Reinforced Concrete Design

Preparation for State Exam

1. How many types of flexural failure of a structural member defined in ACI code? Explain briefly?
2. Why Strength reduction factors are used in strength design method?
3. Determine the nominal moment strength of the beam shown in Figure below. if f’c = 28 MPa and fy = 420
MPa.

As= 1530 mm2

4. Determine the design strength of the T beam shown in Figure below if fy= 420 MPa, f’c = 35 MPa, and
Es = 200,000 MPa.

5. Singly reinforced rectangular sections. Determine the design moment strength of the sections given below,
knowing that f’c = 25 MPa and fy = 400 MPa.
a. b = 350mm, d = 570 mm, and As = 3276.6 mm2
b. b = 500mm, d = 800 mm, and As = 2580 mm2
6. From the figure below, determine the design moment strengths of the beams shown in the accompanying
illustrations if f’c= 28 MPa and fy= 420 MPa. Are the steel percentages in each case sufficient to ensure
tensile behavior; that is, t ≥ 0.005?

7. Rectangular section with compression steel. Determine the design moment strength of the sections given
below, knowing that f’c = 25 MPa, fy = 400 MPa and d’ = 65 mm.
a. b = 380mm, d = 570 mm, As = 5160 mm2, and A’s = 1290 mm2
b. b = 500mm, d = 460 mm, As = 7740 mm2, and A’s = 3870 mm2

8. Design a rectangular beam for a 10-m simple span to support a dead load of 20 kN/m (not including beam
weight) and a live load of 30 kN/m. Use ρ = 0.5ρb, f’c= 28MPa, and fy = 420 MPa, and concrete weight is
23.5 kN/m3. Do not use the ACI thickness limitation.

9. An 3m-span cantilever beam has a rectangular section and reinforcement as shown in Figure below. The
beam carries a dead load, including its own weight, of 22 kN/m and a live load of 10kN/m.
check if the beam is safe to carry the above loads, using f’c = 28 MPa, fy = 400 MPa and As = 11.6 cm2

3m
10. Determine the allowable uniformly distributed service live load (LL) on the beam assuming the dead load is that
due to beam self weight.
Given f’c = 25 MPa; fy =400 MPa; As = 18 cm2.

50cm 44cm
6m
As

25cm

11. The singly reinforcement beam section shown in figure below has tensile bars at the top. At ultimate
condition, the tensile strain εt = 0.007.
a) Draw strain and stress diagram on beam section
b) Determine As and Mn
Use f’c = 25 MPa; fy =400 MPa.

As

40cm 34cm

25cm

12. The doubly reinforcement beam section shown in figure below has tensile bars at the bottom and
compressive bars at the top. At ultimate condition, the tensile strain εt = 0.007.
c) Draw strain and stress diagram on beam section
d) Determine As and Mn
Use f’c = 25 MPa; fy =400 MPa and A’s = 5.09 cm2

6cm A’s

40cm 34cm

As
6cm
25cm
13. Calculate the design moment strength of a T-section shown in the figure. Use f’c = 25 MPa; fy =400 MPa.

750mm

75mm

460mm
550mm

6DB25mm

250mm

14. Design a singly reinforced rectangular section to resist a factored moment of 320 kN.m if f’c = 28 MPa; fy = 420 MPa,
and b = 250 mm, using (a) max, (b)  = 0.016, and (c)  = 0.012.

15. Determine the necessary reinforcement for a concrete beam to resist an external factored moment of
400 kN.m if b = 300mm, d = 475mm, d’ = 65mm, f’c = 20 MPa; fy = 400 MPa.

16. Calculate the required reinforcement for a beam that has a section of b = 350 mm and a total depth of h = 550 mm
to resist Mu = 696 kN.m. Given: d’ = 60 mm, f’c = 30 MPa and fy = 420 MPa.

17. Determine the necessary reinforcement for a T-section that has a flange width of b = 1000mm, flange thickness of
t = 100mm, and web width of bw = 250mm to carry a factored moment of 750 kN.m. Given: f’c = 20 MPa and fy =
400 MPa.

1000mm

100mm

As

250mm
18. A rectangular beam has the dimensions shown in the figure and is loaded with a 500 kN concentrated factored load
at the middle of the span. Design the necessary shear reinforcement given that fc’ =25 MPa and fy=420 MPa . Width
of support is equal to 30 cm.

Pu=500 kN

70
4Φ25
4.0 m 30

19. A rectangular beam has the dimensions shown in the figure and is loaded with a uniform service dead load of 40
kN/m (including own weight of beam) and a uniform service live load of 30 kN/m. Design the necessary shear
reinforcement given that fc’ = 28 MPa and fy=420 MPa . Width of support is equal to 30 cm.

wD=40 kN/m & wL=30 kN/m

60
4Φ20
0.3m 0.3m
7m
30

20. Determine the necessary web reinforcement for the rectangular section shown in figure below. The section is
subjected to a factored shear Vu = 210 kN and an equilibrium torsion Tu = 40 kN.m at a section located at a distance
d from the face of the support. Use normal-weight concrete with f’c = 28 MPa and fy = 400 MPa.

