a) Consider a simply supported reinforced concrete beam 30ft long with a wu of 6 kip/ft. If fc’ is 4000 psi, determine if this beam has cracked if it is 36 inches high, 12 inches wide, and has 4 No. 9 bars of 60 ksi rebar at a depth of 33 in from the top. b) regardless of your answer in part a) list three things you could change about the design of this beam to prevent the cracking?

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a) Consider a simply supported reinforced concrete beam 30ft long with a wu of 6 kip/ft. If fc’ is 4000 psi, determine if this beam has cracked if it is 36 inches high, 12 inches wide, and has 4 No. 9 bars of 60 ksi rebar
at a depth of 33 in from the top.
b) regardless of your answer in part a) list three things you could change about the design of this beam to
prevent the cracking?

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