RCD Questions
RCD Questions
2. Determine the instantaneous and long-term deflection of 6.0m span simply supported beam having the following properties:
f’c = 27.6 MPa, and fy = 414 MPa. Compare the calculated values with the allowable deflection: the intermediate deflection due
to uniform live load and concentrated live load. If the member is part of a floor construction not supporting or attached to partition
or other elements likely to be damaged by large deflection.
3. A simply supported beam having a span of 12 m carries a uniform DL = 5.8 kN/m and uniform LL = 8.8kN/m in addition to a
concentrated DL = 22kN at mid-span. The beam has a width of 350 mm and an effective depth of 525 mm. The total depth is 625
mm. It is reinforced with a tensile steel area of 3040 mm2, f’c = 27.6MPa, fy = 415MPa
4. A reinforced concrete column carries an axial dead load of 650 kN and an axial live load of 800 kN. f’c = 28MPa, fy = 400 MPa
a) Compute the smallest dimension of the tied column if the steel ratio is 2%
b) Compute the No. of 20-mm∅ bars
c) Compute the clear spacing between the longitudinal bars if the diameter of the wire is 10-mm∅ with clear cover of 40 mm
d) Compute the spacing of 10-mm∅ tie wires
5. An isolated T-section is composed of a flange 700mm wide and 150 mm deep cast monolithically with a web 250 mm width that
extends 600 mm below the bottom surface of the flange to produce a beam of 750 mm in depth. Tensile reinforcement consists of
6 – 32 mm∅ bars placed in two horizontal rows. The centroid of the bar group is 650 mm from the top of the beam. It has been
determined that the concrete has strength of 20.7 MPa and that the yield strength of the steel is 414.7 MPa.
6. Design a rectangular beam reinforced for tension only to carry a dead load moment of 56Kn (including its own weight) and live
load moment of 47 Kn-m.
f’c = 20.7 MPa, fy = 276MPa
a) Determine the location of the neutral axis from the top fibers of concrete for
section A-A
b) Determine the stress in the compression steel at the negative moment at
section A-A
c) Determine the maximum uniform factored load that the beam can sustained
as governed by the flexural capacity of section A-A
8. Determine the required lap splice length for a 700-mm square tied column
reinforced with 12 No. 25 bars. Assume normal-weight concrete with fc =
27.6MPa and Grade 60 reinforcement. Assume 40 mm minimum covering to No.
10 ties that all of the bars will be spliced at the same location.
Assume that the prevailing load combinations produce tensile stresses in the
longitudinal bars closest to the tension face of the section, which exceed 50% of
the yield strength of the reinforcement.
9. Calculate the design moment strength of a one-way slab that has a total depth of 170mm and reinforced with 20mm∅ spaced at
170mm o.c. f’c = 20.7MPa, fy = 415MPa
Calculate also the allowable uniform live load that can be applied if the slab span is 3.2m between simple supports and carri es a
uniform deadload of 4.8kPa excluding its own weight.
10. Design an interior T-beam that will resist the MDK = 400kN-m (including its own weight), MLL = 650 kN-M, f’c = 28 MPa, fy = 415 MPa.
The length of the beam is 4.8m. Assume d = 550 mm
Where:
S = 3000 mm
bw = 300 mm
t = 100 mm
h= 612 mm
11. A 300 x 350 mm is braced against side-sway has an effective length klu = 4.20 m. The cross-section supports a factored axial dead
load of 408kN and a factored axial live load of 660kN as well as factored end moments of 60kN – m and 80kN – m about strong axis
of the columns section. f’c = 21 MPa, fy = 420 MPa.
