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- Design of Concrete Structurescivil-engineering-mcqs › design-of-concrete-structures
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- 12 Jan 2019
- Last updated
- 28 May 2026
Explanation
Shear stress in a slab can be reduced primarily by increasing its depth, which enhances its capacity to resist shear forces. While providing shear reinforcement and using high-strength steel can help, the most direct approach is to increase the slab thickness.
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Practice related questions from the same subject.
- 1.Which of the following statements is accurate?
- 2.Which of the following statements is incorrect?
- 3.For a ring beam under a uniformly distributed load, which of the following statements are true?
- 4.What are the effects of the settlement of an intermediate support on a continuous beam?
- 5.Which factors influence the shrinkage of concrete?
- 6.What primarily determines the depth of the footing for an isolated column?
- 7.When designing the front counterfort in a counterfort retaining wall, where is the primary reinforcement placed?
- 8.In a counterfort retaining wall, where is the primary reinforcement typically placed?
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