Civil Engineering MCQJE Level Civil Engineering
When the problem statement highlights simultaneous limiting strains in concrete and steel, which response is technically correct? Avoid the common trap that tension concrete carries the design moment.
RCCBalanced SectionMEDIUM
Choose the correct answer
A
tension concrete carries the design moment
B
concrete reaches limiting compression strain as steel reaches yield strain
C
steel stress is zero at collapse
D
neutral axis is outside the section
Correct Answer
B. concrete reaches limiting compression strain as steel reaches yield strain
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Balanced failure corresponds to simultaneous limiting states. Correct option: B.
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