Question 1a.

A monument made of masonry is 4 m wide, 1.5 m thick and 6 m high. It is subjected to a

horizontal wind pressure of 1 kN /m
2
, acting on the width of the wall. Determine the maximum
and minimum intensities of stress at the base of the monument, if the masonry weighs 22 kN/m
3
.
(10 marks)






Question 1b.
i) A girder 10 m long has the cross section as in figure 2b. It is simply supported over a span
of 6 m as shown in figure 2a.If the maximum direct stress in the girder is limited to 150
N/mm
2
, determine the maximum permissible uniformly distributed load that may be applied
to the girder. (19 marks)


ii) State three different possible types of support in a structure. (6marks)
A
B
2 m 6 m 2 m
Figure 2a




Question 2
a) For the applied loading shown in the Figure 3:
i) determine the support reactions, (4marks)
ii) sketch the shear force diagram and (5marks)
iii) sketch the bending moment diagram indicating the maximum value(s). (5 marks)


b) Name THREE different types of load and give one example of each. (6marks)












4 m 2 m
2 KN/m
6 KN/m
12 KN
A
B
C
Figure 3
Question 3
a) Determine the support reactions and the forces in each member of the pin-jointed
frame shown in the Figure 2, using the method of JOINT RESOLUTION.
(15marks)



b) State the main difference between an arch and a cable. (2marks)

c) What THREE assumptions are normally made in the static analysis of a truss? (3
marks)








50 KN
25 KN
25 KN
12 KN
5 m 5 m
5

m
A
B
C
D
E
F
Figure 2
Question 4a
a) For the structure shown in figure 4a, calculate the support moment ( M
A
, M
B
and M
E
)
by the Moment distribution method.
A
B
2 m 2 m
E,I E,2I
E
10 kN/m
20 kN
2 m 2 m
20 kN
D C
FIGURE 4a

(13 MARKS)
Question 4b
For the shape shown in figure 4b,
Calculate:
i) the position of the centroid taking the bottom left corner as the origin of the x-y
plane. (6marks)
ii) the second moment of area about the centroidal (X-X) axis(I
XX
).
(6marks)
1000
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
200
700
FIGURE 4b