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RCDF 2004 Example 001

SHEAR AND FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT DESIGN OF A SINGLY REINFORCED RECTANGLE

EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
In the example a simple supported beam is subjected to a uniform factored load
of 6.58 Ton/m (64.528 kN/m). This example was tested using the Mexican
RCDF 2004 concrete design code. The computed moment and shear strengths are
compared with independent hand calculated results.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

CL
W Ton/m A b

r
A
L

L=6m

Material Properties Section Properties Design Properties

h = 0.65 m
E= 1979899 kg/cm2 f’c = 200 kg/cm2 (19.6133 MPa)
r = 0.05 m
ν= 0.2 b = 0.30 m fy = 4200 kg/cm2 (411.88 MPa)
G= 824958 kg/cm2 W = 6.58 Ton/m
(64.528 kN/m)

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TECHNICAL FEATURES TESTED

 Design moment calculation, M and factored moment resistance, Mu.

 Minimum reinforcement calculation, As

 Design Shear Strength, V, and factored shear strength, Vu

RESULTS COMPARISON
Independent results are hand calculated based on the equivalent rectangular stress
distribution described in Example 5.2 on page 92 of “Aspectos Fundamentales
del Concreto Reforzado” Fourth Edition by Óscar M. González Cuevas and
Francisco Robles Fernández-Villegas.

Percent
Output Parameter ETABS Independent Difference

Design Moment (kN-m) 290.38 290.38 0%

As (mm2) 1498 1498 0%

Design Shear (kN) 154.9 154.9 0%

Av/s (mm2/m) 563 563 0%

COMPUTER FILE: RCDF 2004 EX001

CONCLUSION
The computed results show an acceptable comparison with the independent
results for bending and an acceptable-conservative comparison for shear.

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GEOMETRY AND PROPERTIES

Clear span, L = 6 m
Overall depth, h = 650 mm
Width of beam, b = 300 mm
Effective depth, d = 600 mm
Concrete strength, f’c = 19.61 N/ mm2
Yield strength of steel, fy = 411.88 N/ mm2
Concrete unit weight, wc = 0 kN/m3
Modulus of elasticity, Ec = 20.6x103 N/ mm2
Modulus of elasticity, Es = 20.0x104 N/ mm2
Poisson’s ratio, v = 0.2

HAND CALCULATION

Flexural Design
The following quantities are computed for the load combination:
f 'c 19.61
=
f c* = = 15.69 MPa
1.25 1.25
ε c Es
cb = d = 355.8 mm
ε c Es + f yd
amax = β1cb = 302.4 mm

 f c* 
where, β1 1.05 − 
=  , 0.65 ≤ β1 ≤ 0.85
 140 
0.22 f 'c
=As ,min = bd 425.8 mm 2
fy

COMB1
ωu = 6.58 ton/cm (64.528kN/m)

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Mu =
ωu l 2
8
∙
= 64.528 6.02/8 = 290.376 kN-m

The depth of the compression block is given by: (RCDF-NTC 2.1, 1.5.1.2)

2 Mu
a =−
d d2 − = 154.2 mm
0.85 f c* FR b

where FR = 0.9
Compression steel not required since a < amax.

The area of tensile steel reinforcement is given by:

Mu 290376000
As = = = 1498 mm 2
 a
FR f y  d − 
 0.9(411.88) ( 600 − 154.2 / 2 )
 2 

Shear Design
The shear demand is computed as:
= Vu ω ( L / 2 − d ) =15.79 ton (154.9 kN) at distance, d, from support for
this example
The shear force is limited to a maximum of,

(
= VcR + 0.8 f c* Acv
Vmax )
The nominal shear strength provided by concrete is computed as:

=VcR 0.3FRv ( 0.2 + 20 ρ ) f c* Acv = 0.3 • 0.8 ( 0.3665 ) 15.69 • 300 • 600

=43.553 kN where FRv = 0.8

The shear reinforcement is computed as follows:

 Av  0.1 f c ' mm 2
=
  = b 289 (RCDF-NTC 2.5.2.3, Eqn 2.22)
 s min fy m

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=
Av (=
Vu − FRvVcR ) 154.9 − 0.8 • 43.553
= 563
mm 2
s FRv f ys d 0.8 • 411.88 • 600 m
(RCDF-NTC 2.5.2.3, Eqn 2.23)

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