DETERMINATION OF AREA OF STEEL FOR

RECTANGULAR SECTION
MCORM
19.05.2017
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ultimate applied moment Mu kip-inch 3,204
section width of web b inch 12
effective depth of section d inch 18
compressive strength of concrete f 'c ksi 4
steel yield stress fy ksi 50
modulus of elasticity of steel Es ksi 29000
max strain of concrete in balanced condition 0.003
moment capacity reduction factor 0.9
CALCULATIONS
capacity reduction factor for concrete beta1 0.850
max strain of steel in balanced condition 0.00172
cb/d 0.6356
depth of neutral axis in balanced condition cb inch 11.44
depth of equivalent stress block in balanced condition ab inch 9.72
a max inch 7.29
area of beam in compression Ac sq.inch 116.64
Cbal kip 397
Tbal kip 397
Asb sq.inch 7.94
Asmax sq.inch 5.96
lever arm of forces d-z inch 13.14
Mu bal kip-inch 4,695
Mn bal kip-inch 5,217
Mu max kip-inch 3,850
Tbal kip 397
Tmax kip 298
balanced steel ratio pb 0.0367
maximum steel ratio pmax 0.0275
balanced area of steel Asb sq.inch 7.93
max permitted tensile steel area Asmax sq.inch 5.94
min steel ratio Pmin 0.00380
min steel ratio Pmin 0.00400
min steel ratio-ist governed Pmin 0.00400
Ru psi 824
Mn k-inch 3,560
Rn psi 916
calculated steel ratio rho required 0.0218
calculated area of steel As calc sq.in. 4.71
min steel ratio Pmin 0.02900
min area of steel As min 6.26
min area of steel As min 0.86
min area of steel governed As min govn 0.86
area of steel finally governed As govn 4.71
area of steel finally governed As govn 4.71
moment capacity reduction factor As provided 4.00
a inch 4.90
c inch 5.76
actual lever arm of forces d-a/2 inch 15.55
provided moment capacity Mu kip-inch 2,799
provided moment capacity Mu kip-ft 233
Tactual kip 200
actual strain in concrete 0.00081
section is under-
reinforced

Provided area of steel

is greater than the min
permitted

Provided area of steel

is less than the max
permitted
MCORM MCORM
66 66
1,515 509
12 8
15.5 12
4 3
40 40
29000 29000
0.003 0.003
0.9 0.9

0.850 0.850
0.00138 0.00138
0.6849 0.6849
10.62 8.22
9.03 6.99
6.77 5.24
108.36 55.92
368 143
368 143
9.20 3.58
6.90 2.68
10.99 8.51
3,638 1,096
4,042 1,218
3,009 905
368 143
276 107
0.0495 0.0371
0.0371 0.0278
9.21 3.56
6.90 2.67
0.00470 0.00410
0.00500 0.00500
0.00500 0.00500
525 442
1,683 566
584 491
0.0161 0.0138
2.99 1.32
0.02140 0.01840
3.98 1.77
0.93 0.48
0.93 0.48
2.99 1.32
2.99 1.32
3.00 1.32
2.94 2.59
3.46 3.05
14.03 10.71
 1,515 509
126 42
120 53
0.0004 0.00047
section is under- section is under-
reinforced reinforced

Provided area of steel is Provided area of steel is

greater than the min greater than the min
permitted permitted

Provided area of steel is Provided area of steel is

less than the max less than the max
permitted permitted