12. A short rectangular reinforced concrete column shown is to be part of a long – span rigid frame and will be subjected to high
bending moments combined with relatively low axial loads, causing bending about the strong axis. Steel bars are placed
unsymmetrically as indicated in the figure. Considering displaced by compression bars. f’c = 27.6 MPa, fy = 414.7 MPa
a) Determine the capacity of the column section considering the forces in the steel adjusted for concrete stress (N)
b) Determine the plastic centroid of the section measured from the center of 36mm dia. bars.
c) Determine the eccentricity of the column load assuming the column load is applied at a distance of 300mm from the center
of the section towards the right side (mm)
13. A rectangular beam has a width of 375mm and an effective depth of 500 mm. A’s = 1968 mm2 located at 100 mm from the
compression face of the beam. As = 4744 mm2, f’c = 27.6 MPa, fy = 414.6 MPa
15. A reinforced concrete T-beam has bf = 750 mm, t = 100 mm, bw = 350 mm, As = 6325 mm2, d = 750 mm, f’c = 20.7MPa, fy = 345MPa.
16. A 400 mm square tied RC column is to carry an axial service loads of 1300kN dead load and 750kN live load. Assume column to be
short and that any moment caused by the loads can be neglected. If. f’c = 27.6 MPa and fy = 415 MPa, determine:
17. A short column is subjected to a factored axial load of 3800kN. If f’c = 27.6 MPa and fy = 415 MPa. Calculate the following:
e / h = 0.1 for tied column e / h = 0.05 for spiral column
a) If the column is circular spiral column with an outside diameter of 500mm, determine the maximum moment that can act
without affecting the design for pure axial bending.
b) If the column is a circular spiral with an outside diameter of 500mm, and the diameter of the spiral wire is 10mm dia.,
determine the maximum spiral pitch of the diameter of the longitudinal bar is 25mm dia.
c) If the column is a circular spiral column with an outside diameter of 500mm, determine the required area of steel
d) Determine the clear spacing between longitudinal bars which conforms to NSCP Specs.
18. Design a 3.0 - m cantilever one-way slab to carry a uniform total dead load of 8.2kPa and a concentrated live load at the free end
of 30kN/m. Assume f’c = 27.6MPa, fy = 420MPa for main and temperature bars
19. A rectangular beam reinforced for tension only has b = 300mm, d = 490 mm with fy = 415 MPa, f’c = 21 MPa. The ultimate moment
capacity of the beam is 410 kN-m derived from simple span. Determine the required area of reinforcement that conformed to the
ACI Code/ NSCP Code.
20. A reinforced concrete rectangular beam with b = 300mm and d = 500mm is reinforced for tension only with 6 – 32mm ∅ bars.
If f’c = 27.6 MPa and fy = 415 MPa, determine the following:
21. A T-Section has a flange thickness of 125 mm with an effective depth of 437.5 mm and the width of the stem is 400 mm. The beam
carries a negative moment of 610 kN.m. f’c = 27.6MPa, fy = 414.6MPa, balanced steed ratio is 0.0285, use steel covering for top and
bottom bars if any is 62.50 mm to the centroid of the main bars.
22. Design a T-beam for a floor system having a slab thickness of 75 mm and a web thickness of 375 mm. It has an effective depth of
600 mm. The beam carries a dead load moment of 270 kN.m and a live load moment of 523 kN.m It has a span of 5.4 m and a
spacing center to center of 1.8 m. f’c = 20.7 MPa, fy = 344.7 MPa
a) Determine the anchorage of the 25-mm∅ into the wall (straight bar)
b) Determine the transverse reinforcement index (Ktr)
c) Determine the development length for the 25-mm∅ in the beam
24. Calculate the design flexural strength of the T-beam shown. Use f’c = 28MPa, fy = 345 MPa
25. A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 350 mm and an effective of 562.50 mm. It is reinforced for tension at the bottom of the
section having an area of 4896 mm2 and for compression at the top of the beam 62.50 mm below the extreme compression fibers
of the beam, having an area of 1530 mm2.
f’c = 34.6Mpa, fy = 414.7MPa
26. A reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300mm and an effective depth of 575mm. It is reinforced for tension with 3 -32mm dia.
