Colegio de Dagupan
Arellano St., Dagupan City
School of Engineering
PRINCIPLES OF STEEL DESIGN
MIDTERM Examination
Set A
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write all your answers in the test booklet. Provide solutions if necessary.
2. Answer all the questions with integrity.
3. Use of mobile phones is prohibited.
4. Avoid erasures and superimpositions.
I. Identification (2 point each)
1. Formula for members not subject to transverse
loading between their supports
2. Modular ratio of concrete to steel
3. Bending stress formula
4. Other term for maximum product of area
5. Value of Fb bending about the weak axis for compact
section
6. Cc stands for
7. Factor of safety in long column
8. Stiffness of the beam relative to that of the
attached end-connection
9. Formula for slenderness ratio
10. Formula for axial stress
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II. Essay (5 points each)
1. Differentiate allowable compressive stress and
allowable bending stress in not more than three
sentences
2. How will you determine if the structure is statically
determinate, statically indeterminate, stable and
unstable?
3. why is there a need for LFRD and ASD in designing
structures?
III. Problem Solving (15 pts each)
1. A hollow circular steel column is supported on a steel base
plate and a concrete pedestal. Column ends are hinged and
sideway is prevented.
Given
Column axial load = 800 kN
Column inside diameter = 250 mm
Allowable column compressive stress = 55 MPa
Allowable concrete bearing stress = 10 MPa
a. Calculate the critical slenderness ratio of the column if
its thickness is 10 mm and a height of 4 m
b. Find the minimum required thickness (mm) of the column
c. What is the safe diameter (mm) of the base plate?
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2. A simply supported girder spans 10 m. the girder carries a
uniformly distributed load of 20kN/m throughout its length
Given
Girder properties
Section = 2460 x 97kg/m
Area = 12320 mm2
Depth = 465 mm
Flange bar = 193 mm
Flange thickness = 19 mm
Web thickness = 11 mm
Moment of Inertia (y) = 23x10^6 mm4
Moment of Inertia (x) = 45x10^6 mm4
Yield strength = 248 MPa
Rt = 50 mm
a. What is the maximum bending stress?
b. What is the maximum web shear stress?
c. Calculate the maximum shear stress at the neutral axis of
the section.
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3. Two channels are welded at the tip of the flange to form a
box column.
Properties of each channel
A = 5350 mm2
d = 250 mm
bf = 100mm
tf = 15 mm
tw = 10 mm
Ix = 52x10^6 mm4
Iy = 5x10^6 mm4
Distance from centroidal y-axis of the channel to the outer
face of the web x= 29 mm. column height = 4 m and effective
length factor k = 1.0 both axes. The major x-axis of the
channel is the x -axis of the built-up column.
a. Calculate the axial compressive stress in the column due
to a concentric load of 800 kN
b. Determine the maximum bending stress in the column due to
a moment of 250 kN-m about the x-axis
c. What is the critical slenderness ratio of the build-up
column?
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4. Refer to the figure given:
Section of diagonal members
2 angles 75 mm x 75 mm x 6 mm
Area = 1858 mm2
rx = 23.6 mm
ry = 34.0 mm
a. What is the reaction (kN) at A?
b. What is the stress (kN) in member GD?
c. Calculate the allowable load (kN) in member GD. Use NSCP
for (Fa)
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