SIT. A: A reinforced concrete slab 2.5 m 5. Determine the safe width in shear.

square and 250 mm thick is lifted by four A. 250 mm B. 330 mm

steel cables attached to the corners, as C. 290 mm D. 300 mm
shown in the figure. The cables are
attached to a hook at a point 1.5 m above SIT I: A propped beam with flexural rigidity EI =
the top of the slab. Each cable has an 1,000,000 kN-m2 is shown below.
effective cross-sectional area A = 75 mm^2.
100 N/m

B
A C

3m 2m

1. Which of the following gives the reaction at the

roller support?
A. 43.2 N B. 64.1 N
1. Determine the tensile stress s in the
cables due to the weight of the concrete C. 56.8 N D. 45.9 N
slab. 2. Which of the following gives the moment reaction
A. 125 MPa B. 162.7 MPa at the fixed support in N-m?
C. 193.2 MPa D. 176.7 MPa A. -166.1 B. -129.5
2. Also determine the vertical displacement
of the concrete slab when suspended due
C. -234.5 D. -220.5
to the elongation of the cables. 3. Which of the following gives the slope at the roller
A. 2.24 mm B. 3.46 mm support in radians?
C. 1.45 mm D. 2.94 mm A. 0.000113 B. 0.000200
C. 0.000169 D. 0.000124
SIT. B: A backfill is retained by treated
timber piles braced by horizontal struts SIT J: A curved beam AB is acted by the forces shown in
anchored at every 3 m. The piles are the figure.
hinged at the base. Unit weight of soil is
17.3 kN/m^3 with ka = 1/3. Allowable
bending stress fb = 14.7 MPa and allowable
shear stress fv = 1.48 MPa.

strut
H2 = 3.3 m
γs=17.3 kN/m^3

H3 = 2.7 m
H1 = 2.1 m

4. Determine the horizontal component of the force in

N at the pin A.
3. If the struts are assumed simply
supported by the anchors, determine the A. 138.59 B. 35.06
uniform load that must be resisted by C. 29.92 D. 68.55
the strut in kN/m. 5. Determine the reaction in N at the pin A.
A. 56.74 B. 72.07 A. 342.79 B. 344.58
C. 70.98 D. 63.83
4. If the strut is 350 mm deep, determine C. 344.09 D. 342.05
the safe width in bending. 6. Determine the reaction at the rocker B.
A. 250 mm B. 220 mm A. 342.79 B. 344.58
C. 290 mm D. 300 mm C. 342.05 D. 344.09