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RC BEAM DESIGN (AS3600)

In accordance w ith AS3600-2010 including Amendment No.1 dated November 2010
Tedds calculation version 2.1.18

Rectangular section details

Overall depth of beam; D = 500 mm
W idth of beam; b = 300 mm
Effective width of compression face; b ef = b = 300 mm
Effective width for shear calculations; b v = b = 300 mm
Concrete details
Exposure classification; A1
Concrete characteristic compressive strength; f’ c = 32 MPa
Concrete in situ compressive strength; fcmi = 35 MPa
Modulus of elasticity of concrete; E = 27500 MPa
Reinforcement details
Yield strength of flexural reinforcement; fsy = 500 MPa
Yield strength of shear reinforcement; fsys = 500 MPa
Nominal cover to reinforcement
Nominal cover to top reinforcement; c nom_t = 35 mm
Nominal cover to bottom reinforcement; c nom_b = 35 mm
Nominal cover to side reinforcement; c nom_s = 35 mm
Min average axis distance due to fire (T 5.4.1(A)); a m,min = 0 mm

2 x 12 bars
500

2 x 8 shear legs at 300 c/c

3 x 20 bars

300

Beam bending - Positive moment

Applied moment; M app = 65.0 kNm
Strength reduction factor (Table 2.3);  = 0.8
Minimum strength in bending (cl. 8.1.6); M uo,m in = 1.2  (b  D 2 / 6)  0.6(f'c1MPa) = 50.9 kNm
Design moment; M  = max(abs(M app), M uo,min  ) = 65 kNm

Tension reinforcement
Yield strength of longitudinal reinforcement; fsy = 500 MPa
Tension reinforcement provided; 3 No. D500N20
Area of tension reinforcement; A s,prov = 942 mm 2
Effective depth of tension reinforcement; d = D - c nom_b - v - bot / 2 = 447 mm
Dist from extreme comp fibre to tension reinft; d o = d = 447 mm
Stress block factor;  2 = max(0.67,min(1.0 - 0.003  f'c /1MPa,0.85)) = 0.850
Stress block ratio;  c = max(0.67,min(1.05 - 0.007  f'c /1MPa,0.85)) = 0.826
For ductility, k u should be less than 0.4; k u = A s,prov  fsy / ( 2  f'c   c  d  b) = 0.156
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Compression steel not required

Bending Capacity; M uo =   A s,prov  f sy  d  (1 - A s,prov  f sy / (2   2  f'c  d  b)) =
157.6 kNm
0.41 : Pass - Flexural strength
Rectangular section in shear (cl. 8.2)
Design shear force ; V  = 35 kN
Tension reinforcement for shear check; A stv = 942 mm 2
Depth to outermost layer of tension steel; d o = 447 mm
Effective beam width for shear; b v = 300 mm
Shear strength excluding shear reinforcment: (cl. 8.2.7.1)
Shear strenght reduction factor; V = 0.7
Concrete shear strength; fcv = min(1MPa  (f'c /1MPa)1/3 , 4 MPa) = 3.2 MPa
Factor beta 1;  1 = max(1.1, (1.1  (1.6 - d o / 1000 mm))) = 1.27
Factor beta 2;  2 = 1.0
Factor beta 3;  3 = 1.0
Shear capacity; V uc = (V   1   2   3  d  b v  f cv  (A stv / (d  b v )) 1/3 ) = 72.4kN
Shear threshold (D > 250 mm, D < 750 mm); 0.5  V uc = 36.2 kN
Shear threshold (D < 250 mm, D < b v /2); V uc = 72.4 kN
Shear reinforcement not required
Shear strength of beam w ith minimum reinforcement: (cl. 8.2.9)
Shear strength with minimum reinforcement; V u_min = max(V uc + V  0.6MPa  d  b v , V uc + V  0.10MPa 
(f'c/1MPa)  b v  d) = 128.7 kN
Minimum shear reinforcement:
Yield strength of shear reinforcement; fsys = 500 MPa
Maximum spacing of stirrups; s vl_max = min(0.75  D, 500mm) = 375 mm
Minimum shear reinforcement; A sv_min = max(0.06MPa  (f'c /1MPa)  b v / fsys , (0.35MPa  b v ) / f sys ) =
2
210 mm /m
Reinforcement provided; 2  8 legs at 300 c/c
Shear reinforcement provided; A sv,prov = 335 mm 2 /m
Pass - Min. shear reinforcement
Crack control (8.6.1)
Servicablilty design bending moment; M s = 50.0 kNm
Tension bar spacing; s bar = (b - (2  c nom_s + 2  v + bot)) / (N bot - 1) = 97 mm
Maximum bar spacing; s max = 300mm
Minimum allowable bar spacing; s min = max(bot, h agg + 5 mm, 20 mm) + bot = 45 mm
Depth of concrete in compression zone (cracked); xcr = [- 2 E S3600  A s,prov + ((2  E S3600  A s,prov ) 2 + ((4  E  b)  (2 
E S3600  A s,prov  d)))] / (2  E  b) = 122 mm
Max tensile stress in reinf. due to service moment; fscr = (2  M s / (E  b  xcr  (d - xcr/3)))  ((d - xcr) / xcr)  E S3600
fscr = 131 MPa
Max permitted tensile stress in reinf -Table 8.6.1; fs = 322 MPa
PASS - Area of tension reinforcement provided exceeds minimum required for crack control
PASS - Actual bar spacing exceeds minimum allowable
Span/depth ratio (cl. 8.5.4)
Beam deflection for members where the live load does not exceed the dead load, shall be deemed to comply with cl.2.4.2
if the span-to-depth ratio is not greater than the span-to-depth limit.
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Effective span; L ef = 8.000 m

Deflection limit; L ef = 0.0040
Effective width of compression face; b ef = 300 mm
Depth to tension steel; d = 447 mm
Tension steel; A s_bot,prov = 942 mm 2
Compression steel; A s_top,prov = 226 mm 2;
Density of concrete;  = 2400 kg/m 3
Cylinder compressive strength; f’ c = 32 MPa ;
Mean compressive strength; fcmi = 35 MPa
Mean modulus of elasticity; E c =  1.5  0.043(m 3 /kg) 1.5  (fcmi1MPa) = 29910 MPa
Dead load; g tot = 4.0 kN/m
Live load; q tot = 4.0 kN/m;
Short-term factor (AU 1170-0 Table 4.1);  s = 0.7
Long-term factor (AU 1170-0 Table 4.1);  l= 0.4
Long-term deflection multiplier; k cs= max(2 - 1.2  A s_top,prov / A s_bot,prov , 0.8) = 1.7
Effective design load; F def = (1 + k cs)  g tot + ( s + k cs   l)  q tot = 16.4 kN/m
Factor k 1 ; k 1 = 0.02 + 2.5  A s_bot,prov / (b ef  d) = 0.038
Deflection constant; k 2 = 5 / 384 = 0.013 ;
Actual span to depth ratio; Span_to_depth actual = L ef / d = 17.9
Allowable span to depth ratio; Span_to_depth limit = (k 1  _L ef  b ef  E c / (k 2  F def)) 1/3 = 18.5
Pass - Span/Depth ratio satisfied
Fire resistance
Average axis distance to bottom reinforcement; a m,bot = c nom_b +  v + bot / 2 = 53 mm
Average axis distance to top reinforcement; a m,top = c nom_t + v + top / 2 = 49 mm
PASS - Average axis distance greater than required due to fire