Chapter1 Intreduction

1. In the concrete component is configured with some form and quantity of steel What effect?
2. What are the main reasons why steel and concrete are the two different materials that can work together
effectively?
3. What are the advantages of reinforced concrete structure? What are the shortcomings? How to overcome
these shortcomings?
4. Briefly on the development process of concrete structure calculation theory.
5. What are the problems should be paid attention to when studying concrete structure course?
Chapter2 Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Concrete Materials
1. What kinds of steel or steel wire used in reinforced concrete structure and prestressed concrete structure
in our country? What is the difference between the stress-strain relations of the apparent yield point steel
and the steel without obvious yield point? Why yield strength as a strength design index?
2. What are the mechanical properties of steel bars? What are the basic requirements for the performance of
reinforced concrete structures?
3. How is the cubic compressive strength of the concrete determined? What is the relationship with the test
block size, test method and curing conditions?
4. How to determine the strength grade of concrete in our country?
5. What are the characteristics of concrete under the composite stress state?
6. What are the characteristics of the stress-strain relationship of concrete in a short-term load?
7. There are several ways to express the deformation modulus of concrete? How is the elastic modulus of
the concrete determined?
8. What is the fatigue failure of concrete? What are the characteristics of stress-strain curves for fatigue
failure?
9. What is the creep of concrete? What are the factors that affect the concrete creep? What is the effect of
creep on normal concrete structures and prestressed concrete structures?
10. What are the characteristics of the shrinkage deformation of concrete? What are the effects on the
concrete structure?
11. The bond between steel and concrete is mainly composed of several parts? What are the main factors
influencing the bond strength between steel and concrete? How is the anchorage length of the
reinforcement determined?
12. What are the problems existing in the practical engineering application of the traditional index of
elongation of reinforcement ( 5 10 or 100 )? Test shows that reinforced the meaning of the total
elongation (uniform elongation) and the measurement method. The results of the tensile test of a HRB500
steel bar with a diameter of 14 mm are shown in the following table. If the ultimate tensile strength of the
reinforcement is b =661N/mm2 and the elastic modulus Es is Es=2*10^5N/mm^2 , find the values of

5 , 10 , 100 and gt .

Table 2.2 grade HRB500 steel tensile test results

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Length of gage length

before test(mm

The length of the gage

after breaking (mm)

l 92

l 0 5d 70

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9.

L 162.4

l 125.4

l 0 100

4.

L0 140

The length of the gage

after breaking (mm)

l 169.5

l 0 10d 140

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Length of gage length

before test (mm)

Chapter3 Basic Properties of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Try to explain what functional requirements of the structure, what is the structure of the reliable?
What is the limit state of the structure? Limit state can be divided into two categories?
What is the structural effect and the effect? What is the structural resistance? Why is the effect of the
role and structure of the resistance are uncertain? Try to explain R S , R S and R S .
What are the meanings of arithmetic mean , standard deviation and coefficient of variation ,
and how are they calculated?
The relationship between the reliability index of the structure and the failure probability Pf and the
reliability probability Ps is illustrated.
How is the safety rating of the structure determined? What is the difference in the reliability index
of the unsafe hierarchy?
Explain how the standard value of the load, the quasi-permanent value of the variable load is
determined? Why load combinations?
What is the standard value of the material strength? What is the design value of the material strength?
How are they determined?
The average axial compressive strength of 50 specimens of concrete prismatic prism specimens is
= 26.5N / mm2 and the standard deviation is 5.47 N / mm^2( ). If the concrete partial coefficient of
concrete is C = 1.4, The compressive strength of the standard value f ck and axial compressive
strength of the design value f c .

10. The average value of the tensile yield strength of a group of 2037 specimens is = 387.5N / mm2 and
the standard deviation is

= 23.75 N / mm2. If the material partial coefficient of the reinforcement is

s = 1.1, determine the tensile strength Of the standard value f yk and the design value f y .

