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BS 8110-1997 Example 001

SHEAR AND FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT DESIGN OF A SINGLY REINFORCED RECTANGLE

Example Description
The flexural and shear strength of a rectangular concrete beam is tested in this
example.

In the example a simple supported beam is subjected to a uniform factored load

of 36.67 kN/m. This example was tested using the BS 8110-97 concrete design
code. The flexural and shear reinforcing computed is compared with independent
results.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

230mm
CL A

60 mm 550 mm

A
Section A-A
6m

Material Properties Section Properties Design Properties

E= 25x106 kN/m2 d = 490 mm fcu = 30 MPa
ν= 0.2 W = 36.67 kN/m fy = 460 MPa
G= 10416666.7kN/m2

TECHNICAL FEATURES TESTED

 Calculation of Flexural reinforcement, As

 Enforcement of Minimum tension reinforcement, As,min

 Calculation of Shear reinforcement, Av

 Enforcement of Minimum shear reinforcing, Av,min

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RESULTS COMPARISON
Independent results are hand calculated based on the equivalent rectangular stress
distribution described in Example 7.2 on page 149 of Reinforced Concrete
Design by W. H. Mosley, J. H. Bungey & R. Hulse.

Percent
Output Parameter ETABS Independent Difference
Design Moment, Mu (kN-m) 165.02 165.02 0.00%

Tension Reinf, As (mm2) 964.1 964.1 0.00%

Design Shear, Vu (kN) 92.04 92.04 0.00%

Shear Reinf, Asv/sv (mm2/mm) 0.231 0.231 0.00%

COMPUTER FILE: BS 8110-1997 Ex001

CONCLUSION
The computed results show an exact match with the independent results.

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HAND CALCULATION

Flexural Design
The following quantities are computed for all the load combinations:
γm, steel = 1.15

= =
As ,min 0.0013bw h 0.0013=
230550 164.45 mm 2

Design Combo COMB1

wu = =36.67 kN/m
wu l 2
Mu = = 165 kN-m
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The depth of the compression block is given by:
M
K= = 0.0996 < 0.156
f cu b d 2
If K ≤ 0.156 (BS 3.4.4.4), the beam is designed as a singly reinforced concrete
beam.
Then the moment arm is computed as:
 K 
z = d 0.5 + 0.25 −  ≤ 0.95d = 427.90 mm
 0. 9 
The ultimate resistance moment is given by:
M
As = = 964.1 sq-mm
( f y 1.15) z

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Shear Design
 L2 
V=
U ωU  − d= 92.04 kN at distance, d, from support
 2 
VU
v= = 0.8167 MPa
bd

vmax = min(0.8 fcu , 5 MPa) = 4.38178 MPa

v ≤ vmax , so no concrete crushing

The shear stress carried by the concrete, vc, is calculated as:
1 1
0.79k1k 2  100 As  3  400  4
vc =     = 0.415 MPa
γ m  bd   d 
k1 is the enhancement factor for support compression,
and is conservatively taken as 1 .
1 1
f  3  40  3
k2 =  cu  = 1.06266, 1 ≤ k2 ≤  
 25   25 
γm, concrete = 1.25
100 As
0.15 ≤ ≤3
bd
100 As 100266
= = 0.2359
bd 230490
1 1
 400  4  400  4

 =
 0.95 ≥ 1, so   is taken as 1.
 d   d 
fcu ≤ 40 MPa (for calculation purposes only) and As is the area of tension
reinforcement.
If (vc + 0.4) < v ≤ vmax
Asv (v − vc )bw
=
sv 0.87 f yv

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=
Asv (=
v − vc ) bw ( 0.8167 − 0.4150 )
= 0.231 sq-mm/mm
sv 0.87 f yv 0.87 • 460

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