THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

FINAL EXAMINAnON - NOVEMBER 2008
CVEN 3302
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 2
Time allowed - 3 hours
Total number of questions - 6
Questions are NOT of equal value
Answer Parts A on the Generalised Answer Sheet provided
Answer Part B in the Exam Book provided
Candidates may bring any aids to the examination
including electronic calculators
This paper may be retained by the candidate
All answers must be legibly written in ink. Pencils may only
be used for drawings, sketches and graphs
In Part B, show all relevant working and state any assumptions made
PART A (70%) - Answer on the Generalised Answer Sheet provided
All Questions in Part A are of equal value

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RIO@250
3N28
I .. 400 J
Section A-A
=32MPa
fs
y
=500MPa
E
c
= 28 600 MPa
k
cs
= 1.86
r = 0.82
fsy.j = 250 MPa
E
s
= 200 000 MPa
Figure 1 (for questions 1, 2 and 3)
QUESTION 1
For the beam shown in Figure 1, based on the bending capacity of the section the designer
determined the factored design load w* to be governed by ( 2 kN/m)
(a) w*:::; 155 kN/m
(b) w*:::; 90 kN/m
(c) w*:::; 72 kN/m
(d) w*:::; 58 kN/m
(e) w* > 90 kN/m
QUESTION 2
For the beam shown in Figure 1, the designer calculated B
v
= 34 degrees and then determined
the section capacity Vu to be ( 10 kN)
(a) 417 kN
(b) 292 kN
(c) 204 kN
(d) 143 kN
(e) none of the above
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QUESTION 3
If the effective second moment of area for the beam shown in Figure 1 is 35% of its gross
second moment of area (excluding reinforcing steel), the long term deflection of the beam
under a service load of w = 30 kN/m is
(a) 9 mm or less
(b) between 10 mm and 19 mm
(c) between 20 mm and 29 mm
(d) 30 mm and 39 mm
(e) greater than 40 mm
QUESTION 4
A simply supported timber beam spanning 3.8 metres and carrying a factored design load of
w* = 10 kN/m is continuously laterally supported along its critical edge. If the designer has
selected a beam of grade F15 timber and with a width of b = 72 mm, what depth of member
did he select for an efficient design for flexure (do not consider shear or deflections)?
(a) 247 mm
(b) 197 mm
(c) 147 mm
(d) 97 mm
(e) a section with a depth, D, greater than 247 mm
For F17 stress grade, the bending stress limit is fb =50 MPa . Take rjJ =0.65, k
1
=0.8 and
all other factors as unity.
QUESTION 5
850
oil
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Lt)
f
y
=300MPa
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Figure 2 (for question 5)
For the heavily welded steel section shown in Figure 2, and withJ;, = 300 MPa, the ultimate
axial capacity, Nu, of section is ( 20 kN)
(a) 8730 kN
(b) 8010 kN
(c) 7250 kN
(d) 6530 kN
(e) none of the above
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PART B (30%) - Answer in Exam Book Provided
QUESTION 6 (30 Marks)
Select a suitable 300 MPa grade universal beam (UB) section for the 3-span member B3
shown in Figure 6. The beam is loaded, in addition to its self-weight, as follows:
120 mm thick concrete floor slab
superimposed dead load = 1.0 kPa
live load = 3 kPa
You are to check your section for bending, shear and deflections, fully justifying your
answers (checking only by use of safe load tables or charts isnot sufficient). Note that there
is no connection between the beams and the concrete floor slab and that the slab transfers
load to the beams only in the direction indicated.
The bending moments and shear forces for the member for a uniformly distributed loading
are provided in Figure 4. The maximum deflection occurs in the outside spans and is given by
4
L1 = 2.5 wL
384 El
For your deflection calculations, take the short term load factor as If/s = 0.7 and the limit on
the total deflections as span/250.
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B3
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B5
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Figure 3 (for question 6)
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M,
M,
V, =
V, =
Loading' ... '\',' ... ,'llllll
Reactions:
R, = R, = 4wL
ID
R = R. = IlwL
'10-
Shear forces:
V, = - V _ 4wL
I - ID
6wL
10
SwL
10
Bending moments:
Mm" = wL'
-fer' at R.
and R.
4wL' .
s6 . at OAL
- from R.
andR, '
wU
46 ' at centl'l
Figure 4 or question 6)
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