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    This document is the final exam problem for a reinforced concrete design course. It presents a simply supported beam carrying self-weight, a live load, and a concentrated dead load. Students are asked to: 1) Explain the difference between tension-controlled and compression-controlled beams and why ACI requires tension control. 2) Determine the minimum width for the given beam section that results in tension control. 3) Calculate the maximum dead load the beam can carry with the determined width. 4) Calculate the minimum compression steel required if more top reinforcing bars are added, and show the beam is tension controlled.

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    FINAL EXAM Problem

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    This document is the final exam problem for a reinforced concrete design course. It presents a simply supported beam carrying self-weight, a live load, and a concentrated dead load. Students are asked to: 1) Explain the difference between tension-controlled and compression-controlled beams and why ACI requires tension control. 2) Determine the minimum width for the given beam section that results in tension control. 3) Calculate the maximum dead load the beam can carry with the determined width. 4) Calculate the minimum compression steel required if more top reinforcing bars are added, and show the beam is tension controlled.

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    This document is the final exam problem for a reinforced concrete design course. It presents a simply supported beam carrying self-weight, a live load, and a concentrated dead load. Students are asked to: 1) Explain the difference between tension-controlled and compression-controlled beams and why ACI requires tension control. 2) Determine the minimum width for the given beam section that results in tension control. 3) Calculate the maximum dead load the beam can carry with the determined width. 4) Calculate the minimum compression steel required if more top reinforcing bars are added, and show the beam is tension controlled.

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    This document is the final exam problem for a reinforced concrete design course. It presents a simply supported beam carrying self-weight, a live load, and a concentrated dead load. Students are asked to: 1) Explain the difference between tension-controlled and compression-controlled beams and why ACI requires tension control. 2) Determine the minimum width for the given beam section that results in tension control. 3) Calculate the maximum dead load the beam can carry with the determined width. 4) Calculate the minimum compression steel required if more top reinforcing bars are added, and show the beam is tension controlled.

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    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO DEPT.

    OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
    WINTER QUARTER 2022 INSTRUCTOR: P. B. SHING

    SE 151A – DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE

    FINAL EXAMINATION

    Problem 1 of 2: 50 points total

    8:00 am to 9:15 am. Submit to Gradescope before 9:25 am.

    This exam is open-book.

    The simply supported beam shown below carries its own weight, a uniformly distributed live load
    of 300 lbs/ft, and a concentrated dead load PD at midspan. The cross-section of the beam is U-
    shaped. It has two rows of reinforcing bars at the bottom. The bottom row has five #6 bars and the
    top row has three #6 bars. Let f c =4,000 psi and f y = 60 ksi. The cross-sectional area of a #6 bar
    is 0.44 in.2.

    PD

    wL = 300 lbs/ft

    14 in.
    17 in.
    8 #6 bars
    10 ft. 10 ft.
    3 in. 9 in.

    b 6 in. b

    (a) State the difference between a tension-controlled beam and a compression-controlled beam
    in terms of the strain in the reinforcement in precise and succinct sentences. Why does ACI
    require that a beam has to be tension-controlled? (6 pts)
    (b) For the beam section show in the figure, determine the minimum width b (rounded up an
    integer value) which will result in a tension-controlled beam.(20 pts)
    (c) For the beam width b determined in part (b), determine the maximum dead load PD that
    can be carried by the beam. (14 pts)
    (d) Consider the beam with the value of b determined in part (b). If the number of bars in the
    top row is increased to five to have a total of ten #6 bars in the two rows, what is the
    minimum amount of compression steel, As , required? The centroid of the compression
    steel is to be at 2.5 in. from the top face of the beam. Show with calculations that the beam
    is indeed tension controlled. (10 pts)
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