Recent questions tagged design-of-beams

A simply supported prismatic concrete beam of rectangular cross-section, having a span of $8\:m$, is prestressed with an effective prestressing force of $600\:kN$. The ec...

A simply supprted rectangular concrete beam of span $8$ m has to be prestressed with a force of $1600$ kN. The tendon is of parabolic profile having zero eccentricity at ...

For a given loading on a rectangular plain concrete beam with an overall depth of $500 \: mm$, the compressive strain and tensile strain developed at the extreme fibers a...

A simply supported reinforced concrete beam of length $10$ m sags while undergoing shrinkage. Assuming a uniform curvature of $0.004 m^{-1}$ along the span, the maximum d...

An RCC beam of rectangular cross section has factored shear of $200$ kN at its critical section. Its width $b$ is $250$ mm and effective depth $d$ is $350$ mm. Assume des...