Example 5.

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A rectangular beam, is to be designed to carry a design shear force of Vd = 100kN. The
width of the beam is 300mm and is made using concrete fck = 20MPa, class I work. It is
flexurally reinforced with 220 at top and 320 at bottom which continued
uninterrupted in to the support
(a) Determine the minimum required depth when pair legged stirrups of 8 c/c 250mm
are used, and
(b) Determine the spacing of stirrups required when the gross depth of the beam is
400mm, assume fyk = 300MPa for both types of reinforcement.
(c) Determine also min d below which the usage o RC is not possible.
Solution
Design constants
0.85 f ck f yk
fcd = 11 .3 fyd = 160.87
1 .5 1.15
2
0.21 f ck 3
fctd = 1.03
1.5
a v df yd
(a) Vd = Vc + Vs = 0.25fctd K1K2bwd +
S
3 * 314
Assume K2 = 1.0, K1 = 1+ 50 * 1 157 d
300d
2 * 50 * d * 260.87
100 * 10 N 0.25 * 1.03 * (1 157 d ) *1.0 * 300d
3

250
Solving d = 488mm K2 = 1.6-0.488 = 1.112
Revising K2 = 1.112
157
100*103 = 0.25 * 1.03 * 1.112 * (1 + ) * 300d 104.348d
d
d = 455mm, K2 = 1.155.
Revising further d = 445
D = 445 + 45 = 490
Use 300 x 490
(b) when D = 400
d = 400-45 = 355mm
As 3 * 314
= 0.0088
bd 300 * 355
 Vc = 0.25 * 1.03 * 1.44 * 1.245 * 300 * 355 * 10-3
a v df yd 2 * 50 * 355 * 260.87
S= 182.19mm
V d Vc 100 * 10 3 49.17 * 10 3

Use 8 c/c 180mm

(c) Design for shear
VRd = 0.25fcdbwd = 0.25 * 11.3 * 300d 100*103
d 118mm