If the permissible compressive and tensile stresses in a singly reinforced beam are 50 kg/cm2 and 1400 kg/cm2 respectively and the modular ratio is 18, the percentage area At of the steel required for an economic section, is
Options
A. 0.496%
B. 0.596%
C. 0.696%
D. 0.796%
E. none of these.
Correct Answer
0.696%
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1. The increased cohesiveness of concrete, makes it
Options
A. less liable to segregation
B. more liable to segregation
C. more liable to bleeding
D. more liable for surface scaling in frosty weather