Workout Example of Spacing of Stirrup

Required flexural strength Vu  100kN

Width of beam b  250  mm

Height of beam h  500  mm

Compressive strength of concrete f'c  25 MPa

Yeild strength of reinforcement DB fyd  390  MPa

Yeild strength of reinforcement RB fyr  235MPa

Material Assumption

Strength reduction factors ϕ  0.75

Maximum Compressive Strain in concrete ε u  0.003

Minimum Strain in Steel ε t  0.005

Cover to transversal reinforcement CL  30mm

Number of stirrup n  2

Diameter of tensile reinfocement D  25mm

Diameter of stirrup reinforcement Dv  10mm

Minimum diameter of DB Dmin  10mm

Steel yield strength of stirrup fy  fyd if Dv  Dmin fy  390  MPa

fyr otherwise

2
π Dv 2
Area of stirrup Av  n  Av  157.08 mm
4

d  h   CL  Dv    44.75  cm
D
Effective depth of beam
 2
Material Assumption
Solution

Modification factor

λ  λ1 (ACI.8.6.1)

f'c
Concrete shear strength Vc  0.166MPa  λ  b d (ACI.11.2.1.1)
MPa
ϕ Vc
Stirrup  "is not Required" if Vu  Stirrup  "is Required"
2
"is Minimum" if Vu  ϕ Vc

"is Required" otherwise

Vu
Steel shear strength Vs   Vc Vs  40.477 kN
ϕ

f'c
Vs.max  0.66  MPa  b  d Vs.max  369.188  kN (ACI.11.4.7.9)
MPa

Concrete  "is Enough" if Vs  Vs.max Concrete  "is Enough"

"is not Enough" otherwise

Maximum spacing of stirrup

 Av  fy  Av  fy
smax.1  min 
 smax.1  710.273  mm
 f'c 0.345MPa  b 
 0.062MPa b 
 MPa 

min 600mm if Vs  2  Vc
d
smax.2  smax.2  223.75 mm
2 
min 300mm otherwise
d
4 
Av  fy  d
Required spacing of stirrup sreq  sreq  677.28 mm
Vs

 
s  Floor min sreq smax.1 smax.2 10mm   s  220  mm