11. The span of a simply supported beam subjected to a concentrated load and a uniformly distributed load
is calculated as l 0 = 6 m, which is applied to the standard value G k = 12kN, g k = 10kN / m, uniform
variable load standard The value of q k = 8kN / m, the variable load combination coefficient c = 0.7,
quasi-permanent coefficient q = 0.4. The design moments Md of the mid-span section of the beam in
the design of the ultimate load-carrying capacity, and the standard combined moment M k and the quasipermanent combined bending moment Mq of the load effect under normal use limit conditions.

12. C40 concrete (fcu,k = 40 N / mm2) strength coefficient of variation = 0.12, material partial coefficient
c = 1.4, try to calculate C40 concrete axial compressive strength of the standard value and design

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values fck, fc, and axial tensile Strength of the standard value and the design value f tk, ft, and the book
with the table after the strength values are compared.
Chapter4 Flexural Strength of Members with Flexure and shear
Try to briefy describes the whole process of the stress-bearing beam, the stress characteristics and its
connection with the calculation in each stage.
What are the failure modes of the normal section of RC beams? What are the damage characteristics of
RC beams? What are the signs of flexural failure of reinforced concrete beams?
What is the proper reinforcement beam reinforcement ratio? How to determine the maximum
reinforcement ratio and minimum reinforcement ratio of the tendons?
How to calculate the limit bending moment of the tendon beam? Derive the formula Super-tendon
beam ultimate moment.
Why is the third phase of the fitness beam called the destruction phase, what is its meaning? What is
the effect of the reinforcement ratio on the deformation capacity in the third stage?
Reinforced concrete beams, plate sections of the basic structure of reinforcement requirements What?
Try to explain what the role of these structural requirements?
What are the relative compression zone heights and bounds relative to the compression zone height

b ? How to calculate b ?
8. What are the factors that affect b ? The relationship between the maximum reinforcement ratio

max and b ?
9. How to define the equivalent rectangular stress map? What is the principle of equivalence?
10. What are the basic assumptions of the calculation of the normal section bearing capacity? How to
calculate the normal section bearing capacity according to the basic assumptions?
11. Calculation of flexural bearing capacity of super - girder based on the assumption of normal section
carrying capacity. In the single-rectangular cross-section review, why when x b h0 , according to

M u ,max s ,max 1 f c bh02 to determine the flexural capacity?

12. How to determine the minimum reinforcement ratio min ? Why is the minimum reinforcement of
rectangular cross-section reinforcement bar area should meet the conditions of As min bh , rather
than As min bh0 ?
13. How to determine the minimum tensile reinforcement bar area on tension-flange-shaped cross-section
and inverted T-shaped cross-section?
14. The strength of concrete, strength and cross-section given the size of the case, the rectangular section
of the flexural capacity with the pressure zone relative to the increase in the height of change in how
the situation? With the increase in the area of steel What is the situation?
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15. Under what circumstances can we use double-bar cross-section beam? How to ensure the strength of
compression steel bar is fully utilized?
16. What is the difference between the calculation method and the single-bar rectangular cross-section
when the bar area As is known in the design of the double-bar rectangular section? When x b h0 ,
how to calculate? When x 2a , , how to calculate?
17. How to understand the double-ribbed rectangular cross-section design to take b ?
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18. In the double-ribbed rectangular section review, why when x 2a , , M u f y As (h0 a s ) can be

determined by the bending bearing capacity?

When double Reinforced Rectangular reviewing why, when A <B, the B may be determined on bending
capacity?
19. How to distinguish two kinds of T-section when cross-section design and cross-section review?
20. Compare the similarities and differences between the calculation methods of the second T-section and
the double-bar section.
21. The second type of T-section design, when x b h0 , how to deal with?
22. The conditions for the prevention of the damage of the reinforced bars with rectangular section, T
shaped section and single rib section are compared.
23. Figure 4-33 shows the four sections, when the material strength is the same, try to determine:
(1) the size of each section of the cracking moment order?
(2) the size of the smallest reinforcement area of the order?
(3) When the design of the same bending moment, the size of the reinforcement section of the order?

