Project

Job Ref.

The Pearl
Section

Q09079
Sheet no./rev.

DAR GROUP
Calc. by Date

PA
Chk'd by Date App'd by

1
Date

Eng.MS

09-July-06

Eng.AE

RC SINGLE CORBEL DESIGN TO ACI 318-05

Main tension bars

2 3

Vu
a

Steel angle

Nuc
min d / 2 d h Framing bars
b = 300 mm h = 500 mm d = 450 mm fy = 415 MPa fc = 35 MPa Normal weight = 1.00 Monolithic = 1.4 = 1.40 V u = 370.00 kN a = 100 mm N uc = 75.00 kN = 0.750 V n = V u / = 493.33 kN V n_cap = min(0.2 fc b d, 5.5 MPa b d) = 742.50 kN

Sh Sh Sh

Horizontal bars

Corbel geometry W idth of corbel; Total thickness of corbel; Depth to main reinforcement; Material properties Yield strength of reinforcement; Compressive strength of concrete; Type of concrete; Unit weight of concrete; Corbel construction; Coefficient of friction; Design load data Factored vertical load; Distance of vertical load from face of column; Horizontal force acting on corbel; Strength reduction factor; Vertical load capacity check Nominal vertical load; Nominal vertical load capacity;

PASS - Nominal vertical load is less than the nominal vertical load capacity
Find shear friction reinforcement Minimum horizontal force acting on corbel; Horizontal force acting on corbel; For balanced condition; Area for shear friction reinforcement; Nominal area required; N uc_min = 0.2 V u = 74.00 kN N uc_act = max(N uc , N uc_min ) = 75.00 kN j = 0.85 A vf = V n / (fy ) = 849 mm 2 A f = [(V u a) + (N uc_act (h d))] / ( fy j d) = 342 mm 2 A n = N uc_act / ( f y) = 241 mm 2

Project

Job Ref.

The Pearl
Section

Q09079
Sheet no./rev.

DAR GROUP
Calc. by Date

PA
Chk'd by Date App'd by

2
Date

Eng.MS Main tension reinforcement check Minimum area of tension reinforcement; Area of tension reinforcement required; Main tension reinforcement; Diameter of tension bars; Number of tension bars; Area of tension reinforcement provided;

09-July-06

Eng.AE

A sc_min = 0.04 fc b d / fy = 455 mm 2 A sc = max([(2 A vf) / 3] + A n , A f + A n ) = 807 mm 2 A sc_req = max(A sc, A sc_min ) = 807 mm 2 3 No.6 bars D tension = 19 mm N tension = 3 A sc_prov = N tension D tension 2 / 4 = 851 mm 2

PASS - Tension reinforcement is adequate

Horizontal reinforcement check Minimum area of horizontal reinforcement; Area of horizontal reinforcement required; Horizontal reinforcement; Diameter of horizontal bars; Number of horizontal bars; Area of horizontal reinforcement provided; Maximum spacing of horizontal bars; Actual spacing of horizontal bars; A h_min = 0.5 (A sc_req - A n ) = 283 mm 2 A h = max(A vf / 3, A f / 2) = 283 mm 2 A h_req = max(A h , A h_min ) = 283 mm 2 3 No.3 bars D horizontal = 9 mm N horizontal = 3 A h_prov = 2 N horizontal D horizontal2 / 4 = 382 mm 2

PASS - Horizontal reinforcement is adequate

S h_max = 2 d / (3 N horizontal) = 100 mm S h = 100 mm

PASS - Horizontal bar spacing is adequate

Design Summary Single corbel 300 mm wide by 500 mm deep with 35 MPa concrete and 415 MPa steel Provide main tension reinforcement as 3 No. 6 bars Provide horizontal reinforcement as 3 No. 3 link bars at maximum 100 mm centres