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16-Civ-B2 Advanced Structural Design

Worked solutions to 12 past sittings (2013–2019), 84 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2019

  1. Question 1: Two-span continuous beam — section for each span and a full moment connection at B
  2. Question 2: Figure 2 frame — one wide-flange section for the beam and both columns
  3. Question 3: The same frame designed as a sway frame — one section for AB, BD and DF
  4. Question 4: Reinforced concrete cross-section for the Figure 4 beam
  5. Question 5: Square reinforced concrete section for portion A–B of member A–B–C
  6. Question 6: Rectangular footing with a 4 : 1 plan ratio under member A–B–C, and the column-to-pier connection
  7. Question 7: Prestressed beam section for the Figure 4 loading

December 2018

  1. Question 1: Reinforced concrete design of member BCD
  2. Question 2: Member DEF as a reinforced concrete beam-column
  3. Question 3: Long-term deflection of BCD and the footing at F
  4. Question 4: Plastic design of the steel rigid frame
  5. Question 5: Post-tensioned girder designed for no tension
  6. Question 6: Composite steel-concrete pedestrian bridge
  7. Question 7: Two-span continuous welded plate girder

May 2018

  1. Question 1: Welded Plate Girder by the Non-Stiffened-Web Approach
  2. Question 2: Plastic Design of the Same Girder
  3. Question 3: Post-Tensioned Girder — Section and Tendons
  4. Question 4: Composite Steel-Concrete Bridge Floor
  5. Question 5: Reinforced Concrete Rigid Frame — Member AB
  6. Question 6: Design of the Reinforced Concrete Column BC
  7. Question 7: Long-Term Deflection of AB and the Footing at C

December 2017

  1. Question 1: Plastic design of the rigid steel frame and its welded corner
  2. Question 2: Beam-column check of member ABC and the footing at A
  3. Question 3: Plate girder for flexure, shear and their interaction
  4. Question 4: Composite steel–concrete bridge cross-section and shear connectors
  5. Question 5: Prestressed concrete girder with no tension in the cross-section
  6. Question 6: Limit states design of the reinforced concrete member ABC
  7. Question 7: Member ABC as a beam-column, and the long-term deflection at B

December 2016

  1. Question 1: Post-tensioned girder — section, strand area and cable profile
  2. Question 2: Two-span welded plate girder — flexure, shear and interaction
  3. Question 3: Plastic design of the rigid frame and its footing
  4. Question 4: Composite steel-concrete floor system
  5. Question 5: Reinforced-concrete rigid frame — beam BC
  6. Question 6: Check of the steel beam-column AB
  7. Question 7: Reinforced-concrete tee beam — member AB

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Welded Stiffened-Web Plate Girder
  2. Question 2: Composite Steel-Concrete Pedestrian Bridge
  3. Question 3: Plastic Design of the Rigid Frame and its Welded Knee
  4. Question 4: Beam-Column Check of BC and the Footing at C
  5. Question 5: Reinforced-Concrete Design of Beam AB
  6. Question 6: Beam-Column Checks on the Concrete Column BC
  7. Question 7: Post-Tensioned Prestressed Concrete T-Girder

December 2015

  1. Question 1: Welded Stiffened-Web Plate Girder
  2. Question 2: Post-Tensioned Prestressed Concrete Girder
  3. Question 3: Composite Steel–Concrete Warehouse Floor
  4. Question 4: Plastic Design of the Steel Rigid Frame
  5. Question 5: Beam-Column AB and the Welded Corner at B
  6. Question 6: Reinforced Concrete Design of the Continuous Girder
  7. Question 7: Reinforced Concrete Design of the Rigid Frame

May 2015

  1. Question 1: Plastic design of the steel rigid frame and its footing
  2. Question 2: Welded corner at joint B and the beam-column check
  3. Question 3: Three-span continuous welded plate girder
  4. Question 4: Composite steel-concrete pedestrian bridge
  5. Question 5: Prestressed concrete tee-beam — section, strands and profile
  6. Question 6: Reinforced-concrete design of member BC for flexure and shear
  7. Question 7: Design of member AB as a reinforced-concrete beam-column

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Two-span continuous welded plate girder
  2. Question 2: Post-tensioned T-beam with cantilever
  3. Question 3: Composite bridge cross-section
  4. Question 4: Plastic design of the rigid frame and its welded corner
  5. Question 5: Footing at E and the beam-column CE
  6. Question 6: Reinforced concrete design of member AC
  7. Question 7: Reinforced concrete design of column CE

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Welded steel plate girder — flexure, shear and interaction
  2. Question 2: Reinforced-concrete design of member BC
  3. Question 3: Reinforced-concrete column AB and its footing
  4. Question 4: Prestressed-concrete T-beam — no tension permitted
  5. Question 5: Plastic design of the steel frame and the welded corner at B
  6. Question 6: Steel beam-column AB
  7. Question 7: Composite steel–concrete floor system

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Continuous welded plate girder
  2. Question 2: Plastic design of the rigid frame and its footing
  3. Question 3: Welded corner connection and the beam-column AB
  4. Question 4: Composite floor beam for a warehouse
  5. Question 5: Reinforced concrete design of member BC
  6. Question 6: Beam-column CD and the rigid connection at B
  7. Question 7: Post-tensioned prestressed concrete girder

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: Two-span continuous beam — lightest wide-flange section
  2. Question 2: Rigid-jointed frame — one wide-flange section for beam and columns
  3. Question 3: Two sections for the Figure 1 beam, with a welded moment splice at B
  4. Question 4: Reinforced concrete beam for the Figure 3 loading
  5. Question 5: Square reinforced concrete column for the Figure 2 frame with a rigid deck
  6. Question 6: Rectangular footing at 3:1 for column A–B, and the column-to-pier connection
  7. Question 7: Prestressed beam for the Figure 3 loading, and its long-term deflection