Forms 100 What structural form is a roof diaphragm?

Forms 100

ANSWER: A planar surface form.

Forms 200 What is the difference between these two forms?

Forms 200 ANSWER:

ARCH

BEAM

Forms 300 (a) Is the following truss stable?

Forms 300 (b) Is it statically determinate?

Forms 300 ANSWER: (a) It is stable: m=18, r=3, j=10 m+r=21 2j = 20 (b) It is not statically determinate m+r > 2j

Forms 400 (a) To what structural form does the following formula apply?
VQ It

Forms 400

(b) What is Q?
VQ It

Forms 400 ANSWER: (a) Applies to a beam form (b) Q is the first moment of area

Forms 500 The shape that a member with no bending stiffness takes under load when suspended at its ends is known as the ?

Forms 500

ANSWER: Funicular curve

Loads 100 How much rainwater must a roof be designed to support?

Loads 100 ANSWER: The water that accumulates from a maximum 1 day rainfall. i.e. the 1 in 50 year 24 hour rainfall

Loads 200 What does the exposure factor, Ce , account for?

Loads 200 ANSWER: The variation in mean wind speed with height.

Loads 300 When should Figure I-7 be used to calculate wind pressures?

Loads 300 ANSWER: When the structural action considered is affected by wind acting simultaneously on more than one surface.

Loads 400 (a) What is the following equation used to calculate?

MvIE = V S (Ta ) W Rd Ro

Loads 400 ANSWER: The design base shear (total earthquake force) for a building

Loads 400 (b) Define at least three of the variables on the right hand side of the equation.
MvIE = V S (Ta ) W Rd Ro

Loads 400
ANSWER: S(Ta) = period = Ta W = Mv = = IE = Rd = Ro

MvIE = V S (Ta ) W Rd Ro

spectral acceleration at the fundamental building the fundamental lateral period of the building [s] total weight of the structure [kN] higher mode participation factor importance factor for earthquake load structural system ductility factor overstrength factor

Loads 500 Drift load is controlled by (i) difference in height , h, between upper and lower levels, (ii) The presence of parapet walls on the upper level, and (iii) ?

Loads 500 ANSWER: The amount of snow available from the upper level.

LSD 100 In the basic Limit States Design Equation, what is , and what does it account for?

LSD 100 ANSWER: Resistance Factor. Accounts for the variability in the calculated resistance

LSD 200
In the basic Limit States Design Equation, what value does i generally take on for a live load when it is a principal load? What does it account for?

LSD 200 ANSWER: i = 1.5 Accounts for variability in the live load.

LSD 300

What are the two main categories of limit states?

LSD 300 ANSWER: Ultimate limit states Serviceability limit states

LSD 400

The three characteristics of satisfactory performance are Safety, ? , and Economy.

LSD 400

ANSWER: Functionality

LSD 500 What is the main difference between the Limit States Design philosophy and the Working Stress Design philosophy?

LSD 500 ANSWER: WSD: based on a factor of safety LSD: based on probability of failure

Materials 100 What is the most often measured property of concrete?

Materials 100 ANSWER Compressive Strength, fc

Materials 200

Name two consequences of woods hygroscopic nature

Materials 200 ANSWER 1. Dimensional changes (shrinkage) 2. Change in mechanical properties

Materials 300 Name the two types of steel reinforcement normally found in a reinforced concrete beam. What is the purpose of each?

Materials 300 ANSWER Tensile reinforcement for moment resistance Shear reinforcement for shear resistance

Materials 400 (a) What two phenomena could prevent a steel beam from reaching its plastic moment?

Materials 400

(b) How can they be prevented?

Materials 400 ANSWER (a) Local buckling and lateral buckling (b) Prevent lateral buckling by bracing

Materials 500 Calculate the plastic bending moment, Mp, for a steel beam with the following cross section and yield strength. First team with correct answer earns the points

Materials 500
100 mm

400 mm

Fy = 300 MPa

Materials 500

ANSWER 1200 kNm

Systems 100

The basic function of a structural system is to ?

Systems 100 ANSWER: Transmit applied loads from the location of application to the foundation.

Systems 200

Name the 3 stages in the transmission of forces by a lateral load resisting system.

Systems 200 ANSWER: Primary Collection Horizontal Distribution Vertical Transportation

Systems 300 What are the two most common options for the horizontal distribution stage of a lateral load resisting system?

Systems 300 ANSWER: Horizontal Diaphragm Horizontal Truss

Systems 400 Tributary width for a beam is given by the distance between lines of ? in the slab on either side of the beam.

Systems 400

ANSWER: Zero shear

Systems 500 How much of the 10 kN concentrated load is transferred to Column A in the following floor system? First team with correct answer earns the points

1.2

2.8 9.0

10 kN

1.0

1.6

1.6

1.6 8.0

1.6

Column A

Partial Floor Plan (dimensions in m)

ANSWER
3.333 kN

1.78

1.48

2.96
1.2

2.67

2.8

2.67

8 5.33
10 kN 1.0 9.0

2.22
1.6

1.19
1.6 1.6 8.0

2
1.6

2.37

3.33
Column A

Partial Floor Plan (dimensions in m)