at the bottom bars. f’c = 27.6, fy = 414MPa, Balanced steel ratio = 0.0285
27. Calculate the instantaneous deflection and 1-year long-time deflection at the end of the cantilever beam shown. the beam has 6-
m span and carries uniform DL = 5.84 kN/m and a concentrated DL = 13.34kN at the free end and a concentrated LL = 17.80 kN at
the middle placed 3m from the free end. f’c = 27.6 MPa, fy = 415 MPa, h=635 mm
28. A T-beam will resist a dead load moment of 400 kN.m, and a live load
moment of 650 kN.m. It has a length of 4.8 m, thickness of slab is 100 mm,
and width of the web is 300 mm. Its total depth is 612 mm. The spacing
between beam center to center is 3.3 m. f’c = 28 MPa, fy = 414MPa.
Determine the required reinforcement area.
29. The cross-section pf a continuous one-way slab in a building is shown in the figure. The slabs are supported by means of that the
span is 7.2 m between supports. The dead load on the slab is 2.8kPa (besides its own weight) and a live load of 6.6kPa f’c = 20.7MPa,
fy =275 MPa use γc = 24kN/m3
30. A 6m long simply supported reinforced concrete beam has a width of 350mm and an overall depth of 470mm. The beam is
reinforced with 2-28mm compression bars on the top and 4-28mm tension bars at the bottom, each located 70 mm from the extreme
concrete fiber. f’c = 20.7MPa and fy = 415MPa. Determine the following:
a) Depth of the compression block assume both tension and compression steel yields (mm)
b) Ultimate moment capacity of the beam in kN-m
c) Additional concentrated live load that can be applied at mid-span if the dead load including the weight of the beam is
20kN/m
31. Given:
a) Determine the percent increase in nominal moment if the depth is increased to 700mm.
b) Determine the percent increase in nominal moment if f’c is increased to 27.6.
c) Determine the percent increase in nominal moment if steel is 4-32mm dia.
32. Design a simple span one-way slab to carry a uniformly distributed live load of 16kPa dead load is imposed is 1.9kPa (excluded the
self-weight). The span is 3m center to center of supports.
Use f’c = 21MPa, fy = 276 MPa conform to ACI minimum thickness requirements. Use 20mm dia. and temperature bar of 10mm dia.
33. A beam having a width of 300mm and an overall thickness of 700mm with an effective depth of 610mm and a span of 6m. It is
reinforced with 3 – 32 mm dia. bars. The beam carries a factored concentrated load of 450 kN at the mid-span and a horizontal
axial factored tension load of 270kN. Use λ = 1.0 for normal weight concrete.
Use weight of concrete to be 23.5 kN/m^3, f’c = 21MPa and fy = 415 MPa.
34. The column in the figure shown is reinforced with 10 – 36mm dia. distributed around the
perimeter as shown. Load Pn will be applied with eccentricity “e” about the strong axis.
Material strength are f’c = 41.5 MPa, fy = 518.4 MPa, Es = 200,000 MPa. If the neutral axis
is 450mm from the uppermost fiber face,
36. A rectangular beam has a width of 300mm and effective depth of 437.5mm. It is reinforced with 4-28mm dia. corrugated bars. f’c
= 41.47 MPa, fy = 414.7 MPa
37. The tied column shown has a dimension of B=300 mm and T = 375 mm. It
is to be used in a frame braced against side-sway. The column is hinged
at both ends and is bent in a single curvature about its y-axis and has an
unsupported length of 4m.
fy = 420MPa, f’c = 21 MPa PDL = 130 kN, PLL = 180 Kn, M = 116 kN-m
44. A rectangular beam has a width of 280m and an effective depth of 500mm and is reinforced with steel area in tension equal
4000mm^2. f’c = 25MPa fy = 400MPa
47. The 300x350mm RC column in the previous problem is to be reinforced with 4steel bars, one on each corner with an effective cover
of 63.50mm.
