REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

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REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following SITUATION 4:
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box A decorative concrete beam with a tubular section is simply supported on a
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. span of 4.5 m. It has an outside diameter of 600 mm and an inside diameter
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. of 300 mm. Weight of the beam is 4.84 kN/m.
10. What is the cracking moment of the beam if the maximum tensile
stress in concrete for bending is 3.18 MPa? (Easy)
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
a. 54.7 kN m
SITUATION 1: b. 63.2 kN m
A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 280 mm and an effective depth of c. 77.4 kN m
520 mm. It is reinforced for tension only with 5 – 28 mm diameter bars. d. 85.9 kN m
Material strength are fc’ = 21 MPa and fs = 128 MPa. Assume n = 9. Use 11. In addition to its weight, what concentrated load at the midspan
working stress design. can the beam safely carry before it cracks? (Average)
a. 35.6 kN
1. What is the location of the neutral axis from the extreme b. 38.2 kN
concrete compression fiber? (Average) c. 42.7 kN
a. 276.52 mm d. 45.3 kN
b. 302.85 mm 12. If the 300 mm Φ hollow were replaced by a 300 mm hollow
c. 236.77 mm square section, calculate the cracking moment. (Easy)
d. 193.07 mm a. 45.8 kN m
2. What is the moment capacity of the beam? (Average) b. 53.7 kN m
a. 173.82 kN m c. 60.3 kN m
b. 111.03 kN m d. 66.9 kN m
c. 138.16 kN m
d. 157.89 kN m SITUATION 5:
3. Which of the following is true for the given beam? (Average) A rectangular reinforced concrete beam having a width of 300 mm is
a. The beam complies with the code reinforced for tension only. The beam carries a factored moment of 540 kN
b. The concrete fails first before the tension steel yields m. Concrete strength is fc’ = 28 MPa and steel yield strength fy = 280 MPa.
c. The tension steel yields before the concrete fails 13. What is the balanced steel ratio? (Average)
d. The concrete fails and the tension steel yields at the same a. 0.0493
time. b. 0.0349
c. 0.0394
SITUATION 2: d. 0.0439
A rectangular reinforced concrete beam having a width of 200 mm and an 14. What is the minimum effective depth using a steel ratio equals to
effective depth of 500 mm is subjected to a service moment of 120 kN-m. half the balanced steel ratio? (Average)
The beam is reinforced with four 25-mm diameter bars. The modular ratio n a. 675.38 mm
= 8. Use working stress design. b. 611.15 mm
c. 582.50 mm
4. What is the distance of the neutral axis from the top of the d. 640.91 mm
beam? (Average) 15. What is the minimum effective depth using the maximum steel
a. 212.51 mm ratio permitted by the code? (Average)
b. 233.09 mm a. 518.67 mm
c. 241.89 mm b. 497.21 mm
d. 226.57 mm c. 541.20 mm
5. What is the stress in the concrete? (Easy) d. 568.18 mm
a. 11.83 MPa
b. 13.16 MPa SITUATION 6:
c. 12.19 MPa A beam 300 mm wide by 450 mm deep is simply supported on a span of
d. 12.48 MPa 5m.
6. What is the stress in the steel? (Easy) Given:
a. 145.73 MPa Superimposed loads
b. 142.41 MPa Dead Load = 16 kN/m
c. 143.98 MPa Live Load = 14 kN/m
d. 144.72 MPa fc' = 30 MPa
Fy = 415 MPa
SITUATION 3: ES = 200 GPa
A T-shaped beam is shown below. fc’ = 27.6 MPa. W c = 23.5 kN/m3
d’ = 70 mm
16. Calculate the design factored moment Mu.. U = 1.4D + 1.7 L
(Easy)
a. 158 kN m
b. 145 kN m
c. 176 kN m
d. 104 kN m
17. Determine the number of 20 mm diameter tension bars required
at midspan due to the maximum factored design moment.
(Average)
a. 6
b. 3
c. 5
d. 4
18. What is the nominal moment capacity of the section if tension
7. What is the stress at the bottom of the beam which causes a reinforcement consists of 3 – 25mm diameter bars? (Average)
cracking moment? (Easy) a. 288 kN m
a. 2.48 MPa b. 320 kN m
b. 3.68 MPa c. 208 kN m
c. 3.92 MPa d. 188 kN m
d. 4.25 MPa
8. What is the moment of inertia of the uncracked section? SITUATION 7:
(Average) A beam section is limited to a width b = 250 mm and a total depth of 550
a. 3843.75 x 106 mm4 mm. The beam is subjected to a factored moment of 356 kN m. fc’ = 20.73
b. 4256.75 x 106 mm4 MPa, fy = 346 MPa, ρb = 0.027. Use 70 mm concrete to the centroid of steel
c. 4578.75 x 106 mm4 reinforcement.
d. 3528.75 x 106 mm4 19. Determine the ultimate moment capacity that is allowed for the
9. What is the cracking moment? (Easy) section as singly reinforced. (Average)
a. 54.7 kN m a. 275.4 kN m
b. 44.8 kN m b. 288.3 kN m
c. 36.9 kN m c. 298.7 kN m
d. 29.5 kN m d. 304.6 kN m

