CMCE 2415 Elements of Structural Design - Concrete Assignment 1: Beams in Bending

Ob ecti!e: "ou are #art of a structural engineering firm $ired b% a local arc$itectural firm to anal%&e s#ecific structural elements of a multi-stor% academic building or museum' ("ou )ill #ut into teams and %our team )ill be assigned to a team of arc$itectural students in t$e Arc$itectural *ec$nolog% De#t'+ "our first tas, is to re!ie) a floor#lan and design a specific beam for ade-uac% in bending' "ou are to utili&e AC. codes and assume beams are sim#l% su##orted bet)een columns' Assume f/c 0 1,si2 f% 0 34,si2 51 stirru#s2 and interior co!er' *$e beam must be able to carr% a ser!ice dead load of 4'15 ,sf 6%ou must add in beam )eig$t7 and a ser!ice li!e load of 4'12 ,sf' "ou are to access t$e arc$itectural dra)ings t$roug$ t$e O#en8ab )ebsite: $tt#:99o#enlab'cit%tec$'cun%'edu9buildingtec$4#osts9' Do)nload t$e dra)ings from %our arc$itectural team from t$e :Submittal 1; section' Design onl% t$e beam t$at $as been tagged on t$e dra)ing' .f t$e beam dimensions are found to be inadequate for t$e loading2 %ou are to #erform a free beam design )it$ dimensions t$at are ade-uate to carr% t$e loads' .f t$e dimensions are adequate2 %ou are to #erform a free beam design )it$ dimensions t$at are more economical' .n bot$ cases2 %ou are to contact t$e arc$itectural firm and discuss t$e ad ustments to t$e dimensions' Submission: Eac$ student is re-uired to submit t$e follo)ing: Calculations < are to be done b% $and on ='5; > 11; engineering #a#er' ?lease #ro!ide a final s,etc$ of %our design 6e>: beam $eig$t2 )idt$2 reinforcement2 co!er2 and stirru# dimensions7' Scan %our )or, so t$at it can be for)arded to t$e arc$itect if needed' Corres#ondence < one #erson from eac$ structural engineering team is to corres#ond b% on O#en8ab )it$ t$eir arc$itectural team regarding ad ustments to t$e beam design' Be sure to include t$e contact emails of all t$e team members and ma,e sure all corres#ondence is #rofessional' *o #ost a comment2 clic, on :8ea!e a comment; under %our arc$itectural teams submission' Due: @e>t class

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