British Standards Cheat Sheet

Bending Reinforcement
Input
Span
b
d
fcu
fy
Dead Load
Live Load

5m
300 mm
500 mm
25 N/mm2
460 N/mm2
5 kN/m
5 kN/m

Shear Reinforcement
Input
Bending Reinforcement Provided
Obtain value of Vc from table
c

1960
0.650

Results
Ultimate Load
Total Ultimate Load
Design Moment
Ultimate Moment of resistance
K
z
As

15.000 kN/m
75 kN
46.875 kNm
292.500 kNm
0.025
485.702 mm
241.154 mm2
Recomended

Bar Size (Diameter)

Number of Bar
12
16
20

2.132
1.199
0.768

Results
100As/bd

c/2
c + 0.4
Max links spacing
Area of reinforcement to be
provided

1.307
0.250
0.325
1.050
375
Case 1
Not Case 2
Not Case 3

Number of bars
Provided
3
2
1

Area of Bars
Provided
339.292
402.124
314.159

Case 1
Case 2
Case 3

Reinforcement Ratio
No reinforcement needed
0.300
-0.300