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20. Determine the total required area for reinforcement for tension if SITUATION 11:
compression steel is needed (Challenging) A column section shown is reinforced with 8 – 20 mm bars with a clear
a. 2903.3 mm2 concrete cover of 40 mm for the 10 mm ties. The column is subjected to the
b. 3045.7 mm2 following data:
c. 3215.8 mm2 MU = 400 kN m
d. 3419.7 mm2 VU = 360 kN (Parallel to the longer dimension)
21. Determine the required area of reinforcement for compression? NU = 460 kN
(Challenging) Use fc’ = 28 MPa and fy = 415 MPa
a. 725.1 mm2 For this problem, refer to code 6.
b. 652.7 mm2
c. 608.9 mm2
d. 530.3 mm2

SITUATION 8:
A beam section is limited to b = 250 mm and a total depth of 500 mm. It is
subjected to a factored moment MU = 448 kN m, fc’ = 27.6 MPa, fy = 415
MPa,. Use 80 mm concrete covering to the center of the reinforcing bars. Ρ b
= 0.028.

22. Determine the ultimate moment capacity that is allowed for the
section as singly reinforced. (Average)
a. 245.2 kN m
b. 281.7 kN m
c. 292.6 kN m
d. 305.8 kN m
23. Determine the total required area for reinforcement for tension if
compression steel is needed (Challenging)
a. 3515 mm2
b. 3642 mm2
c. 3798 mm2
d. 3990 mm2
24. Determine the required area of reinforcement for compression?
(Challenging)
a. 1102 mm2
b. 1298 mm2
c. 1425 mm2
d. 1608 mm2

SITUATION 9:
A doubly reinforced concrete beam has a maximum effective depth of 630
mm and is subjected to a total factored moment of 1062 kN-m including its
own weight. Fc’ =28 MPa, Fy = 413.4 MPa. Use 62.5 mm steel covering.
31. Determine the factored shear force (V u) that the column can be
25. Determine the width of the beam using approximate proportion of subjected if the nominal strength provided by the ties is 210 kN.
d and b equals to 1.80. Use simplified calculation for allowable concrete shear strength.
a. 350 mm (Average)
b. 300 mm a. 241.16 kN
c. 250 mm b. 264.18 kN
d. 400 mm c. 314.85 kN
26. Determine the reinforcement for compression in mm2. d. 362.61 kN
a. 1123 32. Determine the nominal shear strength of concrete if the 10 mm
b. 1564 ties are spaced 220 mm on center if Vu = 360 kN. (Average)
c. 1443 a. 165.4 kN
d. 1323 b. 183.5 kN
27. Determine the total reinforcement for tension in mm2. c. 190.4 kN
a. 5524 d. 198.6 kN
b. 5373 33. Determine the required spacing of the 10 mm lateral ties for a
c. 5132 factored shear load of VU= 360 kN. (Challenging)
d. 5292 a. 125 mm
b. 150 mm
SITUATION 10: c. 250 mm
A rectangular beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth to the d. 270 mm
centroid of the tension reinforcement of 600 mm. The tension reinforcement
has an area of 4762 mm2 and the area of compression reinforcement placed SITUATION 12:
62.50 mm from the compression face of the beam is 987.5 mm 2. Use fy = A rectangular concrete column “bxh” 400 mm x 600 mm in cross section is
414.6 MPa and fc’ = 34.56 MPa. Balanced steel ratio is 0.034 and assumes reinforced with 8 – 25 mm longitudinal bar equally distributed along all sides
steel yields. and 3 legs of 12 mm diameter traverse ties in each direction.
Concrete yield strength fc’ = 24 MPa
28. Determine the depth of the compression block. Steel yield strength, fy = 415 MPa
a. 166.42 mm Allowable concrete shear stress, fv = 0.82 MPa for shear parallel to “h”
b. 177.57 mm dimension.
c. 152.57 mm
d. 172.41 mm 34. What is the factored shear force (VU) that the column can be
29. Determine the ultimate moment using 0.90 as the reduction subjected if the nominal shear strength provided by the ties is
factor. 375 kN? (Average)
a. 637 kN-m a. 468 kN
b. 835 kN-m b. 492 kN
c. 991 kN-m c. 524 kN
d. 918 kN-m d. 555 kN
30. Determine the concentrated live loads at the midspan in addition 35. What is the factored shear force VU if the 12 mm ties are spaced
to a dead load of 20 kN/m including weight of the beam if it has a at 225 mm on center? (Average)
span of 6m. a. 415 kN
a. 337.5 kN b. 433 kN
b. 346.3 kN c. 458 kN
c. 355.6 kN d. 469 kN
d. 421.6 kN 36. What is the required spacing of the 12 mm ties if the nominal
shear strength to be provided by the ties parallel to the longer
column dimension is 400 kN? (Challenging)
a. 150 mm

