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This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Prestressed Concrete Structures knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
A pre tensioned beam is prestressed using 5mm diameter wires with an initial stress of 80 percent of the ultimate strength of steel fpu = 1600n/mm2. Calculate average bond stress? |
A. | 4.20n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
B. | 3.30n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
C. | 2.0n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
D. | 4.9n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
Answer» C. 2.0n/mm<sup>2</sup> | |
2. |
A pretensioned beam is prestressed using 5mm diameter wires, bp = 7.42, = 0.00725, Lt = 485mm. Calculate the bond stress at l/4 and l/2 the transmission length from the end? |
A. | 3.7n/mm<sup>2</sup> and 1.82n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
B. | 2.2n/mm<sup>2</sup> and 5.8n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
C. | 4.8n/mm<sup>2</sup> and 10.5n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
D. | 1.5n/mm<sup>2</sup> and 7.4n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
Answer» B. 2.2n/mm<sup>2</sup> and 5.8n/mm<sup>2</sup> | |
3. |
A pre tensioned beam is prestressed with the cube strength of concrete at transfer is 30n/mm2 ( = 0.0235) calculate the transmission length? |
A. | 645mm |
B. | 1100mm |
C. | 485mm |
D. | 1600mm |
Answer» D. 1600mm | |
4. |
The prestressing force of 90 to 95 percent is obtained at about ____________ |
A. | Half of the transmission length |
B. | Three fourth of transmission length |
C. | Four third of transmission length |
D. | 1.5 of transmission length |
Answer» C. Four third of transmission length | |
5. |
The stress in a steel wire gradually increases from zero to the ____________ |
A. | Middle |
B. | Bottom |
C. | End |
D. | Top |
Answer» D. Top | |
6. |
The magnitude of the average bond stress compared to the maximum local bond stress is considerably ____________ |
A. | Less |
B. | More |
C. | Zero |
D. | Constant |
Answer» B. More | |
7. |
According to Marshall the wires of 2 and 5mm diameter are stressed to ____________ |
A. | 1500 and 1700n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
B. | 1575 and 1100n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
C. | 1400 and 1800n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
D. | 1250 and 1600n/mm<sup>2</sup> |
Answer» C. 1400 and 1800n/mm<sup>2</sup> | |
8. |
The relations proposed by Marshall for bond stress are given as ____________ |
A. | ( <sub>bp</sub>)x = ( <sub>bp</sub>)<sub>max</sub>e<sup>-4 x/ </sup> |
B. | ( <sub>bp</sub>)x = ( <sub>bp</sub>)<sub>max</sub>e<sup>-4 x</sup> |
C. | ( <sub>bp</sub>)x = ( <sub>bp</sub>)<sub>max</sub>e<sup>-4 </sup> |
D. | ( <sub>bp</sub>)x = ( <sub>bp</sub>)<sub>max</sub>e<sup>-4</sup> |
Answer» B. ( <sub>bp</sub>)x = ( <sub>bp</sub>)<sub>max</sub>e<sup>-4 x</sup> | |
9. |
The bond stress is zero at the distance equal to the ____________ |
A. | Tensile length |
B. | Span length |
C. | Transmission length |
D. | Anchorage length |
Answer» D. Anchorage length | |
10. |
The magnitude of bond stresses is developed between ____________ |
A. | Concrete and steel |
B. | Aggregates and steel |
C. | Water and steel |
D. | Bricks and steel |
Answer» B. Aggregates and steel | |