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This document contains 7 questions regarding the design of reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Question 1 asks to check minimum concrete cover values for different exposure classes and design a table for a 100 year design life. Question 2 asks to calculate reinforcement areas for a simply supported beam. Question 3 asks to determine maximum loading for different load cases on a beam. Question 4 asks to design longitudinal and shear reinforcement for a beam per Eurocode 2 and BS8110. Question 5 asks to design a beam with a maximum depth. Question 6 asks to construct a design chart for a simply supported beam. Question 7 asks to design a one-way spanning concrete floor and supporting cantilever beams.

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Cege0009 - PP2 10-12-2020

This document contains 7 questions regarding the design of reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Question 1 asks to check minimum concrete cover values for different exposure classes and design a table for a 100 year design life. Question 2 asks to calculate reinforcement areas for a simply supported beam. Question 3 asks to determine maximum loading for different load cases on a beam. Question 4 asks to design longitudinal and shear reinforcement for a beam per Eurocode 2 and BS8110. Question 5 asks to design a beam with a maximum depth. Question 6 asks to construct a design chart for a simply supported beam. Question 7 asks to design a one-way spanning concrete floor and supporting cantilever beams.

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CEGE0009: STRUCTURAL DESIGN

PROBLEM PAPER 2: R.C. BEAMS AND SLABS

Q1. Table 1 shows the minimum covers to reinforcement for structures made of CEM
I concrete exposed to a range of environments, assuming a design life of 50 years. It has
been compiled with the aid of Table A4 in BS8500-1.
(i) Check the values of cover shown for Exposure classes XS1-XS3
(ii) Compile a similar table for structures with 100 years design life.

Exposure class Minimum cover (mm)


X0 Not recommended for reinforced concrete
XC1 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
XC2 - 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
XC3/4 - 35 30 25 25 20 20 20

XD1 - - 35 30 30 25 25 25
XD2 - - 40 35 35 30 30 30
XD3 - - - - 50 45 40 40

XS1 - - - - 40 35 35 30
XS2 - - 40 35 35 30 30 30
XS3 - - - - - 50 45 45
Maximum free water/cement ratio 0.70 0.65 0.60 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.40 0.35
Minimum cement content (kgm-3) 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380
Lowest concrete class C20/25 C25/30 C28/35 C32/40 C35/40 C40/50 C45/55 C50/60
Table 1: Minimum concrete cover to reinforcement for durability, cmin,dur

Q2. A simply supported rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a span of 7 m.


It has a breadth of 260 mm and overall depth of 500 mm. The characteristic
permanent and variable actions are 5 kN/m and 7 kN/m respectively. Calculate the
areas of:

(a) tension reinforcement


(b) shear reinforcement and
(c) compression reinforcement required.

Assume fck = 30 N/mm2, fy = 500 N/mm2, nominal cover to links is 40 mm and the
density of reinforced concrete is 25 kN/m3. List any assumptions.

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Q3. (i) A simply supported rectangular reinforced concrete beam has a span of 6 m and a
cross-section as shown in Fig Q3. Determine the maximum variable action that the
beam can carry assuming the action is:
(a) uniformly distributed
(b) occurs as two point loads, 2 m and 4 m from the left hand support.
Assume fck = 30 N/mm2, fy = 500 N/mm2, the main steel is inset 40 mm and that the
density of reinforced concrete is 25 kN/m3. List any assumptions that you make.

(ii) If the beam was reinforced with 4H25s instead, determine the maximum variable
uniformly distributed action that the beam can support.

h = 500
mm

4H20

b = 300 mm

FIG. Q3

Q4. A simply supported rectangular reinforced concrete beam spans 8 m. It has


a breadth of 300 mm and an effective depth of 550 mm. Assume the longitudinal
reinforcement is inset 45 mm. The inclusive characteristic actions are 25 kN/m
permanent and 15.5 kN/m variable. The concrete and steel reinforcement strengths
are C30/37 and 500 N/mm2 respectively.

Design the longitudinal and shear reinforcement for the beam and check the
deflection in accordance with
(i) Eurocode 2
(ii) BS8110

Q5. A rectangular simply supported beam is required to carry a uniformly distributed


variable action of 55 kN/m on a single span of 8.5 m. For architectural reasons it is
necessary that the overall depth of the beam should not exceed 625 mm.

Assuming that b = 400 mm, fck = 30 N/mm2, fy = 500 N/mm2 and nominal cover to
the steel reinforcement is 30 mm, design the beam.

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Q6. Construct a design chart for a singly reinforced rectangular beam of width b and
effective depth d made of concrete strength class C30/37 and high yield
reinforcement.

Q7. The one-way spanning concrete floor shown below is required to support
the following actions:

finishes + partition and ceiling load = 3 kN/m2


variable action = 3.5 kN/m2

Assuming that fck = 30 N/mm2, fy = 500 N/mm2 and nominal cover to the steel
reinforcement, c, is 25 mm, design the slab and the supporting cantilever beams
on gridlines A and B. All beams are 400 mm wide, bb, and 750 mm deep, hb. The
overall depth of the slab, hs, is 175 mm.

750 Section X-X


175 400

3
4m

175
10 m
X X

1
4.5 m 4.5 m 4.5 m

A B

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