DESIGN OF FLEXUAL - RECTANGULAR SECTION - BEAM

(Step Section)
A STEPS IN THE DESIGN OF SINGLY REINFORCED RECTANGULAR BEAM FOR FLEXURE

I. DETERMINE THE VALUES OF LOADS: DL, LL AND

OTHER LOADS

II. APPROXIMATE THE WEIGHT OF BEAM (DL) AS

FOLLOWS:

SMALL BEAMS 2 KN
MEDIUM BEAMS 3.5 KN
LARGE BEAMS 7 KN
3 2
WEIGHT OF THE BEAM 24 KN/M x BEAM AREA IN M

III. COMPUTE FACTORED LOAD

IV. COMPUTE FACTORED MOMENT TO BE CARRIED

BY BEAM, MU

V. TRY A VALUE OF STEEL RATIO ρ FROM 0.5ρb TO

0.6ρb, BUT MUST NOT BE LESS THAN ρMIN. THIS
VALUE ρ WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ALLOWANCE IN
THE ACTUAL VALUE OF ρ DUE TO ROUNDING-UP
OF THE NUMBER OF BARS TO BE USED SO THAT IT
WILL NOT EXCEED TO THE MAXIMUM ρB OF
0.75ρb

ρb = 0.85 𝑓′𝑐 ß1 600

𝑓𝑦 (600 + 𝑓𝑦)

B1 = 0.85 for f'c <= 30 MPa

B1 = 0.85 - (0.05/7)(f'c - 30) for f'c> 30 MPa

ρmax = 0.75 Pb
𝑓 ′𝑐
ρmin =
4𝑓𝑦
f'c > 31.36 MPa

1.4
ρmin = 𝑓𝑦

f'c < 31.36 MPa

VI. COMPUTE THE VALUE OF ω

𝜌𝑓𝑦
ω=
𝑓 ′𝑐
2
VII. SOLVE FOR bd
Mu = φ f'c ω b d2 (1- 0.59ω)
SOLVE FOR b d2
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 TRY A RATIO d / b (FROM d = 1.5 b TO d = 2b),
AND SOLVE FOR D. (ROUND-OFF THIS VALUE TO
VIII. REASONABLE DIMENSION)

CHECK ALSO THE MINIMUM THICKNESS OF BEAM

REQUIRED BY THE CODE AS GIVEN TABLE 2.1.

AFTER SOLVING FOR d, SUBSTITUTE ITS VALUE TO

STEP VII, AND SOLVE FOR b.

COMPUTE FOR WEIGTH OF THE BEAM AND

COMPARE IT TO THE ASSUMPTION STEP II.

SOLVE FOR THE REQUIRED STEEL AREA AND

IX. NUMBER OF BARS

As = ρ bd

NUMBER OF BARS (DIAMETER = D)

2
π/4 D x NUMBER OF BARS = As

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