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RC BEAM DESIGN (BS8110)

Rectangular section details

Section width; b = 1000 mm
Section depth; h = 1800 mm
Concrete details
Concrete strength class; C32/40
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Characteristic compressive cube strength; fcu = 40 N/mm
Ec = 20kN/mm + 200  fcu = 28000 N/mm
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Modulus of elasticity of concrete;
Maximum aggregate size; hagg = 20 mm
Reinforcement details
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Characteristic yield strength of reinforcement; fy = 460 N/mm
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Characteristic yield strength of shear reinforcement; fyv = 460 N/mm
Nominal cover to reinforcement
Nominal cover to top reinforcement; cnom_t = 40 mm
Nominal cover to bottom reinforcement; cnom_b = 40 mm
Nominal cover to side reinforcement; cnom_s = 40 mm

Multiple layers of bottom reinforcement

Reinforcement provided - layer 1; 10  32 bars
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Area of reinforcement provided - layer 1; As_L1 = 8042 mm
Depth to layer 1; dL1 = 1734 mm
Reinforcement provided - layer 2; 10  32 bars
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Area of reinforcement provided - layer 2; As_L2 = 8042 mm
Depth to layer 2; dL2 = 1702 mm
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Total area of reinforcement; As,prov = As_L1 + As_L2 = 16085 mm
Centroid of reinforcement; dbot = (As_L1  dL1 + As_L2  dL2) / As,prov = 1718 mm
Design moment resistance of rectangular section (cl. 3.4.4) - Positive moment
Design bending moment; M = 6547 kNm
Depth to tension reinforcement; d = dbot = 1718 mm
Redistribution ratio; b = 1.000
K = M / (b  d  fcu) = 0.055
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K' = 0.156
K' > K - No compression reinforcement is required
z = min(d  (0.5 + (0.25 - K / 0.9) ), 0.95  d) = 1605 mm
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Lever arm;
Depth of neutral axis; x = (d - z) / 0.45 = 252 mm
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As,req = M / (0.87  fy  z) = 10195 mm

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Area of tension reinforcement required;
Tension reinforcement provided; 10  32 bars + 10  32 bars
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Area of tension reinforcement provided; As,prov = 16085 mm
As,min = 0.0024  b  h = 4320 mm
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Minimum area of reinforcement;
As,max = 0.04  b  h = 72000 mm
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Maximum area of reinforcement;
PASS - Area of reinforcement provided is greater than area of reinforcement required
Rectangular section in shear
Design shear force ; V = 1600 kN
v = V / (b  d) = 0.931 N/mm
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Design shear stress;
vc = 0.79  min(3,[100  As,prov / (b  d)] )  max(1, (400 /d) ) 
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Design concrete shear stress;
/ m
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(min(fcu, 40) / 25)
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vc = 0.723 N/mm
vmax = min(0.8 N/mm  (fcu/1 N/mm ) , 5 N/mm ) = 5.000 N/mm
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Allowable design shear stress;
PASS - Design shear stress is less than maximum allowable
0.5  vc < v < (vc + 0.4 N/mm )
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Value of v from Table 3.7;
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Design shear resistance required; vs = max(v - vc, 0.4 N/mm ) = 0.400 N/mm
Asv,req = vs  b / (0.87  fyv) = 1000 mm /m
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Area of shear reinforcement required;
Shear reinforcement provided; 6  10 legs at 250 c/c
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Area of shear reinforcement provided; Asv,prov = 1885 mm /m
PASS - Area of shear reinforcement provided exceeds minimum required
Maximum longitudinal spacing; svl,max = 0.75  d = 1289 mm
PASS - Longitudinal spacing of shear reinforcement provided is less than maximum
Spacing of reinforcement (cl 3.12.11)
Actual distance between bars in tension; s = (b - 2  (cnom_s + v + bot,L1/2)) /(Nbot,L1 - 1) - bot,L1 = 64 mm
Minimum distance between bars in tension (cl 3.12.11.1)
Minimum distance between bars in tension; smin = hagg + 5 mm = 25 mm
PASS - Satisfies the minimum spacing criteria
Maximum distance between bars in tension (cl 3.12.11.2)
fs = (2  fy  As,req) / (3  As,prov  b) = 194.4 N/mm
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Design service stress;
Maximum distance between bars in tension; smax = min(47000 N/mm / fs, 300 mm) = 242 mm
PASS - Satisfies the maximum spacing criteria