DOUBLY REINFORCED RECTANGULAR BEAM

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300 mm Note:
400 mm a. Design as Doubly Reinfroced
20.5 MPa b. Compression steel yields
275 MPa
400 KNm
40 mm
16 mm
16
b =
d
total
=
f'c =
fy =
M
u
=
Cover =

top
=
16 mm
I. Solve for
max
and M
umax
0.85
For f'c >30, |
1
=0.85 - 0.008 (f'c - 30) but shall not be less than 0.65
|
1
=
For f'c s 30 <MPa, |
1
=0.85

bot
=
0.03
0.0369
0.3716
198.96 KNm

b
=
0.85 f'
c
|
1
(600)
fy (600 +fy)

max
= 0.75
b
=
e = fy / f'c =
M
umax
= | f'c e bd
2
(1 - 0.59 e) =M
umax
=
=
Note: Design as Doubly Reinfroced
II. Solve for A
s1
: A
s1
=
max
bd
mm
2
III. Solve for a and c:
153.9 mm
181.0 mm
2925.01 A
s1
=
[C
1
=T
1
] 0.85 f'c a b =A
s1
fy; a =
a =|1 c; c =
IV. Solve for M
u1
, M
u2
and A
s2
mm
2
V Solve for the stress of compression steel
2671.96
M
u1
=M
umax
M
u2
= | T
2
(d - d') =| A
s2
fy (d - d
1
)
M
u2
=M
u
- M
u1
A
s2
=
V. Solve for the stress of compression steel
440.91 MPa
Note: Compression steel yields
f'
s
/Es
c-d'
0.003
c
=
f'
s
=
VI. Solve for the compression steel
mm
2
2671.96
For f'
s
> fy; A'
s
=A
s2
For f'
s
< fy; A'
s
=A
s2
fy/f'
s
A'
s
=