CE LICENSURE EXAMINATION PROBLEMS

COMPOSITE SECTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.

A composite beam system is composed of structural steel sections

on which a reinforced concrete floor has been attached. The beams
have a span of 8 m and spacing of 2.4 m. The steel section flange
width is 180 mm and the slab thickness is 120 mm. The effective
flange width of the composite section according to AISC
Specification is: (M96 D 8)
a.
2.10 m
c.
2.40 m
b.
2.00 m
d.
2.58 m

2.

A W410x74.4 supports a slab with a thickness of 150 mm. The

effective width of the slab was computed to be 2000 mm. The
structural steel section of composite system has the following
properties:
Beam depth, d
= 413 mm
Flange width, bf
= 180 mm
Cross-sectional area, A
= 9480 mm2
Moment of inertia, I
= 274.3 x 106 mm4
Where is the new location of the neutral axis from the top of the
slab in mm. Use n = 10 to transform the area of concrete to steel
(M97 D 8)
a.
234.50 mm
c.
562.43 mm
b.
142.59 mm
d.
152.20 mm

3.

A composite section consist of a 100-mm thick slab, 1000 mm wide

attached on top of a wide flange section having a cross-sectional
area of 10000 mm2. Determine the required number of shear
connectors for the composite section if each has a capacity of 50
kN. Use f c = 27 MPa. Fy = 250 MPa. (M99 D 29)
a.
20
c.
23
b.
15
d.
12