A. Tensile edge
B. Tensile reinforcement
C. Neutral axis of the beam
D. Longitudinal central axis
Related Mcqs:
- A singly reinforced beam has breadth b, effective depth d, depth of neutral axis n and critical neutral axis n1. If fc and ft are permissible compressive and tensile stresses, the moment to resistance of the beam, is____________________?
A. bn (fc/2) (d – n/3)
B. Atft (d – n/3)
C. ½ n1 (1 – n1/3) cbd²
D. All the above - effective depth and depth of the neutral axis respectively of a singly reinforced If d and n are the beam, the lever arm of the beam, is_________________?
A. d
B. n
C. d + n/3
D. d – n/3 - A singly reinforced concrete beam of 25 cm width and 70 cm effective depth is provided with 18.75 cm2 steel. If the modular ratio (m) is 15, the depth of the neutral axis, is_________________?
A. 20 cm
B. 25 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 35 cm - In a singly reinforced beam, if the permissible stress in concrete reaches earlier than that in steel, the beam section is called________________?
A. Under-reinforced section
B. Over reinforced section
C. Economic section
D. Critical section - The stresses developed in concrete and steel in reinforced concrete beam 25 cm width and 70 cm effective depth, are 62.5 kg/cm2 and 250 kg/cm 2 respectively. If m = 15, the depth of its neutral axis is_______________?
A. 20 cm
B. 25 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 35 cm - 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__________________?
A. 1/8th of the span
B. 1/10th of the span
C. 1/12th of the span
D. 1/16th of the span - In a doubly-reinforced beam if and the effective depth and is depth of critical neutral axis, the following relationship holds good______________?
A. mc/t = n/(d – n)
B. (m + c)/t = n/(d + n)
C. (t + c)/n = (d + n)/n
D. mc/t = (d – n)/t - If depth of slab is 10 cm, width of web 30 cm, depth of web 50 cm, centre to centre distance of beams 3 m, effective span of beams 6 m, the effective flange width of the beam, is________________?
A. 200 cm
B. 300 cm
C. 150 cm
D. 100 cm - If the permissible compressive and tensile stresses in a singly reinforced beam are 50 kg/cm2 and 1400 kg/cm2 respectively and the modular ratio is 18, the percentage area At of the steel required for an economic section, is__________________?
A. 0.496 %
B. 0.596 %
C. 0.696 %
D. 0.796 %
- A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________?
A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
