ELEMENT DESIGN to BS 8110:1997

SOLID SLABS
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INPUT Location D&D: interior span solid slab gc = 1.50 Design moment, M 216.0 kNm/m fcu 40 N/mm gs = 1.05 b 1.00 fy 460 N/mm span 6500 mm Height, h 1000 mm Section location CONTINUOUS SPAN Bar mm Compression steel NONE 20 cover 50 mm to these bars (deflection control only) OUTPUT D&D: interior span solid slab Compression steel = NONE d = 1000 - 50 - 20/2 = 940.0 mm (3.4.4.4) K' = 0.156 > K = 0.006 ok (3.4.4.4) z = 940.0 [0.5 + (0.25 - 0.006 /0.893)]^ = 933.6 > 0.95d = 893.0 mm (3.4.4.1) As = 216.00E6 /460 /893.0 x 1.05 = 552 < min As = 1300 mm/m PROVIDE T20 @ 225 = 1396 mm/m . (Eqn 8) fs = 2/3 x 460 x 552 /1396 /1.00 = 121.3 N/mm (Eqn 7) Tens mod factor = 0.55 + (477 - 121.3) /120 /(0.9 + 0.244) = 2.000 (3.4.6.3) Permissible L/d = 26.0 x 2.000 = 52.000 . Actual L/d = 6500 /940.0 = 6.915 ok . . .

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RECTANGULAR BEAMS
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INPUT Location D&D: Main beam 1st Floor @internal support Design moment, M 37.0 kNm fcu 25 b 1.00 fy 460 Span 6500 mm Comp cover 20 Height, h 300 mm Tens cover 20 Breadth, b 200 mm Side cover 20 16 Tens mm 12 Comp mm Section location

N/mm N/mm

gc = 1.50 gs = 1.15

mm to main reinforcement mm to main reinforcement mm to main reinforcement

CONTINUOUS SPAN

OUTPUT D&D: Main beam 1st Floor @internal support d = 300 - 20 - 20/2 = 270.0 mm (3.4.4.4) K' = 0.156 > K = 0.102 ok . (3.4.4.4) z = 270.0(0.5 + (0.25 - 0.102/0.893)^ ) = 235.0 < 256.5 mm (Fig 3.3) fst = 400.0 N/mm As = 1E6 x 37 /234.7 /400.0 = 394 mm . PROVIDE 2 T20 tension steel = 628 mm (Equn 8) fs = 2/3 x 460 x 394 /628 = 192.4 N/mm (Table 3.11) Comp mod factor = 1 + 0.419 /(3 + 0.419) = 1.123 < 1.5 (Table 3.10) Tens mod factor = 0.55 + (477 - 192.4) /120 /(0.9 + 2.538) = 1.240 < 2 . Permissible L/d = 26.0 x 1.123 x 1.240 = 36.190 (3.4.6.3) (3.4.6.1) Actual L/d = 6500 /270.0 = 24.074 ok . . . . . . . . . . .

ELEMENT DESIGN to BS 8110:1997

SIMPLE TEE & L BEAMS

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INPUT

Location D&D: Main beam, 1st Floor 8m span gc = 1.50 M 280.0 kNm fcu 40 N/mm gs = 1.05 b 1.00 fy 460 N/mm span 8000 mm Comp cover 48 mm to main reinforcement h 500 mm Tens cover 40 mm to main reinforcement bw 300 mm Side cover 35 mm to main reinforcement bf 400 mm INTERIOR SPAN hf 100 mm Section location Tens 32 mm Section shape T BEAM Top steel 2 no & 12 .

