RCC Structures Design If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weight 'w' per unit volume, the minimum depth (h) of the foundation from the free surface of the earth, is h = (W/Aw) [(1 + sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)] h = √(W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)]² h = (W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)]² h = (W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)] h = (W/Aw) [(1 + sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)] h = √(W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)]² h = (W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)]² h = (W/Aw) [(1 - sin φ)/(1 + sin φ)] ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
RCC Structures Design For initial estimate for a beam design, the width is assumed 1/20th of span 1/25th of span 1/15th of span 1/30th of span 1/20th of span 1/25th of span 1/15th of span 1/30th of span ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
RCC Structures Design A simply supported beam 6 m long and of effective depth 50 cm, carries a uniformly distributed load 2400 kg/m including its self weight. If the lever arm factor is 0.85 and permissible tensile stress of steel is 1400 kg/cm², the area of steel required, is 15 cm² 16 cm² 14 cm² 17 cm² 15 cm² 16 cm² 14 cm² 17 cm² ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
RCC Structures Design Though the effective depth of a T-beam is the distance between the top compression edge to the centre of the tensile reinforcement, for heavy loads, it is taken as 1/12th of the span 1/16th of the span 1/10th of the span 1/8th of the span 1/12th of the span 1/16th of the span 1/10th of the span 1/8th of the span ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
RCC Structures Design If the ratio of the span to the overall depth does not exceed 10, the stiffness of the beam will ordinarily be satisfactory in case of a Continuous beam None of these Simply supported beam Cantilever beam Continuous beam None of these Simply supported beam Cantilever beam ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
RCC Structures Design The maximum shear stress (q) in concrete of a reinforced cement concrete beam is (Shear force × Width)/Lever arm Lever arm/(Shear force × Width) Width/(Lever arm × Shear force) Shear force/(Lever arm × Width) (Shear force × Width)/Lever arm Lever arm/(Shear force × Width) Width/(Lever arm × Shear force) Shear force/(Lever arm × Width) ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP