ECS318 - Week 2
ECS318 - Week 2
DESIGN OF REINFORCED
CONCRETE STRUCTURES
TOPIC 2 : ANALYSIS OF SECTION
RECTANGULAR BEAM
PREPARED BY
HASLIN IDAYU AMARUDDIN
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this topic, students should be
able to:
Understand the relationship between stressstrain.
Understand the failure criteria; under
reinforced, balanced, over reinforced design
Understand the application of stress block in
the design of beams
Apply the stress block analysis to determine
the ultimate moment of resistance of RC
beams
Failure modes/criteria
Failure modes/criteria
There are 3 types of failure modes that
could occur in beam design:
1.Under reinforced
2.Balanced
3.Over reinforced
Under reinforced
Area of steel reinforcement is very small as
compared to the area of concrete
Steel will reach its yield strength earlier than
concrete
Balanced
Steel will reach its yield strength at the same
time as concrete
Ideal design
Over reinforced
This is strictly not allowed
Concrete will reach its maximum strength earlier
than steel
Failure occurs caused by early failure of concrete in
compression
Failure happens without warning (abrupt of sudden
failure)
Stress-strain of a section
Arrangement of reinforcements
Cage-like arrangement
M = Fcc. Z
= (0.45 fckb x) (d-0.4 x)
This equation will be used to determine the moment of resistance that can
resisted by the section with specified area of reinforcement.
Higher reinforcement higher capacity to resist larger moment
The lever arm between the resultant forces Fcc and Fst
z = d 0.8x/2