OUTPUT D&D: Main beam, 1st Floor 8m span . d = 500 - 40 - 32/2 = 444.0 mm (3.4.4.4) K' = 0.156 > K = 0.089 (3.4.4.4) x = 444 /0.45(0.5 - (0.25 - 0.089 /0.893)^) = 110.4 mm (within flange) (3.4.4.4) z = 444 - 0.45 x 110.4 = 394.3 < 421.8 mm As' = 0 < 226 mm (3.4.4.4) As = 280.0E6 / 394.3 /460 x 1.05 = 1621 mm . . PROVIDE 3 T32 bottom = 2413 mm (Eqn 8) fs = 2/3 x 460 x 1,621 /2,413 = 206.0 N/mm (Table 3.11) Comp mod factor = 1 + 0.170 /(3 + 0.170) = 1.054 < 1.5 (Table 3.10) Tens mod factor = 0.55 + (477 - 206.0) /120 /(0.9 + 3.551) = 1.057 < 2 (3.4.6.3) Permissible L/d = 24.1 x 1.054 x 1.057 = 26.896 (3.4.6.1) Actual L/d = 8000 /444.0 = 18.018 ok

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BEAM SHEAR
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INPUT Location D&D: Main beam, 1st Floor 8m span, RH end gc = 1.50 fcu = 35 N/mm d b gs = 1.05 fyl = 460 N/mm 540 400
Main Steel Link
10 mm

Legs

Side cover

Shear V

UDL

4
No

25 mm

2
No

35
mm

264.0
kN

97.9
kN/m

OUTPUT D&D: Main beam, 1st Floor 8m span, RH end As = 1963 N/mm = 0.909% (Eqn 3) v = 264.0 x 10 /400 /540 = 1.222 N/mm (Table 3.8) vc = 0.685 N/mm, from table 3.8 (v - vc)bv = 214.9 N/mm PROVIDE 2 legs T10 @ 300 = 229.4 N/mm Provide for distance of 300 mm then nominal links = 2 legs T10 @ 400

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COLUMN DESIGN
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SYMMETRICAL RECT-ANGULAR COLUMN DESIGN

2001-2003 BCA for RCC

INPUT

Location D&D: external column Axial load, N 1654 kN Moment, M 125.0 kNm height, h 300 mm breadth, b 300 mm Max bar mm 32 cover (to link) 30 mm

fcu 40 fy 460 fyv 460 gm 1.05 gm 1.50 Link 8

N/mm N/mm N/mm steel concrete mm

CALCULATIONS D&D: external column from M As = {M - 0.67fcu.b.dc(h/2 - dc/2)}/[(h/2-d').(fsc+fst).gm] from N As = (N - 0.67fcu.b.dc/gm) / (fsc - fst) .67fcu/gm = fy/gm = from iteration, n.a. depth, x, = 0.67.fcu.b.dc/gm = Steel comp strain = Steel tens strain = Steel stress in comp. face, fsc = Steel stress in tensile face, fst = from M, As = 17.9 N/mm 438.1 N/mm 225.8 1089.4 0.00266 0.00031 438 63 1504
mm kN

(3.4.4.1) (Figs 2.1, 2.2 & 3.3)

where As = Ast = Asc: dc=min(h,0.9x)

d' = d= dc =

54.0 mm 246.0 mm 203.2 mm

N/mm N/mm mm
OK

(Comp. stress in reinf.) (Tensile stress in reinf.) from N, As = 1504 mm

OUTPUT D&D: external column As req'd = 1504mm T&B:- PROVIDE 4T32 (ie 2T32T&B - 1609mm T&B - 3.6% o/a - @ 192cc.) Links : - PROVIDE T8 @ 300 .
Strain diagram
0.00350 0.00266 438

Stress diagram
0

17.9 N/mm

Notes -0.00031 -63 -0.00115 0 Stresses in N/mm 2 Compression +ve - - - Neutral axis

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Minor correction to cell N12 on "SLAB" (> changed to < ). DETR logo replaced by DTI. Version 2 enhancements COLUMN: Minor mods to N37:U37; Chart at U2 reactivated. Addition of input controls. Addition of input controls. SHEAR:K22 lateral link spacing corrected. SHEAR:C19 & C20 reformatted, and lateral link spacing check added (C Braidwood). R Lawson comments incorporated (gc refs etc). Revisions to TEE~BEAM. Option of required compression rebar added. Neutral axis, x allowed below flange soffite - IStructE 'Green book' method followed where flanges outside bw have z = d-hf/2, and bw acts as beam. First public release. Includes b version comments & chg mods to COLUMN

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