Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

CE3100: Structural Engineering Laboratory

18 th April 2011 .
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Rooms BSB 202 & 204

End. Semester Examination

Closed Book / Notes
Total Marks: 40

Answer the following"suestions briefly

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1.

How many dial gauges were utilized in the experimental setup to study the behavior of
RC beams under flexure?

2.

At what locations along the length of the beam were the dial gauges recording
deflections?

3.

In the crack microscope that was used to measure the width of cracks in the RC beams,
what was each gradua.tion equal to?

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a. 1/40 cm

b. 0.025 mm

c. 0.5 mm

d. 0.1 mm

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4.

Expand the acronym DEMEC (as in

5.

At how many locations along the depth of the RC beam were DEMEC gauge readings
taken at every load step?

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failure is noticed in an under-reinforced

failure occurs in an over-reinforced beam.

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7.

The neutral axis is located above the centroid of the cross section of the RC beam in the
ultimate phase of loading in an unc;jer-reinforced beam. True or False?

8.

Bond stress in an RC section is directly proportional to the diameter of the rod used and
the length of embedment. True or False?

9.

In the bond strength test, how many dial gauges are used to measure the slip at the
loaded end?

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10. Define development length of a reinforcement bar.

11. What is the expression used by you to estimate the actual ultimate strength of a
centrally loaded short RC column? What way does it differ from that of IS code?
~hat is the implication on the ultimate strength of a short RC column, if the strain

'l"asured on four faces of the column differs substantially?

13.~aw a typical test set-up for Bending test on rolled steel joists with all instrumentation.

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he state of strain given as Exx=-l, Eyy=l and EXY=O,

rain and the inclination of the plane.

. Draw the Torque-Twist curves for concrete members i

and heavy reinforcement.

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16. At failure due to ,critical shear at supports, a crack forms at an in clination Qf (appro x .)
17.

is the chief contributor to shear strength in an RC beam without shear

rei nforcement.

18. Stirrups are provided at closer interval in the region where _______ is high .
19. In th e shear behavior of RC beam test, which appears first - Shear cracks or flexure
cracks?
20. The maximum observed deflection (before failure) is greater for a beam
(with/without) shear reinfo cement.

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21.

True or False: Design strength of RC beam without shear reinforcement can be

increased by increasing the grade of concrete.

22.

What is the difference between an open and a closed section? (hint : in terms of
shear stress flow)

23.

In a closed section the torsional stiffness is

times more than the open

section of comparable dimensions.

24.

The out of plane deformation of non -circular members sUbje, cted to torque i I '\;\
known as _ _ _ _
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25.

When a circular bar is subjected to torque, the shea r stress varies from _ _ _ _
(z'ero/maximum) near the center to
(zero/maximum) near the surface .

26.

Warping torsion is also known as _ _ _ _ tors ion.

27.

True or false: In a torsion test for open section with a slit along the longitud inal
ax is, the rotation near the fi xed end of the pipe.is zero .

28 .

During a compress ion test, a mono-symmetric section fails by:

a.

Buckling about major axis and twisting

b.

Buckling about minor ax is

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d.
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only twisting

Which of the following is not an assumption in Euler Buckling th eory?

a) Straightness ot COIUll lii
d) All

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A short column fails by

(crushing/buckling) while a long or slender
column fails by _ _ ___ (crushing/ buckling) .
The slope of Southwell plot gives the _ _ _ __
For the angles tested for compression, the actual buckling load is found to be lesser
t ha n th e on e given by Euler's the ory. Why? (Give anyone reason)
According to Euler's theory, the effective length ' kl ' is the distance between points
of inflection in the deformed shape . The effective length factor'k' for :
(i) One end restrained against translation alone, other end restrained aga inst both
rotation and t ranslat ion is _ _ _ _ __

34.

In t he test for behav ior of sh ear reinforced beam, afte r failu re, the load disp layed
on t he load guage (and t hus t he loa d com ing onJhe beam) decreases despite more
oil being pumped in order to increase the load. Why?

35.

For a beam w ith shear reinforcement, does the main reinforcement (provided for
flexure) influence the shear capacity?
What is principle based on w hi ch the strain gauges work?

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37.

What do you mean by "load controlled " experiments?

38.

What is th e approx imate y ield strai n of 15:2062 mild steel?

39.

In sections with thick plate elements _ __ _ _ type of torsion is predominant. ~_r"ll

40.

In symmetric sections (about both axes)-. what are the buckling modes that may
occur?

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