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The beams provided at the plinth level are called plinth beams. Usually they
may not carry any slab load and designed to carry its own self weight and
masonry load above the plinth beam. These beams usually take care of
differential settlement of foundations of About 12 inches. They can be designed
as a composite beam of masonry and concrete. Or the composite action may be
considered and the beam be designed for wL^2/30 instead of the usual wL^2/10.
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Answered Jul 10, 2014

Beam laid above the foundation I.E. at plinth level.

Its the first beam framework constructed in the skeletal structure

You can see here the beam is constructed at ground level. The void between the
foundation and plinth level is filled with compacted soil.

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Brick or stone masonary is usually constructed below the plinth beam.

The plinth beam needs to be strong, but need not be made up of reinforced
cement concrete (RCC) all the time. However, irrespective of the specific
contexts, RCC plinths are increasingly being cast in most constructions today
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Is the DPC laid above or below the plinth beam?

Xie Olaes, Engineering Asst. at DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND

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Answered Feb 9

Plinth beam in a frame structure is meant to join all the columns thereby
reducing the effective length and thus reducing the slenderness of the columns.
Plinth beams are usually used in case the foundations are bit deeper and thus
they act like a bracing or tying element. One more reason to provide plinth beam
is to avoid differential settlement in a building this is due to the reason that all
the load of the wall is than carried by the plinth beam underneath.

In a skeletal system which is the other name of a framed structure; plinth beam
is the first beam to be constructed after foundation. As the finish floor level of
the ground floor is a kept higher than the ground level; the empty gap and void
is filled with a compacted soil so as to achieve a stable surface for the floor to be
constructed.
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Satish Annigeri, Practicing structural engineer and I teach structural

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Answered Aug 18, 2016

Plinth beam is a beam in a framed structure provided at or above (sometimes

below) ground level that takes the load of the wall built on top of it. Most other
beams are subjected to loads not only from walls but also the load from the slab,
such as dead loads (self weight of slab, floor finish ets.) and live load. Plinth
beams also serve another indirect purpose - they reduce the length of the
columns thereby reducing their effective length and slenderness.
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Kantha Srikanth G, Civil Engineer (2015-present)

Updated Sep 11

Hi,This is the basic question every civil engineer should know .Plinth beam
holds the column intact with wall.Back fill and compacted soil below flooring till
Plinth level.Plinth Beam retains the back fill internally .

Plinth beam is provided to prevent the extension or propagation of cracks from

the foundation into the wall above when the foundation suffers from settlement.
Plinth beams distributes the load of the wall over the foundation uniformly.

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Answered Jul 11, 2014

Also known as a tie beam. It is made so that the columns do not split due to load
comming from above.
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acts as a plinth beam.

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Harish Kumar, Site Engineer at Brick&Bolt (2018-present)

Updated Oct 17

Plinth Beams:

A Reinforced concrete beam which is constructed between the foundation and

the wall is known as Plinth Beam. It is the level where the substructure ends and
superstructure begins. It distributes loads of wall over the foundation. It
prevents cracks from foundation to the wall. It also prevents the moisture from
foundation to the walls. The minimum depth of the plinth is 300mm.

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