Singly Reinforced Beam Excel
Singly Reinforced Beam Excel
Design a singly reinforced beam of clear span of 5m to support a working live load of 15 kN/m. Adopt M-
20 grade concrete, and Fe-415 steel.
Input:
l = 5 m
LL = 15 kN/m
fck = 20 N/mm2
fy = 415 N/mm2
Bearing = 380 mm 0.38 m
Solution:
Size of beam
d = le/12 = 448.33 mm
Provide, D = 500 mm
CC = 25 mm
Assume
dia. = 20 mm
Ce = CC+(dia./2) = 35 mm
de = D-Ce = 465 mm 0.465 m
b = (1/3)*d to (2/3)*d
155 310 mm
say,b= 250 mm
Load calculation:
i) DL or self wt of beam = b*D*𝛾 = 3.125 kN/m
ii) LL = 15 kN/m
Design is Safe
𝑀𝑢
= 1.84
𝑏𝑑2
pt = 0.580
2
Ast,p = ptbd/100 = 674.25 mm
2
Ast,req = 0.85*b*d/fy = 238.1024 mm < Ast,p
OK
2
ast = 𝜋d2/4 = 314.16 mm
2
Ast,p = n*(𝜋d2/4) = 942.5 mm
𝜏v = Vu/bd
2
𝜏v = Vu/bd = 0.64 N/mm < 𝜏c,max = 2.8
(IS 456:2000, Table 20) N/mm2
% of steel = 100Ast/bd = 0.81 %
Refer IS: 456-2000, table 19
2
𝜏c = 0.574 N/mm
𝜏v > 𝜏c
2
Asv =2*(𝜋d2/4) = 100.53 mm
Sv = 2328.80 mm
Read out modification factor (Kt) from curve (from fig. 4 of IS 456) for
2
fs = 172.197 N/mm
pt = 0.81 %
Therefore, Kt = 1.4
(l/d)max = 20kt = 28
(l/d)provided = 11.570
Hence, OK