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A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________?

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A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________?

A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45

A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________? Read More »

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A T-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its flange if its neutral axis______________?

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A T-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its flange if its neutral axis______________?

A. Remains within the flange
B. Remains below the slab
C. Coincides the geometrical centre of the beam
D. None of these

A T-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of a width equal to its flange if its neutral axis______________? Read More »

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In a singly reinforced beam____________?

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In a singly reinforced beam____________?

A. Compression is borne entirely by concrete
B. Steel possesses initial stresses when embedded in concrete
C. Plane sections transverse to the centre line of the beam before bending remain plane after bending
D. Elastic moduli for concrete and steel have different values within the limits of deformation of the beam

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For a continuous floor slab supported on beams, the ratio of end span length and intermediate span length, is____________________?

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For a continuous floor slab supported on beams, the ratio of end span length and intermediate span length, is____________________?

A. 0.6
B. 0.7
C. 0.8
D. 0.9

For a continuous floor slab supported on beams, the ratio of end span length and intermediate span length, is____________________? Read More »

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If P kg/m2 is the upward pressure on the slab of a plain concrete footing whose projection on either side of the wall is a cm, the depth of foundation D is given by________________?

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If P kg/m2 is the upward pressure on the slab of a plain concrete footing whose projection on either side of the wall is a cm, the depth of foundation D is given by________________?

A. D = 0.00775 aP
B. D = 0.0775 aP
C. D = 0.07775 aP
D. D = 0.775 Pa

If P kg/m2 is the upward pressure on the slab of a plain concrete footing whose projection on either side of the wall is a cm, the depth of foundation D is given by________________? Read More »

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The diameter of transverse reinforcement of columns should be equal to one-fourth of the diameter of the main steel rods but not less than________________?

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The diameter of transverse reinforcement of columns should be equal to one-fourth of the diameter of the main steel rods but not less than________________?

A. 4 mm
B. 5 mm
C. 6 mm
D. 7 mm

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If Ac, Asc and A are areas of concrete, longitudinal steel and section of a R.C.C. column and m and c are the modular ratio and maximum stress in the configuration of concrete, the strength of column is______________?

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If Ac, Asc and A are areas of concrete, longitudinal steel and section of a R.C.C. column and m and c are the modular ratio and maximum stress in the configuration of concrete, the strength of column is______________?

A. cAc + m cAsc
B. c(A – Asc) + m cAsc
C. c[A + (m – 1)ASC]
D. All the above

If Ac, Asc and A are areas of concrete, longitudinal steel and section of a R.C.C. column and m and c are the modular ratio and maximum stress in the configuration of concrete, the strength of column is______________? Read More »

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