Instructions: Answer the following problems below.

1. (5 points each item) A timber beam having a simple span of 5 m carries a total load including its
own weight of 12 kN/m. It has a width of 200 mm and a depth of 300 mm. fb = 16.5 MPa, fv = 1.65
MPa, E = 7000 MPa. Allowable deflection is 10 mm.

a. Check if the beam is safe for bending.

b. Check if the beam is safe for shear.
c. Check if the beam is safe for deflection.

2. (5 points each item) A 5 m simply supported beam has a width of 200 mm and a depth of 300
mm. The design properties are as follows: fb = 12.80 MPa, fv = 0.90 MPa, E = 7200 MPa. Sp. gr.
of wood is 0.72. Allowable deflection is 15 mm.

a. What is the safe uniform load that the beam can carry, considering bending?
b. What is the safe uniform load that the beam can carry, considering shear?
c. What is the safe uniform load that the beam can carry, considering deflection?

3. A simply supported wood beam with a span of L = 15 ft supports a distributed load of wO = 320
lb/ft as shown below. The allowable bending stress of the wood is 1200 psi and the allowable
shear is 120 psi. if d/b = 2.0, calculate the dimensions of the beam rounded off to the next value
of ten…

a. Considering bending.
b. Considering shear.

4. A cantilever timber beam with a span of L = 3.6 m supports a linearly distributed load with a
maximum intensity of wO. The beam width is b = 240 mm and the beam height is h = 180 mm. the
allowable bending stress of the wood is 7.6 MPa and the allowable shear is 0.90 MPa. Calculate
wO…

a. Considering Bending
b. Considering Shear

5. A simply supported timber beam has a length of 4 m and has dimensions of b = 200 mm and d =
500 mm. If the beam has a modulus of elasticity of 7610 MPa, Considering allowable deflection of
L/400…

a. What is the safe value of concentrated load “P” in kN that the beam can carry?
b. What is the safe value of uniformly distributed load wO in kN/m that the beam can carry?
6. A floor system made of 8 ft long wooden joists, spaced 18 inches on centers, carries a total load
of 102 lb/ft2, excluding the weight of the wood. The wood has the following design properties
shown below. If the joists will be loaded on its narrow side, and d/b = 2.0,

Allowable bending stress 1,500 lb/in2

Allowable shear stress 144 lb/in2
Modulus of elasticity 938,000 lb/in2
Specific gravity 0.55

a. Determine the dimensions of the floor joists, in inches, considering bending. Round off your
answers to the nearest 1/16th inch.
b. Determine the dimensions of the floor joists, in inches, considering shear. Round off your
answers to the nearest 1/16th inch.
c. Determine the dimensions of the floor joists, in inches, considering maximum deflection of
L/300. Round off your answers to the nearest 1/16th inch.

7. A roof truss has a pitch of 1/5, is spaced 2.5 m apart. Purlins 75 mm by 100 mm, spaced at 0.50
m on centers will be placed in between the trusses and will carry a roof load of 980 N/m2,
excluding the purlin weight. The design wind velocity is 285 kph and the allowable design values
are shown on the table below. If the purlins will be installed on the truss on the narrow side,

Allowable bending stress 10 MPa

Allowable shear stress 1.14 MPa
Modulus of elasticity 4,220 MPa
Specific gravity 0.52

a. Calculate the wind load acting normal to the roof surface.

b. Calculate the uniform load normal to the roof surface.
c. Calculate the uniform tangential load.
d. Calculate the maximum bending moment normal to the roof surface.
e. Calculate the maximum tangential bending moment.
f. Calculate the maximum shear force normal to the roof surface.
g. Calculate the maximum tangential shear force.
h. Calculate the actual bending stress acting on the purlins. Is it safe? Justify your answer.
i. Calculate the actual shearing stress acting on the purlins. Is it safe? Justify your answer.
j. Calculate the total deflection acting on the purlins. If the allowable deflection of the purlins is
L/300, is it safe? Justify your answer.