1. A masonry terrace of 75mm concrete 2.
A 50mm x 200mm guijo floor joists
surface with 25mm cement tiles rests carries a dead load including its own
on a 75mm x 200mm lumber spaced at weight of 2.5 kpa and a live load of
300mm on centers acting as simple 2kpa. The joist has a simple span of
beam with an effective span of 3.6m. 3.6m. the weight of wood id 7.5kn.m^3.
weight of wood is 7.5kn/m^3 and
masonry to be 24kn/m^3. The modulus Allowable bending stress = 15.8 mpa
of elasticity of the wood is 13,800 Mpa. Allowable shearing stress = 0.90 mpa
The allowable stresses are 14 Mpa for Allowable deflection = 1/300 of span
bending. 0.80 Mpa for shear parallel to Modulus of elasticity = 1300
grain and deflection is 1/360 of span.
a. Calculate the safe uniform load a. Determine the spacing of the joist
considering bending stress. if bending controls
b. Calculate the safe uniform load b. Determine the spacing of the joist
considering shearing stress if shear controls
c. Calculate the safe uniform load c. Determine the spacing of the joist
considering deflection if deflection controls
3. A floor is supported by 75mm x 200mm 4. A timber column of square section has a
wooden spaced joist at 400mm on length of 3m and a dimension at
centers with an effective span pf 3m. 140mm x 140mm. it is hinged at the
the total floor load transmitted to the end of so that ke = 1.0. the relevant
joist in 5kpa. The weight of the wood is code on the compressive strength Fc =
6.3 Kn per cubic meter and its modulus 9.56, E = 7.31x10^3.
of elasticity is 12000 mpa.
a. Determine the type of the column
a. Determine the maximum bending
stress of the joist
b. What is the allowable compressive
b. Determine the maximum shearing
stress of the column?
stress of the joist
c. Determine the maximum c. Calculate the allowable axial load
deflection of the joist “P”
5. A wooden pole of solid circular cross 6. A floor system in a small buiding
section with a diameter “D” is subjected consists of wood planks supported by
to a horizontal force P=2kn. The length 50mm joist spaced at a distance of
of the pole is 1.8m. 0.40m. measured center to center. The
span length is 3.3m. the uniform load is
a. Determine the minimum required 5.8kpa. which includes an allowable for
diameter of the pole based upon the weight.
the allowable bending stress of
13.13 mpa. a. Determine the total uniform load
in kn/m carried by the joists.
b. Determine the section modulus of
for the joist, allowable bending
stress is 9.30 mpa
b. Determine the minimum required
diameter of the pole based upon
the allowable shearing stress of
13.13 mpa.
c. Determine the depth of the joist
c. Determine the safe concentrated
axial load. Compressive stress
paralled to grain 9.6 mpa ( e=7380
mpa).
7. A roof truss having a span of 8m and a c. Compute the maximum shearing
height of 2m is spaced at 4m apart. stress of the purlins
Purlins are placed on top of the top
chord of the trusses at a spacing of
800mm on centers.
Weight of roofing = 70pa
Velocity of wood = 178 kph
Weight of purlins = 5.5kn/m^3
Modulus of elasticity = 17300 mpa
Size of purlins = 100mm x 150mm
a. Compute the wind load normal to
the roof in kpa.
d. Compute the normal deflection of
the purlins
b. Compute the maximum bending
stress of the purlins
8. Timber purlins spaced 1.30m on centers c. Compute the normal deflection of
are used in a roof inclined 30 degree the purlins
with the horizontal. The span of the
purlins is 4.6m. dressed dimensions of
the purlins are 90.5mm and 17.50 mm.
Weight of the roof = 120pa
Weight of the purlins = 7.5kn/m^3
Wind load = 1.055 kpa (normal surface)
Modulus of elasticity = 11,058 mpa
a. Compute the maximum bending
stress of the purlins
d. Compute the tangential deflection
of the purlins
e. Compute the total vertical
deflection of the purlins
b. Compute the maximum shearing
stress of the purlins.
9. A steel beam is used as girder with 7.3m
span carrying a total uniform load of c. Check and choose the safest available
145 kn/m including its own weight . size for square wooden post ( use h =
3m, Ke = 1.0)
Allowable compressive stress = 10.35
mpa
Modulus of elasticity = 13790 mpa
B = 200mm x 200mm
D = 250mm x 250mm
a. Calculate the deflection of midspan
b. Solve for the reaction at the midspan
support if it is planned to underpin at
the midspan by using a wooden post so
as to reduced the deflection to
12.7mm.
10. A cylindrical tank with 4m inside 11. The wooden beam has a dimension of
diameter is supported by four wooden 156mm x 200mm and a modulus of
posts with an average diameter of elasticity of 13643 mpa. Given the
250mm. the four points of support following load orientations of the beam
A,B,C,D under tank from a square with where P= 1953.46 N and L=6m,
4.6m sides and 6m below the tank, the calculate the following:
corresponding four points of supports
form a bigger square of 7.6m sides. a. Momemt of inrteia(mm^4) that
When empty, the tank weighs 65kn. can be used to solve for maximum
Each post will carry one-fourth of the deflections
total load equally and that the load is
concentric with the axis post. Allowable
compressive stress parallel tp grain is
0.50 mpa. The modulus of elasticity is
13500 mpa.
b. The maximum deflection based on
the load orientation ‘a’
a. Compute the allowable
compressive stress of the wooden
post
c. The maximum deflection based on
the load orientation ‘b’
b. Compute the capacity of the
wooden post.
12. A laminated wooden beam supports a
uninform load of 10.66 kn/m. allowable
bending stress is 9.4 mpa and allowable
shearing stress is 0.163 mpa. Neglecting
the weight of the beam and assuming
the beam to have a height to width
ratio of1.5:
B=1.5 d
D= 1.5 b
a. Compute the width (mm) of the beam
so that it will not exceed the allowable
bending stress
b. Compute the width (mm) of the beam
so that it will not exceed the allowable
shearing stress
13. The result of the frame analysis of a c. The simple beam, has 250mm
certain structure provides the following square section. What is the max
values one of critical members flexural stress (mpa) of the beam
Dead load = 1696. 6 N
Roof live load = 737.1 N
Live load = 2573.6 N
Wind load = 669.1 N
Seismic Load = 573.6 N
a. Det the maximum factored load
(N) using LRFD
d. Calculate the maximum shearing
stress (mpa) developed in the
beam
e. If 300mm circular section is to be
b. Det the maximum factored load used, what will be the moment of
(N) using ASD inertia (mm^4) of the beam