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b. 180 mm d. 529
c. 210 mm
d. 240 mm SITUATION 15:
A spiral column carries a dead load of 1070 kN and a live load of 980 kN. If
SITUATION 13: fc’ = 27.50 MPa and fy = 413.50 MPa. Using a steel ratio of 0.03.
To comply with the architectural requirements, a column in a non-sway 43. Which of the following gives the value of the diameter of spiral
frame is of T section shown. column?
a. 400 mm
b. 350 mm
c. 375 mm
d. 425 mm
44. Which of the following gives the number of 28 mm diameter
reinforcement?
a. 4 bars
b. 5 bars
c. 6 bars
d. 7 bars
45. Which of the following gives the possible spacing of the 10 mm
diameter spiral?
a. 50 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 80 mm
d. 90 mm
Neglect the hole in the concrete caused by the steel reinforcement. The
yield strength of the steel is 415 MPa while the ultimate compressive SITUATION 16:
strength of the concrete is 27.5 MPa. Consider bending about line 1. Line 1 A cross-section of a tied column reinforced with 16-32mm diameter. Using
is located at the outermost edge of the flange of the T section. fc’ = 28 MPa and fy = 415 MPa. Size of aggregates used is 25 mm.

37. What is the location of the geometric centroid from line 1, along 46. Compute the safe ultimate load that the column could carry.
x-axis? (easy) a. 7073 kN
a. 215 mm b. 7352 kN
b. 248 mm c. 7843 kN
c. 272 mm d. 7932 kN
d. 287 mm 47. Compute the spacing of the 10 mm wires.
38. What us the location of the plastic centroid from line 1, along the a. 600 mm
x-axis? (Average) b. 512 mm
a. 215 mm c. 480 mm
b. 248 mm d. 500 mm
c. 272 mm 48. Compute the minimum clear cover over the tie wire.
d. 287 mm a. 32 mm
39. If the T section is reinforced such that the plastic centroid is b. 40 mm
located 280 mm from line 1 along the x-axis, determine the c. 33.33 mm
bending moment, MU (kN m) induced by a factored load PU = d. 45 mm
3200 kN if it is acting 400 mm from line 1 along the x-axis. (Easy) 49. Compute the clear spacing between longitudinal bars.
a. 384 a. 85 mm
b. 425 b. 150 mm
c. 487 c. 90 mm
d. 529 d. 110 mm

SITUATION 14: SITUATION 17:

To comply with the architectural requirements, a column in a non-sway A short column is subjected to a factored axial load Pu = 3790 kN, fc’ = 27.6
frame is of T section shown. MPa and fy = 414.6 MPa.

50. Assume moments are negligible, what is the minimum gross

sectional area in mm2 required if it is a tied column?
a. 266280
b. 252521
c. 264298
d. 263970
51. If the column is 450mm x 450mm square tied column, compute
the maximum moment in kN-m that can act without affecting the
design for pure axial loading.
a. 180.11
b. 170.55
c. 171.92
d. 188.21
52. If the column is 450mm x 450mm square tied column, determine
fc' = 27.5 MPa, fy = 415 MPA. Consider bending about line 1. Neglect
the required area of steel needed in mm2.
concrete area displaced by the compression steel.
a. 6444
b. 6771
40. What is the location of the geometric centroid from line 1, along
c. 6681
x-axis? (easy)
d. 6487
a. 215 mm
b. 248 mm
SITUATION 18:
c. 272 mm
A beam with width b = 300 mm and depth d = 600 mm is to be pre-stressed.
d. 287 mm
Compute the value of the final prestressing force P if:
41. What us the location of the plastic centroid from line 1, along the
x-axis? (Average)
53. The compressive stress is 21 MPa. (Easy)
a. 215 mm
a. 2440 kN
b. 248 mm
b. 2960 kN
c. 292 mm
c. 3450 kN
d. 287 mm
d. 3780 kN
42. If the T section is reinforced such that the plastic centroid is
54. The compressive stress at the bottom fiber is 12 MPa and the
located 280 mm from line 1 along the x-axis, determine the
tensile stress at the top fiber is 2 MPa. (Average)
bending moment, MU (kN m) induced by a factored load PU =
a. 600 kN
3200 kN if it is acting 400 mm from line 1 along the x-axis. (Easy)
b. 700 kN
a. 384
c. 800 kN
b. 425
d. 900 kN
c. 487

