To ensure adequate ductility for preventing failures during earthquakes, the percentage tension reinforcement 'p' on any face at any section in beams and girders should NOT exceed which one of the following values, when M15 concrete and mild steel bars are used for the construction of beams or girders (p is the percentage compression reinforcement and fok and fy have their usual meanings)? sy (a) p≤p +0.011ck fsy (b) p≤pc +0.19 ck fsy (c) pspc +0.15 ck fsy (d) psp +0.11/ck
To ensure adequate ductility for preventing failures during earthquakes, the percentage tension reinforcement 'p' on any face at any section in beams and girders should NOT exceed which one of the following values, when M15 concrete and mild steel bars are used for the construction of beams or girders (p is the percentage compression reinforcement and fok and fy have their usual meanings)? sy (a) p≤p +0.011ck fsy (b) p≤pc +0.19 ck fsy (c) pspc +0.15 ck fsy (d) psp +0.11/ck
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![To ensure adequate ductility for preventing failures
during earthquakes, the percentage tension
reinforcement 'p' on any face at any section in
beams and girders should NOT exceed which
one of the following values, when M15 concrete
and mild steel bars are used for the construction
of beams or girders (p is the percentage
compression reinforcement and fk and have
their usual meanings)?
sy
(a) p≤p +0.011ck
Isy
(b) pspc +0.19 k
fsy
fck
(c) psp +0.15 k
fsy
(d) psp. +0.11/ck
fay](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff3e15b91-3fd8-4a95-a1e2-b5e0eba20298%2F1c3b4c6a-a238-46a7-adad-811d5ac4fded%2Fabt4g5p_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:To ensure adequate ductility for preventing failures
during earthquakes, the percentage tension
reinforcement 'p' on any face at any section in
beams and girders should NOT exceed which
one of the following values, when M15 concrete
and mild steel bars are used for the construction
of beams or girders (p is the percentage
compression reinforcement and fk and have
their usual meanings)?
sy
(a) p≤p +0.011ck
Isy
(b) pspc +0.19 k
fsy
fck
(c) psp +0.15 k
fsy
(d) psp. +0.11/ck
fay
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