Figure 4-33
24. How to understand the relationship between bearing capacity and ductility? Reinforced concrete beams
reinforced the more the better?
25. It is known that the cross-sectional dimensions of reinforced concrete beams are shown in Fig4-34,
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using C30 concrete strength grade f c 14.3 N mm , f t 1.43 N mm ,HRB400 grade steel and

f y 360 N mm 2 for yield strength. Try to determine

(1) the maximum reinforcement ratio of the beam and the minimum reinforcement ratio;
(2) reinforcement for the A, the ultimate bending moment M;
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(3) reinforcement for the A, the ultimate bending moment M

Figure 4-34
26. Given the rectangular cross-section beam, has been configured longitudinal reinforcement bar 4 20 ,

a s 45mm , try to determine the following conditions the beam can withstand the ultimate bending
moment Mu.
(1) concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(2) concrete strength grade C40, HRB335 grade steel;
(3) concrete strength grade C20, HRB500 grade steel;
(4) concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(5) concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(6) Analysis of the main factors affecting the flexural capacity.
27. Given the rectangular beam design, the design value M = 200kN*mm, a = 45mm, other conditions are
listed in the table, try to determine the following situation of the longitudinal tension of the beam area A s.
analysis
(1), concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(2), concrete strength grade C40, HRB335 grade steel;
(3), concrete strength grade C20, HRB500 grade steel;
(4), concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(5), concrete strength grade C20, HRB335 grade steel;
(6) Analyze the trend of the area of the longitudinal tensioned bar.
28. Reinforced concrete rectangular cross-section simply supported beam, the calculation span is 6.0m,
bear the floor from the standard value of 20kN/m (including the beam deadweight), uniform live load
standard value of 16kN/m, using C30 concrete, HRB400 steel. Set the stirrup selection diameter 8, try to
determine the section size of the beam and the longitudinal tensile steel, drawing cross-section
reinforcement diagram.
29. Known rectangular section beam, b=250mm, h=500mm, a=45mm, using C30-level concrete, HRB400
grade steel. Bear the bending moment design value M = 250kn, calculate the longitudinal force of the beam
reinforcement. If the level switch to HRB500 reinforced, situation of steel.
30. Known rectangular section beam, b = 350mm, h = 600mm, using C30-level concrete, HRB400 grade
steel. Bear the design value of bending moment M=240kN*m, try to design the beam required
reinforcement.
31. Known rectangular cross-section beam, b=200mm, h=500mm, a s=45mm, using C30-level concrete,
HRB400 grade steel. Beam bear the sign of bending moment design value, respectively, M = -80kN m, M
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= + 140kN m role,
(1) According to the single-bar rectangular cross-section calculation, under the action of M =-80KN, the
tensioned reinforcement should be arranged on the top surface of the beam;
(2)According to the single-bar rectangular cross-section calculation, under the action of M =+14080KN,
the tensioned reinforcement in the bottom of the beam;
(3) In the case of (1), the tension bar is arranged on the top of the beam, and the tensioned bar area A s is
calculated according to the double-bar rectangular cross section under the action of M = + 140.
(4) Compare the total reinforcement area of (2) and (3).
32. A T-section beam, a = 400mm, a = l00mm, b = 200mm, h = 600mm, a = 70mm, using C30 concrete,
HRB400 grade steel, try to calculate the reinforcement of the beam below;
(1) to bear the bending moment design value M = 160kN * m;
(2) to bear the bending moment design value M = 260kN * m;
(3) to withstand bending moment design value M = 360kN * m.
Chapter5 Shear Strength of Members
1. What is the change of the stress state in the beam before and after the occurrence of the inclined crack
in the reinforced concrete without web reinforcement?
What is the change of the stress state in the beam before and after the occurrence of the inclined crack
in the reinforced concrete without no abdominal reinforcement beam?
2. What is the shear failure mode of the oblique section without the web reinforcement?What are the
main factors influencing the shear failure of non-abdominal tendons?
3. What are the effects of stirrups? Compared with the non-web reinforcement beam, beam stirrup beam
configuration, the force transmission mechanism, what is the difference?
4. What are the main factors influencing the shear failure mode of webs with web reinforcement? Can the
configuration of abdominal ribs increase the shear capacity of baroclinic failure? Why?
5. What is the scope of application of shear capacity calculation formula? What measures does the Code
take to prevent cable-rupture damage and baroclinic failure? What are the similarities and differences
between the measures to prevent these two kinds of damage and the measures to prevent the
reinforcement of the tendons and the tendons in the calculation of the normal section bearing capacity
of the flexural members?
6. What is the meaning of specifying the maximum stirrup and the spacing of bent bars? When the
maximum stirrup spacing and the minimum stirrup diameter requirements are met, are the minimum
stirrup rates to be met?
7. How to consider the calculation of the shear capacity of oblique section of cross-sectional position how
to consider?
8. (1) According to the bending moment of the bending capacity of longitudinal reinforcement designed
only as a shear reinforcement ribs What are the requirements?
(2) The bending moment of the longitudinal reinforcement designed to bend the bearing capacity of
the bending moment into the bearing against the negative moment, regardless of its shear action (with shear
hoop is sufficient), what are the requirements?
(3) What are the requirements when the longitudinal reinforcement against the positive moment is bent
into the bearing against the negative moment and the shear is considered simultaneously?
(4) When (3) set up bending steel bars, can not meet the requirements of the requirements, how to deal
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with?
9. How to cut off the steel bar? What is the extension length? Respectively, and two cases, how to
determine the extension of the length?
10. Try to point out that the cantilever in Figure 5-39 in the reinforcement structure and resistance to the
error of the moment diagram.