a) Calculate the effective eccentricity of loading
b) Determine the required size of the reinforcement. Use interaction diagram
c) Solve for the more accurate value of flexural rigidity, EI
48. A rectangular beam having a width of 300mm has an effective depth of 600mm, total depth of beam is 680mm. the beam is
reinforced with 3-32mmø at the bottom. fc' = 27.6MPs, fy= 415MPa. Assume λ =1 for normal weight concrete.
a) Using detailed calculation, determine the shear strength of concrete subjected to shear and flexure only if it is subjected to a
factored moment Mu= 134kN.m which occurs simultaneously with Vu= 223kN.
b) If the beam is subjected to a compressive force of 268kN, determine the simplified calculation for the shear strength of
concrete.
c) If the beam is subjected to a compressive force of 270kN, determine the detailed calculation of the shear strength of concrete
if Mu= 140kN.m, Vu =240kN
49. A rectangular beam reinforced for tension only has b = 300 mm, d = 490 mm. Steel yield strength is fy = 415 MPa and concrete
compressive strength is f’c = 28 MPa. Calculate the required tension steel area if the ultimate moment is 630 kN-m.
50. A simply supported one-way reinforced concrete floor slab has a span of 3m. It carries a service live load of 8.4kPa and a service
dead load of 1.2kPa. f’c = 20.7Mpa, fy = 414.6MPa. Use covering of 28mm measure from centers of bars.
a) Determine the spacing of 16mm∅ main bars of the slab for minimum thickness as specified by the NSCP.
b) Determine the spacing of the 12mm ∅ shrinkage and temperature bars for minimum thickness of slab.
c) Determine the spacing of 16mm∅ main bars of the thinnest possible slab allowed by the NSCP.
51. The beam has a width of 375 mm and an effective depth of 550m., it has an effective concrete cover of 100mm and reinforced
with a tensile steel area of 3050 mm^2. The beam is simply supported having a span of 10m carries a uniform dead load of 5.5 kN/m
and a live load of 6.1 kN/m and an addition of concentrated dead load of 20kN at mid-span.
53. 490 X 490 mm reinforcement concrete column with section shown is subjected to a service axial dead load of 450kN. Liveload of
500kN, dead load moment of 335 kN-m and live load moment of 250 kN-m. f’c = 21 MPa, fy = 420 MPa. Assume effective concrete
cover to be 63.50 mm.
54. A rectangular beam has a width of 300mm x 725 mm and an effective depth to the centroid of the tension reinforcement of 600mm.
The tension reinforcement has an area of 4762mm^2 and the area of compression reinforcement placed 62.50mm from the
compression face of the beam is 987.50 mm^2. fy = 414.6 MPa, f’c = 34.56 MPa. It has a simple of 6.0m with uniform dead load of
Wdl = 8.25 kN/m, and uniform live load of WL = 11.75 kN/m, and concentrated live load at mid-span of PL= 320 kN.
Assume that concentrated live load will be retained for 6months.
55. A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 250mm and total depth of 450mm. It is reinforced with a total steel of 1875mm^2
placed at an effective depth of 375mm. f’c = 27.6MPa, fy = 414.7 MPa
56. A uniformly loaded simple span beam with clear span of 8.2 m, having width of 250 mm and a total depth of 400 mm,
d = 330 mm and As = 852 mm2. It is subjected to a service MDL = 24.3 kN/.m and service MLL = 28.3 kN.m.
Determine if the beam satisfies the various deflection criteria for short-term and long-term loadings. Assume 60% of the live load is
continuously applied for 24 months. f’c = 34.5MPa, fy = 413.7MPa
57. A spiral column carries a dead load of 1075 kN and a live load of 975 kN. If f’c=27.50 MPa fy=413.5 MPa. Using a steel ratio of 0.03.
b) Compute the diameter of spiral column (mm)
c) Determine the number of 28 mm dia main reinforcement and check on NSCP specs
d) What is the spacing of the 10 mm dia spirals?
