1. A 6m span simply supported beam is subjected to 35 kN/m design load.
The beam is 300mm
wide and 450 mm deep. Use C25/30 and S-500 material strength. Assume ϕ8 for shear
reinforcement and the concrete cover to reinforcement is 43 mm. The beam is supported by
300 by 300 mm column and also the beam is reinforced for flexure 2ϕ16 near the support and
4ϕ16 at the mid span. Determine the necessary shear reinforcement?(10pts)
2. The floor system consists of a series of slabs shown in the figure below which is subjected to
1.5kN/m2 characteristic permanent load from floor finishing and 3kN/m2 characteristic live
load. Use C25/30 & S-400 material strength and assume the beam have an overall depth of
50cm. For your design use 10 mm diameter bars for main reinforcement and take column
dimension 30 cm by 30 cm.
a) Design the slabs for flexure?(25pt)
b) Show the load transfer from slab to beam on axis-2 (5pt)
Fig. 1: Floor plan
Solution #Q2. a) Design the slabs for flexure?(25pt)
Step-1:- Design constant
C25/30 -----------------fck = 25Mpa
S-400 --------------------fyk = 400Mpa
Step-2: Panel selection, Panel is selected based on
- Aspect ratio (ly/lx), Function (live load), Boundary condition and Floor finshining
Step-3: Check the slab is one way or two ways
Step-4: Depth determination for deflection (SLS)
√ √
S-1
k= 1.3 for end span
S-2
k= 1.0 for simply supported span and k =1.3 for end span
then you can take the worst condition which is k = 1.0
S-3
k= 1.0 for simply supported span and k =1.3 for end span then
you can take the worst condition which is k = 1.0
Assume concrete is lightly stressed, then
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Modification factor for steel
Then Equation (1) will be modify
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Panel lx (mm) k d(mm)
S-1 3000 1.3 99.79
S-2 3000 1.0 129.73
S-3 3500 1.0 151.35
To provide uniform depths take “d” the maximum of the three
Step-5: Determine the nominal cover “Cnom”
Where:
In which
Step-6: Loading and Analysis
Loading
- Dead load from floor finshining is given = 1.5kN/m2
- Dead load from RC slab = DLRC =
- Total dead load Gk = 1.5 + 4.5 = 6kN/m2
- Characteristic Live load Qk = 3kN/m2
- Design load Pd = 1.35Gk + 1.5Qk = 1.35*6 +1.5*3 = 12.6kN/m2
Analysis, using coefficient method
S-1, this slab is two way slab
= Two adjacent edge discontinuous
The moment will be
S-2, this slab is one way slab so we can take 1m slab strip in the shorter direction and analysis
like a beam.
S-3, this slab is two way slab
= Three edge adjacent edge discontinuous (one long edge
continuous)
The moment will be
Unadjusted moment
Step-7: Support and field moment adjustment
1. Support moment adjustment
B/n S-1 & S-3
Slab Stiffness calculation
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Hence no support moment adjustment b/n S-1& S-2 because S-1 is one way slab then u can take
the maximum moment as an adjusted moment.
2. Field or span moment adjustment
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S-1
S-3
Final adjusted moment
Step-8: Reinforcement design
- by using
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Panel Moment d(mm) k Z As,req Scal
(kNm/m) (mm)
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mxf = 4.855 155 0.008083 153.88 261.24 300.49 ϕ10 c/c 300mm
myf = 3.86 145 0.00734 137.75 261.24 300.49 ϕ10 c/c 300mm
S-1 mxs = 9.775 155 0.01627 152.74 325.7867 240.9552 ϕ10 c/c 240mm
mys = 5.103 155 0.00849 153.82 261.24 300.49 ϕ10 c/c 300mm
mxf = 9.366 155 0.01559 152.84 311.9597 251.6351 ϕ10 c/c 250mm
S-3 myf = 6.79 145 0.012917 143.34 261.24 300.49 ϕ10 c/c 300mm
mxs = 9.775 155 0.01627 152.74 325.7867 240.9552 ϕ10 c/c 240mm
S-2 mxf = 4.855 155 0.010298 153.58 179.4246 437.5097 ϕ10 c/c400mm
Step-9: Check SLS
Therefore
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Step-10: check the depth is economical or not
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Step-11: Determine the secondary reinforcement spacing
Provide ϕ10 c/c 300mm for secondary reinforcement.
Step-12: Determine the Shear force
- Using Shear force coefficient determine the shear force
S-1
= Two adjacent edge discontinuous
The Shear force will be
S-3
= Three edge discontinuous (one long edge continuous)
The Shear force will be
For S-2, by draw the SFD of the simply supported 1m slab strip
Step-13: Check the Shear capacity of concrete, VRd,c
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The maximum shear force is the design shear force, VED =22.49kN/m then
Therefore, the shear capacity of concrete is sufficient to resist the applied shear force.
b) Show the load transfer from slab to beam on axis-2 (5pt)
Step-14: Reinforcement Detailing
----------------------------------------- +ve bars
___________________________ -ve bars
#Q1: A 6m span simply supported beam is subjected to 35 kN/m design load. The beam is
300mm wide and 450 mm deep. Use C25/30 and S-500 material strength. Assume ϕ8 for shear
reinforcement and the concrete cover to reinforcement is 43 mm. The beam is supported by 300
by 300 mm column and also the beam is reinforced for flexure 2ϕ16 near the support and 4ϕ16
at the mid span. Determine the necessary shear reinforcement?(10pts)
Step-1: Design constant
C25/30 -----------------fck = 25Mpa
S-500 --------------------fyk = 500Mpa
Step-2: Loading and analysis
Given data
- design load pd =35kN/m
- span length = 6m
- Beam size 300*450mm
- Column size 300*300mm
- concrete cover = 43mm
- the beam is reinforced for flexure near the support 2ϕ16 and 4ϕ16 at the mid span
- ϕ8 for shear reinforcement
-
From shear force diagram determine Vmax and VEd, hence shear is critical at “d” distance
from the face of the column
By
using similarly of triangle find VED
- the shear force at the face of support VEF
Step-3: Check the Shear capacity of concrete, VRd,c
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The design shear force is the design shear force, VED =85.51kN then
Therefore, the shear capacity of concrete is not sufficient to resist the applied shear force so the
beam need web (shear) reinforcement.
Step-5: Determine the diagonal compression shear resistance of concrete, VRd,max
1. at 22o (VRd,max(22))
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2. at 45o (VRd,max(45))
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Step-6: Design the web (shear) reinforcement
Provide ϕ8 c/c 300mm
Step-7: Determine the Minimum Shear link
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Provide ϕ8 c/c 300mm
Step-8: Determine the minimum shear force resisted by nominal web reinforcement (Vmin)
Then from Shear force diagram
Step-9: Calculate the additional longitudinal tensile force caused by the shear
The corresponding additional tensile reinforcement As,add
- The area of steel provide at the support is AS,prov
The longitudinal reinforcement is satisfied to resist additional longitudinal force due to shear.
Step-10: Reinforcement Detailing