Figure 5-39
11. Same with the problem 4.4 Simple beam, net span, stirrups for the HPB300 grade steel, try to determine
the beam with the hoop.(problem4.4=chapter4 problem 4)
12. For the simple supported beam with uniform load, the net span is l n 5.76 m , b * h = 200mm *
500mm, the concrete is C30, the stirrup is HPB300 grade steel, the standard value is g k = 15kN/m
(Including beam weight), The total length of the beam along the layout of the 6 @ 200 of the stirrups,
according to the shear capacity of the beam to calculate the beam can withstand the standard live load of
the standard value. qk
13. Uniform load T-shaped cross-section of simply supported beam is shown in Figure 5-40, the design
value of uniform load q = 80kN / m, using C25 concrete, stirrups for the HPB300 grade steel, longitudinal
reinforcement HRB400 steel, Two cases of the design of the ribs of the beam:
(1) only stirrups are arranged;
(2) has been configured 6 @ 200 stirrups, the required bending steel bars.

Figure 5-40
14.As shown in Figure 5-41, the concrete is C25 and the longitudinal reinforcement is HRB335. When the
stirrup is not arranged, the maximum load P can be calculated by the shear capacity of the beam.

Figure 5-41
15. Simple-supported rectangular beams are shown in Figure 5-42. Concentrated load design value P =
130kN (including beam dead weight and other deadweight), concrete for the C30, stirrups using HPB300
grade steel, longitudinal reinforcement HRRB400 grade steel requirements:
(1) Calculating the longitudinal tensile bars of the beam in accordance with the maximum bending moment
across the span;
(2) Calculate the shear capacity of the oblique section according to the stirrup and the bent steel bar;
(3) to carry out reinforcement, painted resistance to bending moment diagram, steel bar layout and steel
size details.

Figure 5-42
16. The cross-sectional dimension b h 250mm 700mm , the dead load standard value gk = 30kN/m,
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the live load standard value qk=40kN/m, the C25 grade concrete is used as shown in Fig.5-43. ,
Longitudinal reinforcement for the HRB400 grade steel, stirrups for the HPB300 grade steel. Design the
reinforcement according to the bearing capacity of the normal section and oblique section, arrange the steel
bar, draw the resistance moment diagram and the construction drawing of the beam (including the steel
material table and the detail drawing).

Fig.5-43