Example 5.

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Specification

w kN/m
d

L
b

Span, L = 8.00 m
Mansory wall thick = 250 mm
Characteristic Actions:
Permanent, Gk = 18.0 kN/m (Excluding Selfweight)
Variable, Qk = 15.0 kN/m
Design Life = 50.0 Years (Table 2.1 EN 1990)
Fire Resistance = R60 (Sec. 5 EN 1992-1-2)
Table 4.1 Exposure Classes = XC1
Materials :
2
3.1.2(3) Chac. strength of concrete, fck = 20 N/mm (Table F.1 EN 206)
2
3.2.2(2) Chac. strength of steel, fyk = 500 N/mm
2
Chac. strength of link, fyk = 500 N/mm
3
Unit weight of reinforced concrete = 25 kN/mm (Table A.1 EN 1991-1)
Assumed:
Øbar1 = 20 mm
Øbar2 = 12 mm
Ølink = 8 mm

SIZE
Effective length, leff = 8000 + 125 + 125
= 8250 mm

Overall depth, h = L/13

= 8250 / 13
= 635 mm

Width, b = 0.4h = 0.4 x 635 Use : bxh

= 254 mm = 275 x 675 mm

DURABALITY, FIRE & BOND REQUIREMENTS

Table 4.2 Min. conc. Cover regard to bond, Cmin,b = 20 mm
Table 4.4N Min. conc. Cover regard to durability, Cmin,dur = 15 mm
4.4.1.2 Min. required axis distance for R60 fire resistance, Table 5.5 EN 1992-1-2
asd = 30 + 10 = 40 mm

Min. concrete cover regard to fire,

Cmin = asd - Ølink - Øbar1 /2
= 40 -8 - 10 = 22 mm
4.4.1.3 Allowance in design for deviation, ∆C dev = 10 mm

4.4.1.1(2) Nominal cover, Use :

C nom = C min + ∆C dev = 22 + 10 = 32 mm C nom = 32 mm

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LOADING & ANALYSIS
Beam selfweight = (0.28 x 0.68) x 25 = 4.64 kN/m
Permanent load (Excluding selfweight) = 18.00 kN/m
Characteristic permanent action, Gk = 22.64 kN/m
Characteristic variable action, Qk = 15.00 kN/m

Table A1.2B: w d = 1.35Gk + 1.5Qk = 1.35 (22.64) 1.5 + (15.00)

EN 1990 = 53.06 kN/m

Shear Force, V = w d Leff/2

= (53.06 x 8.25) / 2
= 219 kN

Bending Moment, M = w d Leff2/8

= (53.06 x 8.25 x 8.25) / 8
= 451 kNm

MAIN REINFORCEMENT
Effective depth,
d = h - C nom -Ø link - Ø bar1 = 615 mm
d' = C nom + Ølink + Øbar2/2 = 46 mm

Design bending moment, MEd = 451 kNm

K = M/fckbd2
6
= 451 x 10 / 20 x 275 x 615 x 615
= 0.217 > Kbal = 0.167
=>Compression reinforcement is required

z = d [0.5 + (0.25-Kbal /1.134) ]

= 615 [0.5 + (0.25 - 0.167/ 1.134)
= 504.62 mm

x = (d - z) / 0.4 = 275.949 mm

d'/x = 0.17 < 0.38

Area of compression steel

As' = (K - K bal) fckbd2 / 0.87 fyk (d-d' )
= (0.217 - 0.167) 20 x 275 x 615 x 615
0.87 x 500 (615 - 46) Use : 4H 12
2
= 420 mm ( 452 mm2)

Area of tension steel

As = [Kbalfckbd2 / 0.87fykz] + As'
= 0.167 x 20 x 275 x 615 x 615
+ 420
0.87 500 x 504.6
= 2003 mm2
Use : 8H 20
2
( 2514 mm )

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9.2.1.1 Minimum and maximum reinforcement area,
As, min = 0.26 (fctm / fyk) bd
= 0.26 (2.2 / 500) bd
= 0.0011 bd < 0.0013 bd Use : 0.0013 bd
= 0.0013 x 275 x 615
2
= 220 mm OK

