WorksheetsPrestressed Concrete Structures - Pre Assessment Test
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The maximum moment of resistance in a pole is generally required at:
1) Base
Corner
Edge
Middle
The main advantage of prestressed concrete piles over traditional reinforced and concrete steel piles is:
Moment carrying capacity
Beam carrying capacity
Column carrying capacity
Foundation carrying capacity
Prestressed concrete sheet piles are ideally suited for the construction of:
Air frond bulkheads
Water frond bulkheads
Half brick walls
Full brick walls
The prominent prestressed sleepers which have been adopted by railways of various countries is:
Single block sleepers
Gauge sleepers
Two block sleepers
1) Friction sleepers
In reinforced concrete members the prestress is commonly introduced by:
Tensioning the steel reinforcement
Tendons
Shortening of concrete
Rings
Which of the following basic concept is involved in the analysis of prestressed concrete members?
Combined and bending stresses
Principle stresses
Shear stresses
Overhead stresses
The concept which is used in many branches of civil engineering and building construction?
Reinforced concrete
Prestressed concrete
Steel concrete
Lump sum concrete
Development of early cracks in reinforced concrete is due to:
Strains of steel
Stresses of steel
Ultimate load
Bending of steel
Concrete is weak in?
Compression
Tension
Loading
Bending
The attempt to introduce permanently acting forces in concrete to resist the elastic forces is:
Prestressing
Loading
Pre-straining
Bending
