 N-mm2. Analyze per meter length of the wall. A. 1029 B. 1143 C. 1247 D. 703
4. What is the moment (kN-m) at the base of the cantilever retaining wall?
SITUATION (Practice Problems). A series of uniformly spaced hangers along
A. 2716 B. 2176 C. 2671 D. 2761
a parabolic cable supports a 60 m pipeline weighing 2.8 kN/m. The allowable
5. What is the force to be applied at the proposed end to limit the deflection to tensile load of the cable is 1100 kN.
35 mm? 22. Calculate the maximum tension (kN) in the cable when the sag is 2 m.
A. 163.8 B. 183.6 C. 91.3 D. 92.5 A. 1100 B. 636 C. 630 D. 1096
6. What is the moment at the base when the wall is propped at the top? 23. Calculate the minimum sag of the cable in meters.
A. 707.2 B. 772.0 C. 277.0 D. 270.7 A. 1.15 m B. 1.50 m C. 2 m D. 2.20 m
24. Calculate the tension (kN) at the lowest point of the cable if the cable is
stressed to its allowable tensile load.
SITUATION. A 4-m long beam is fixed at the left end and is supported by a spring A. 1100 B. 636 C. 630 D. 1096
at the right end. The spring stiffness is 60 kN/m. The length of the beam is
subjected to a uniform load of 800 N/m. SITUATION (Practice Problems).
Given: E = 10 x 109 N/m2 and I = 80 x 106 mm4. Beam Properties: I = 198 x 106 mm4 E = 200 x 103 MPa
7. Determine the deflection (mm) at the right end of the beam when the spring Rod Properties: Diameter = 12 mm E = 200 x 103 MPa
is removed.
A. 22 B. 27 C. 32 D. 37
8. Determine the deflection of the spring (mm).
A. 10.3 B. 11.3 C. 12.3 D. 14.3
9. Determine the moment at the fixed end (kN-m).
A. 1.23 B. 2.34 C. 3.45 D. 6.40

SITUATION. A 12 mm thick steel tire has a width of 110 mm and has an internal
diameter of 800 mm. The tire is heated and shrunk to a steel wheel 800.5 mm
diameter. Take the modulus of Elasticity, E = 200 GPa.
10. Determine the compressive pressure (MPa) between the tire and the wheel. 25. Due to the load, W, rod BC elongates by 1 mm. Find the force (kN) in the rod
A. 7.50 B. 5.25 C. 10.50 D. 3.75 BC which caused the elongation.
11. Determine the tensile stress (MPa) in the tire. A. 9.4 B. 4.9 C. 8.3 D. 3.8
A. 175 B. 125 C. 250 D. 350 26. Due to the load, W, the force developed in rod BC is 12 kN, what is the value
12. Determine the thickness (mm) of the tire to resist pressure of 1.5 MPa if it
has an allowable stress of 124 MPa. of W (kN)?
A. 4.84 B. 8.44 C. 2.12 D. 6.32 A. 12.73 B. 27.31 C. 43.65 D. 56.32
27. Due to the load, W = 40 kN, the force developed in rod BC = 10 kN. The
SITUATION. A steel cable is used to lift a load W: diameter of rod BC = 16 mm. Find the moment (kN-m) at the fixed end.
Given: W (total load including of cable) = 175 kN A. 10 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40
Properties of steel cable:
Diameter = 30 mm Length = 12 m SITUATION (Practice Problems). A cantilever beam, 3.5 m long, carries a
Modulus of Elasticity = 200 GPa concentrated load P, at mid-length. Given: P = 200 kN, E = 200 GPa, I = 60.8 x
10^6 MPa
13. Find the elongation (mm) of the cable as it lifts the load W.
28. How much is the beam deflection (mm) at mid-length?
A. 13.45 B. 14.85 C. 16.25 D. 17.50
A. 1.84 B. 23.50 C. 29.40 D. 14.70
14. What is the resulting strain (mm/mm) in the cable as it lifts the load w?
29. What force (kN) should be applied at the free end to prevent deflection?
A. 0.00124 B. 0.00112 C. 0.00146 D. 0.00135 A. 7.8 B. 62.5 C. 41.7 D. 100.0
15. Due to heavy load, the steel cable breaks. The recorded diameter of failure 30. To limit the deflection at mid-length to 9.5 mm, how much force (kN) should
is 27.5 mm. Calculate the ductility of the material. be applied at the free end?
A. 8.33% B. 19.0% C. 15.97 % D. 9.09 % A. 54.1 B. 76.8 C. 129.3 D. 64.7