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16-Civ-A2 Elementary Structural Design: Undated paper

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  1. Question 1 A1 — Axial capacity of a back-to-back channel column
  2. Question 2 A2 — Moment connection and adequacy of a cantilever beam
  3. Question 3 A3 — HSS member selection for a two-size truss
  4. Question 4 B1 — Moment and shear resistance of a reinforced concrete Tee
  5. Question 5 B2 — Design of a slender reinforced concrete column
  6. Question 6 B3 — Design of a reinforced concrete beam with an overhang
  7. Question 7 C1 — Design of a built-up dimension-lumber beam

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Paper format. 16-Civ-A2 Elementary Structural Design, May 2019 sitting, 3 hours, closed book with handbooks and textbooks permitted. Seven questions of 20 marks each: Part A (A1–A3, structural steel), Part B (B1–B3, reinforced concrete), Part C (C1, timber). The candidate answers two from Part A, two from Part B and one from Part C — all seven are solved here.

Reference texts. CSA S16 Design of Steel Structures and the CISC Handbook of Steel Construction (section properties, Tables 4-4 and 7); CSA A23.3 Design of Concrete Structures with Brzev & Pao, Reinforced Concrete Design: A Practical Approach; CSA O86 Engineering Design in Wood with the Canadian Wood Council Wood Design Manual; NBCC Part 4 for load combinations.

Page 1 of the paper specifies steel grade G40.21 300W unless noted, reinforcement 400W, and all loads shown unfactored unless otherwise stated.