PROJECT: REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES 1

LECTURER: Ph.D. HO DUC DUY

Contents
I.

Information of beam............................................................................................. 3

II.

Design the section for moment............................................................................4

1.

Check if compression steel is required:.............................................................4

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I.

Information of beam
Total length of beam

5.5

Height of beam

550

mm

Width of beam

250

mm

Uniformly distributed load

50

kN/m

Strength class of concrete

fck

20

MPa

Strength class of steel

fyk

500

MPa

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II.

Design the section for moment

- For simply supported beam, = 1 as there is no possibility of redistribution.

According to that, fck=20 MPa 50 MPa =>
- Ultimate moment at mid-span: M =

- Assuming the cover is 25 mm and the main bars are 25 mm in diameter, then:
d = 550 25 25/2 = 512.5 mm, say 510 mm

a. Check if compression steel is required:

- Maximum moment that the beam section can resist as a singly reinforced section is:
Msr = kbd2fck = 0.196 x 250 x 5102 x 20 x 10-6 = 254.9 kN.m
Since M < Msr, compression steel is not required

b. Design for tension steel:

k = M / (bd2fck) = 189.1 x 106 / (250 x 5102 x 20) = 0.145 < 0.196

Choose 4d18; As,provide = 1018 mm2

- The acutal effective depth: d = 550 25 18/2 = 516 mm > 510 mm (satisfied)

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c. Checking the deflection for beam:

As,provide
As,req

1018
1.045
974

1018
100 0.79% 0 % 10 3 20 100 0.45%
250 516

- Simply supported beam K=1 and no compression steel ' = 0

L
0.45

1 11 1.5 20
14.82
d
0.79

- L = 5.5m < 7m =>

- Correcting for
- Actual

L
14.82
d

As,provide
As, req

L
= 14.82 x 1.045 = 15.49
d

L 5500

10.66
d
516

The deflection will not exceed the permitted L/250

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d. Bar curtailment:
-

The 2 inside bars can be curtailed, leaving 2 outside bards to run to full length. As = 509 mm2
The 2 inside bars can be stopped at 250 + L0/5 = 250 + 5250/5 = 1300 mm from the ends

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2.Assuming that tension steel yields

Total tensile force: T = 0.87fykAs = 0.87 x 500 x 1018 x 10-3 = 442.83 kN
The compression force:
For equilibrium T = C => x = 166 mm < 0.448d = 231 mm (satisfied)
Check the strain in steel

Steel yields. Therefore the initial assumption is valid

Moment of resistance: M = Tz = 442.83 x 450 x 10-3 = 199.27 kN.m > 189.1 kN.m (satisfied)

3. Design for shear:

Check if shear reinforement is required, Ved>VRd,c

0.32 MPa

=> Shear reinforcement is

Check if the section strength is adequate, Ved<VRd,max

=> Choosing
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Design of shear reinforcement:

Choose 2-leg links of 6 mm diameter, ensure that:

Maximum spacing:
Minimum steel requirement:

=>Choosing a spacing of 200 mm

Calculate the shear resistance with minimum shear steel s = 300

This shear force occurs at

from the ends

The minimum length of beam from the ends that need to use d6s200 = L/4 = 1.375 m
=>Beyond 1.4 m from the ends, only d6s300 is required

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