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55. If the compressive stress at the top fiber is 16 MPa and zero at 64. The minimum concrete cover for non-precast slab that is
the bottom fiber. (Average) exposed to weather but not exposed to ground is:
a. 1440 kN a. 20 mm
b. 1590 kN b. 25 mm
c. 1610 kN c. 30 mm
d. 1780 kN d. 35 mm
65. The strength reduction factors for spiral is:
SITUATION 19: a. 0.65
A 6m long cantilever beam 250 mm x 600 mm carries a uniformly distributed b. 0.75
dead load of 5 kN/m (including beam weight) and a concentrated live load of c. 0.80
18 kN at the free end. The beam is pretensioned with 12 mm diameter d. 0.90
strand causing a final prestress force of 540 kN. 66. The minimum straight extension of a 900 hook for deformed bar
in tension is:
56. What is the resulting stress at the bottom fiber at the free end if a. 8db
the prestressing strands are located at the neutral axis of the b. 10db
beam? (Easy) c. 12db
a. 3.00 MPa d. 15db
b. 3.30 MPa 67. The minimum straight extension of a 1800 hook for deformed bar
c. 3.60 MPa in tension is:
d. 4.50 MPa a. Greater of 4db or 65 mm
57. What is the resulting stress at the top fiber at the fixed end if the b. Greater of 6db or 65 mm
prestressing strands are located 100 mm above the neutral axis c. Greater of 8db or 65 mm
of the beam? (average) d. Greater of 10db or 65 mm
a. 5.00 MPa
b. 5.40 MPa 68. The value of λ for sand lightweight concrete is:
c. 6.00 MPa a. 0.65
d. 4.80 MPa b. 0.75
58. What is the distance of the prestressing strands above the c. 0.85
neutral axis of the beam such that the resulting stress at the top d. 1.00
fiber at the fixed end is zero? (challenging)
a. 183.33 mm 69. The value of λ for all lightweight concrete is:
b. 206.67 mm a. 0.65
c. 233.33 mm b. 0.75
d. 266.67 mm c. 0.85
d. 1.00
SITUATION 20:
The flooring of a warehouse is made up of double-tee joist (DT) as shown.
The joist are simply supported on a span of 7.5 m and are pre-tensioned
with one tendon in each stem with an initial force of 745 kN, each located at
75 mm above the bottom fiber, loss of stress at service load is 18%.
Load imposed on the joist are:
Dead Load = 2.3 kPa
Live Load = 6 kPa

Properties of DT:
A = 200 000 mm2
I = 1880 x 106 mm4

59. What is the stress at the bottom fiber of the DT at midspan due
to the initial prestress force alone? (Average)
a. - 41.08 MPa
b. + 41.08 MPa
c. - 48.08 MPa
d. + 48.08 MPa
60. What is the resulting stress at the bottom fibers of the DT at
midsan due to the service loads and prestress force? (average)
a. + 19.54 MPa
b. – 19.54 MPa
c. + 39.08 MPa
d. – 39.08 MPa
61. What additional superimposed load can the DT carry such that
the resulting stress at the bottom fibers at midspan is zero?
(Average)
a. 19.57 kN/m
b. 21.45 kN/m
c. 24.06 kN/m
d. 28.16 kN/m
62. According to Sec 425.2.1 of NSCP 2015, which of the following
is not a criterion to determine the minimum spacing for parallel
horizontal main bars?
a. Diameter of the Main Bar
b. 50 mm
c. 1/12 of the total depth
d. 4/3 of the largest aggregate size in concrete
63. If the structure is exposed to ground, the minimum concrete
cover for non-precast concrete is:
a. 40 mm
b. 75 mm
c. 100 mm
d. 120 mm

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