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    A 15 column is part of a frame that is laterally inhibited in both directions. The column is pinned at top and bottom. The controlling factored load combination causes bending about the X-axis from lateral distributed loading from wind. For steel, the limits states to check are (a) adequate capacity and (b) is a W12x45 section adequate? For concrete, the limits states to check are (a) adequate capacity and (b) is the given reinforced concrete section adequate?

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    A 15 column is part of a frame that is laterally inhibited in both directions. The column is pinned at top and bottom. The controlling factored load combination causes bending about the X-axis from lateral distributed loading from wind. For steel, the limits states to check are (a) adequate capacity and (b) is a W12x45 section adequate? For concrete, the limits states to check are (a) adequate capacity and (b) is the given reinforced concrete section adequate?

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    UC Berkeley Comprehensive Exam

    Civil and Environmental Engineering Structural Design Spring 2020


    SEMM

    A 15 col mn is par of a frame ha is sideway inhibited in both directions. The column is pinned
    at top and bottom. The controlling factored load combination is shown below with lateral
    distributed loading from wind causing bending about the X-axis.

    Choose either steel or concrete to complete this problem. Do not do both!

    Steel: (a) What limit states do you need to check for? (b) Is a W12x45 with A992 adequate?
    A (in2) d (in) bf (in) tw (in) tf (in) bf/2tf h/tw
    13.1 12.2 8.05 0.335 0.575 7.00 29.6
    Ix (in4) Zx (in3) Sx (in3) rx Iy (in4) Zy (in3) Sy (in3) ry
    W12X45

    348 64.2 57.7 5.15 50 19.0 12.4 1.95


    Lp (ft) Lr (ft)
    6.89 22.4

    Concrete: (a) What limit states do you need to check for? (b) Is the section drawn below i h f c
    = 4 ksi and Fy = 60 ksi adequate?
    University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Spring Semester 2019 Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials

    NAME:__________________________________

    Comprehensive Exam - Structural Design

    A small office building with square floor plan is braced by single-bay moment frames located around the
    building perimeter, with one moment frame per side. A typical elevation is shown. The remainder of the
    framing is of either reinforced concrete flat-plate framing supported on columns or concrete on metal
    deck supported by pin-ended beams and columns, and can be classified as gravity framing not designated
    as part of the seismic-force-resisting system. Service loads comprise self-weight, which can be taken as
    100 psf acting on the floor area, plus 50 psf live load. The building is located in a region of high
    seismicity, with calculated vibration period of T = 0.2s. The design earthquake response spectrum is
    shown. Note that the design earthquake response spectrum represents elastic response of a single-degree-
    of-freedom oscillator with 5% of critical damping subjected to ground shaking with approximately 475-
    year return period.

    (a) Estimate (with supporting calculations) the design base shear for the building along one of its principal
    axes.

    (b) Estimate the design moment Mu for a moment frame beam at the face of the column.

    (c) Assume the beam is efficiently designed for Mn = Mu. Estimate the maximum axial tension that might
    reasonably occur at one of the pin supports supporting the moment resisting frame.
    University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Spring Semester 2018 Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials

    NAME:__________________________________

    MS Comprehensive Exam - Structural Design

    A rigid block is supported on four columns laid out on a 28 ft by 28 ft grid. The columns are supported on
    a rigid foundation on a very stiff rock. The columns are fixed against rotation at both ends. Weight W
    comprises 1400 kips service dead load and 400 kips service live load. You may otherwise ignore self-
    weight. Total design lateral load V is 400 kips, which was calculated from the design earthquake loading
    using ASCE 7 including permissible force reduction factor R/Ie. For this problem, assume the load V acts
    in one horizontal direction and ignore loading in the orthogonal horizontal direction and the vertical
    direction. The columns can be either structural concrete or structural steel. If concrete, use fc’ = 4000 psi
    and Grade 60 steel, and assume the column has square cross section. If steel, use A36 steel. An engineer
    has completed preliminary designs for both steel and concrete, with the resulting nominal strengths
    shown.

    (a) In this sentence, underline either structural concrete or structural steel to indicate the material you
    will use for your design.

    (b) Calculate the shear force, moment, and axial force in each column due to the lateral force V.

    (c) Use the LRFD method to assess whether the column moment design is sufficient for the specified
    loads. You may ignore second-order effects.

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