58. Determine the required lap splice length for a 600x400mm square tied column reinforced with 12 – 25mm bars. Assume normal
weight concrete with f’c = 27.6 MPa and Grade 60 reinforcement. Assume 40mm minimum covering to No. 10 ties that all of the
bars will be spliced at the same location.
Assume that the prevailing load combinations produce tensile stresses in the longitudinal bars closest to the tension face of the
section, which exceed 50% of the yield strength of the reinforcement. Use 150mm O.C. spacing of ties.
59. Determine the ultimate moment capacity (kN-m) of a reinforced concrete T-beam with the following properties. Flange width
b=1500 mm, bw =250 mm, d= 600 mm, t=100mm. Concrete compressive strength is 20.7 MPa and steel yield strength 345 MPa. The
beam is reinforced with 6-28mm RSB.
60. The corner column shown in the figure is reinforced with 12 -20mm dia. RSB. fy = 415
MPa, f’c = 21 MPa.
a) Determine the location of the plastic centroid of the column measured from
the x and y axis.
b) If the factored axial load on the column is 3500 kN and is applied 300 mm from
y-axis and 180 mm from x -axis, what is the factored moment on the column
about the plastic centroid? (kN-m)
61. A simply supported rectangular beam has a clear span of 6.0 m. It has a width of 400 mm and it has an effective depth of 625 mm.
The beam supports a total factored load of 168kN/m which includes its own weight. f’c = 27.6 MPa, fyt = 415 MPa, λ = 1.0
a) Determine the location from the face of support where 10 - mm∅ stirrups will be stopped.
b) Determine the spacing requirement at the critical section based on required ∅Vc, where stirrups will mostly close.
c) Determine the approximate total number of stirrups needed for the entire beam
62. A reinforced concrete T-beam has an effective depth of 600 mm and is reinforced with 8-28mm∅ bars. The web width is 300 mm
and has a flange thickness of 90 mm. The beam has a span of 5.8 m and has a spacing of center to center equal to 1.5 m. f’c = 21
MPa, and fy = 415 MPa
63. The column shown is reinforced with 8 - 28-mm dia steel with fy=414 MPA and f’c=27.6 MPa.
64. The mid-span section of the edge of a spandrel beam is shown. It is reinforced with a total steel area of 5000 mm2 at the bottom of
the beam. The spandrel beam has a clear span of 10 m and a width of web of 350 mm. Effective depth of the spandrel beam is
562.5 mm with a total depth of 650 mm. Slab thickness is 100 mm, f’c = 20 .7MPa, fy = 414.7MPa,
65. A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 300mm and an effective depth of 550mm. The beam is simply supported over a span
of 6m and is used to carry a uniform dead load of 25 kN/m, and a uniform live load of 40kN/m.
Assume f’c = 21 MPa and fy= 312 MPa. Compression reinforcement shall be placed at a depth of 80mm from the outermost
compression concrete.
a) Determine the maximum tension steel area for singly reinforced condition
b) Determine the required tension steel area in square millimeter
c) Determine the required number of 25mm tension bars.
66. A reinforced concrete T-beam has an effective flange width of 750 mm with a slab thickness of 100 mm. The effective depth is
750mm and the width of web is 350 mm. the beam is reinforced with 6325 mm^2 of steel with fy=345 mPa. Assuming fc = 20.7 MPa.
Calculate the ultimate moment capacity.
67. A spirally reinforced circular column is subjected to external factored load, Pu = 645 kN at an
eccentricity to the geometric centroid, e= 406 mm. Design the column cross-section and the
longitudinal and spiral reinforcement necessary. A non-slender column with a total ratio of 1.5%, f’c
= 28MPa, fy 420 MPa. Use Interaction Diagram
68. A short Column is subjected to a factored axial load Pu=3750 kN. f’c= 27.8 MPa, fy=415 MPa.
e / h = 0.1 for tied column e / h = 0.05 for spiral column
a) Assume moments are negligible, what is the minimum gross cross section area required if it is tied column. (mm^2)
b) If the column is 450 mm x 450 mm square tied column, compute the maximum moment that can act without affecting the
design (for pure axial loading) (kN-m).
c) If the column is 450 mm x 450mm square tied column, determine the required area of steel is needed. (mm^2)
69. A simply supported concrete beam having a width of 350mm and an effective depth of 520mm carries a uniformly distributed
factored load including its weight Wu = 7kN / m and a concentrated load Pu = 370kN acting 2.0m from the left support. Use λ =1
for normal weight concrete with f’c =20.7MPa, fy = 415MPa. Use 10-mmø stirrups.