65mm
2DB12mm

650mm

5DB25mm
65mm

400mm
21. The cross section of a short axially loaded tied column is shown in Figure. It is reinforced with 6 Φ16mm bars.
Calculate the design load capacity of the cross section. Use fc′=280 kg/cm2 and fy = 4200 kg/cm2.

Ties Φ8@25cm

25 6Φ16

40
Figure [1]

22. Design a circular spiral column to support an axial dead load of 2230kN and live load 890 kN using f’c = 28 MPa;
fy = 400 MPa and steel ratio about g = 3%. Also, design the necessary spirals.

23. Design a rectangular tied short column to carry a factored axial load of 2000 kN. Use f’c = 30 MPa;
fy = 400 MPa, column width b = 300 mm, and steel ratio about g = 2%.

24. Design a square tied column to support an axial dead load (DL) of 300 kN and a live load (LL) of 400kN
using f’c = 25 MPa; fy = 400 MPa and steel ratio about g = 1.5%. Design the necessary ties.

25. Determine the balance compressive force Pb, eb and Mb for the column section shown below. Use A’s = 3DB30, As =
3DB30, f’c = 25 MPa and fy = 400 MPa.

Pb
6cm
A’s

50cm x x 44cm

As

30cm

26. a). Determine the nominal compressive strength, Pn, for column section below if e = 650 mm.
b). Determine the nominal compressive strength, Pn, if e = 250 mm.
Use A’s = 3DB30, As = 3DB30, f’c = 25 MPa and fy = 400 MPa.
 Pn

e
6cm
A’s

50cm x x 44cm

As

30cm

27. Determine the balance compressive force Pb, eb and Mb for the column section shown below. Given: column with
10DB22, f’c = 28 MPa; fy = 400 MPa.

y
6cm
15cm
25cm
40cm x x
36cm

30cm

28. A rectangular tied column subjected to a factored load, Pu =650 kN and a factored bending moment about x- axis,
Mu = 300 kN-m. While the concrete reaches its maximum compressive strain and the strain of extreme tension steel
bars reaches 0.006, does the column have enough strength to support the external load?
Given: column with 10DB22, f’c = 28 MPa; fy = 400 MPa. (25pt)
Pu
y Mu
6cm
18cm
32cm
50cm x x
44cm

Extreme tension bars

35cm

29. A rectangular tied column subjected to an eccentric factored load, Pu =600 kN applied on y-axis at e = 40 cm. At
failure condition, the 1st layer bars is at yield. Does the column have enough strength to support the external load,
Pu?
Given: column with 10DB22, f’c = 28 MPa; fy = 400 MPa.
30. A rectangular tied column subjected to an eccentric factored load, Pu =1500 kN applied on y-axis at e = 107.6 mm.
At failure condition, the stain of column section at As layer equal to 0 (zero).
a) Draw strain and stress diagrams of column section.
b) Does the column have enough strength to support the external load, Pu?
Given: column section with steel bars 8DB25, f’c = 25 MPa; fy = 400 MPa.

31. A rectangular tied column subjected to an eccentric factored load, Pu =600 kN applied on y-axis at e = 40 cm. At
failure condition, the 2nd layer bars are not working. Does the column have enough strength to support the external
load, Pu?
Given: column with 10DB22, f’c = 28 MPa; fy = 400 MPa.
32. A column with cross section b = 300mm, h = 300mm, d’ = 48mm, Steel at four corner 4DB16. It is a non
sway column with Lu = 5 m. Does the column have enough capacity to support permanent load Pd =
100kN and moment Md = 12kNm and also live load PL = 80kN and moment ML = 8kNm. The moments
on top and bottom of column are equal. Use f’c = 25MPa and fy = 400MPa.

33. Design a 3.8m simply supported slab to carry a uniform dead load (excluding self-weight) of 5.8kN/m2
and a uniform live load of 4.8kN/m2. Use f’c = 21MPa and fy = 400MPa.

34. The cross section of a continuous one-way solid slab in a building is shown in Figure below.

20cm 360cm 20cm 360cm 20cm

The dead load on the slabs (DL) = 4.2 kN/m2 + Self-weight of slabs
The live load on the slabs (LL) = 7.5 kN/m2
Design continuous slab and draw a detailed section.
Given: f’c = 25 MPa and fy = 400 MPa.

Prepared by Sochan Seng, PhD.

March 18, 2019