As, max = 0.04 bh

= 0.04 x 275 x x 675
2
= 7425 mm OK

6.2 SHEAR REINFORCEMENT

Design shear force, VEd = 219 kN

6.2.3 Concrete strut capacity

V RD, max = 0.36b w df ck (1-f ck /250)/(cot Ө + tan Ө)
= 0.36 x 275 x 615 x 20 (1- 20 / 250) 20/250 = 0.08
(cotӨ + tanӨ)

= 389 kN 22 0 cot 22 = 2.5 cot = 1/tan

0
= 560 kN 45 cot 45 = 1.0

V ED < V RD, max cot Ө = 2.5 , Ө = 22 0

V ED < V RD, max cot Ө = 1.0 , Ө = 45 0
Use:
0 0
Therefore angle, Ө = 22 tan Ө = 0.4 Ө = 22
cot Ө = 2.5

Shear links
Asw/s = VED / 0.78fyk d cotӨ
3
= 219 x 10 / 0.78 x 500 x 615 x 2.5
= 0.365

Try link : H8 Asw = 101 mm2

Spacing, s = 101 / 0.365 = 275 mm < 461 mm

Use :
9.2.2(6) Max. spacing, smax = 0.75d = 461 mm H8 - 275

9.2.2(5) Minimum links

Asw/s = 0.08fck1/2 bw / fyk
= 0.08 x (20) 1/2 x 275 / 500
= 0.197

Try link : H6 Asw = 57 mm2

Spacing, s = 57 / 0.197
= 287 mm < 461 mm Use :
H6 - 300

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Shear resistance of minimum links
Vmin = (Asw/s)(0.78 d fyk cotӨ)
= (57 / 300) (0.78 x 615 x 500 x 2.5)
= 113 kN

Links arrangement
x = (219 - 113) / 53.06
219 kN = 1.99 m
113 kN

x 113 kN
218.892 kN

1.99 m 4.01 m 1.99 m

6.2.3(7) Additional longitudinal reinforcement

Additional tensile force,
∆Ftd = 0.5VED cotӨ
= 0.5 x 219 x 2.5
= 274 kN

Additional tension reinforcement,

As = ∆Ftd / 0.87fyk Use :
= 274 x 103 / 0.87 x 500 3H 16
2 2
= 629 mm (603 mm )

7.4 DEFLECTION
Percentage of required tension reinforceent,
ρ = As req / bd
= 2003 / x 275 x 615
= 0.012

Reference reinforcement ratio, 1/2

ρo = (fck)1/2 x 10-3 = (20) x 10-3
= 0.004

Percentage of required compression reinforceent,

ρ' = As' req / bd
= 420 / x 275 x 615
= 0.002

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Table 7.4N Factor for structural system, K = 1.0
ρ > ρo

1/2 1/2
= 1.0 [ 11 + 1.5 (20) 0.0045 / ( 0.012 - 0.002 ) (20) = 4.47
1/2
+ (1/12) (20)1/2 (0.002 / 0.004)
= 1.0 [11 + 3.21 + 0.28 ]
= 14.48

Modification factor for span greater than 7 m

= 7/span = 7/ 8 = 0.85

Modification factor for steel area provided,

= As prov / As req
= 2514 / 2003
= 1.25 < 1.5

Therefore allowable span-effective depth ratio,

l/d = 14.48 x 0.85 x 1.25

= 15.42

Actual span-effective depth,

= 8250 / 615
= 13.41 ≤ l/d OK

7.3 CRACKING
Table 7.1N Limitting crack width, w max = 0.4 mm
Steel stress,

= (500 / 1.15) x [(22.64 + (0.3 x 15)) / 53.06] x 1.0

2
= 222.37 N/mm

Table 7.3 N Max. allowable bar spacing = 250 mm

Bar spacing,
s = [b - 2c -(No. of bar xØbar)-(2Ølink)]/ (No. of bar -1)
= 275 - 2(32) - 4(20) - 2(8) / 3 s s s
= 45 < 250 mm OK

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DETAILING

X
660 6930 660
4H12

H8-275 H6-300 H8-275

Calculation

4H20
4H20
X

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675

275

Section X - X
Output
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