70. Determine the ultimate moment capacity of reinforced concrete T-beam with the following properties.
bf = 1500 mm, t = 100 mm, bw = 250 mm,
As = 3750 mm2, d = 600 mm,
f’c = 20.7MPa, fy = 345MPa.
71. Design a one way-slab having a simple span of 3.1m. The slab is to carry a uniform live load of 7650 Pa. assume fc=27.6 MPa and fy=
276 MPa for main and temp bars. Use unit weight of concrete as 23.54 kN/m^3
72. A T-section has a flange width of 750mm, thickness is 50mm. Effective depth is
750mm with a width of web section of 350mm. The beam is subjected to a
factored moment of Mu = 816 kN-m. f’c = 20.7 MPa, fy = 276.5 MPa.
73. Tied column has a dimension of 500 mm x 350 mm. It is reinforced with 6-28mm∅
arranged as shown. the concrete cover measured from the centroid of the
reinforcement is 75 mm, f’c = 27.6 MPa, fy = 415MPa. Assume bending is about
the y- axis and the column is considered to be a short column.
a) Compute the design axial load strength ∅Pn for small eccentricity.
b) Compute the design moment strength ∅Mn if the column is subjected to a pure moment.
c) Compute the design axial load strength, ∅Pn if the eccentricity is e = 125 mm.
74. A rectangular beam is to resist a MDL = 200 kN.m (including its own weight) and a MLL = 300 kN.m. The size of the beam is limited to
375 x 600 mm, steel covering from bar’s centroid to outermost fiber is 100 mm for both tension and compression bar.
f’c = 27.5MPa and fy = 414 MPa, find the As and A’s
75. Determine the permissible ultimate moment capacity of the beam shown in Figure 3.8, where
f’c=20.7 MPa and fy=345 MPa.
76. Determine the required compression lap splice length for a column where 12 No. 20 are splice to 12 No. 28 bars. Assume normal-
weight concrete with fc′ = 27.6MPa and Grade 60 reinforcement. Also assume a 40 mm minimum covers to the No. 10 ties and that
all of the bars will be spliced at the same location.
77. A spiral column carries a dead load of 1070 kN and a liveload of 9809 kN. If f’c = 27.60 MPa, fy = 415MPa, using steel ratio of 3%
79. A rectangular concrete beam has a width of 350 mm and a total depth of 675 mm. It has reinforced for tension at the bottom with
4 – 36 mm∅ bars at an effective depth of 537.50 mm and two 28 mm∅ bars at the top placed at 62.50 mm from the top of the beam.
f’c = 20.7MPa, fy = 414.60MPa
a) Determine the minimum tensile steel ratio that will ensure yielding of the compression steel at failure
b) Determine the total compressive force of concrete
c) Determine the design moment capacity of the beam
80. A beam section shown is subjected to a maximum service dead load of 215kN-m. What is the
safe service live load moment for this beam? Use f’c = 21 MPa and fy = 415 MPa.
81. The column section 560 x 350mm carries an axial load, PDL = 605kN and a moment MD = 157.30 kN due to dead load and an axial
load PL= 490kN and a moment ML = 126.12 kN due to live load. The column is part of a frame that is braced against side-sway and
bent in a single curvature about its major axis. The unsupported length of the column is Lu = 5.80m and moments at both ends of
the column are equal. It is reinforced with 4 – 28mm dia. bars both tension and compression sides.