Design of singly reinforced rectangular beams

f'c = 3 ksi Instructions: Enter values only in cells

fy = 60 ksi that are colored yellow. Other values
b1 = 0.85 calculated from those input values.
Mu = 623.4 ft-k

Assume r = 0.0090 -
Mu
bd2 = f fyr (1-r fy/(1.7fc'))
= 17215 in3

R=d/b R b d b d
1 25.82 25.82 14 35.07
1.2 22.86 27.44 15 33.88
1.4 20.63 28.88 16 32.80
1.5 19.70 29.56 17 31.82
1.6 18.87 30.20 18 30.93
1.7 18.13 30.82 19 30.10
1.8 17.45 31.41 20 29.34
1.9 16.83 31.98 21 28.63
2 16.27 32.53 22 27.97

Select b and d b= 18 in.

d= 31 in.
h= 34 in. d h
Rn = 480.5 As

r = .85fc'/fy(1-(1-2Rn/(.85fc'))0.5) = 0.00895
b
As = r bd = 4.99 in2 <-- theoretical steel area

No. of bars Bar size -

select bars 5 #9 As = 5.00 in2

Calculation of Mu for simply supported beam with D & L uniformly distributed loads

wD = 2.65 plf
wL = 3 plf
span = 25 ft.
wu = 7.980 plf
Mu = 623.4 ft-k
gc = 145 pcf
self wt. = 0.6375 plf
Iterative method to determine As when b and d are already known
f'c = 4 ksi
fy = 60 ksi
b1 = 0.85
Mu 753.4 ft-k d h
b 114 in. As
d 29.5 in.

b
Iteration Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a 9.403 1.045 0.894 0.892 0.892 0.892 0.892 in.
As 6.751 5.778 5.763 5.762 5.762 5.762 5.762 in2

r 0.00171
Rn 101.3
Iterative method to determine As when b and d are already known
f'c = 30 Mpa 4.351 ksi
fy = 420 Mpa 60.914 ksi
b1 = 0.85
Mu 1050.0 kN-m 774.48 ft-k d h
b 500 mm 19.69 in.
d 680 mm 26.77 in.
As

METRIC b
Iteration Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a 217 160 153 152 151 151 151.42 mm 5.96
As 4859 4630 4601 4597 4597 4597 4597 mm 2
7.125

r 0.01352
Rn 5.046
in.
in2
ACI Code Eq. 10-4
fy = 60913.71 psi 420 Mpa
fs = 36548.22 psi 252 Mpa
cc = 2.387795 in 60.65 mm

s < 15*40,000/fs - 2.5c = 10.45 265.3583 s < 380*280/fs - 2.5c = 271

10.45 in. 265 mm
s< 12*40,000/fs = 13.13 333.5867 s< 300*280/fs = 333

Gergely-Lutz Equation convert from English SI Example

bh = 1.2 1.2 1.2
fy = 60 psi 414 Mpa 420 Mpa
fs = 36 psi 248 Mpa 252 Mpa
dc = 3 in 76.2 mm 75 mm
A= 16 in2 9604 mm2 10000 mm2
w = 0.076bhfs(dcA) =
1/3
0.0119 in. 0.3032 mm 0.3022 mm
0.303071 mm
 2006 IBC STRENGTH DESIGN LOAD COMBINATIONS
f1 = 1 Instructions: Enter loads only in cells colored yellow. All other values are calculated.
f2 = 0.2 Units: The units of the load combination, U, are the same as those of the values entered. For
you enter D, L and W in units of kips, the value listed for U is also in kips. Do not mix units

D F L H Lr S R W
150 300 60 70
1 1.4
1.4 1.4
2 1.2
1.2 1.2
1.2 1.2 0.5
1.2 1.2 0.5
1.2 1.2 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6
1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6
1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 0.5
1.2 0.5
1.2 0.5
1.2 1.6 1.6
1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6
1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6
1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 0.5
1.2 1.6 0.5
3 1.2 1.6
1.2 1 1.6
1.2 1.6 0.8
1.2 1.6
1.2 1 1.6
1.2 1.6 0.8
 1.2 1.6
1.2 1 1.6
1.2 1.6 0.8
1.2 1
1.2 0.8
4 1.2 1.6
1.2 0.5 1.6
1.2 0.5 1.6
1.2 0.5 1.6
1.2 1 1.6
1.2 1 0.5 1.6
1.2 1 0.5 1.6
1.2 1 0.5 1.6
1.2 1 0.5
1.2 1 0.5
1.2 1 0.5
5 1.2
1.2 1
1.2 1 0.2
1.2 1 0.2
1.2 0.2
6 0.9
0.9 1.6
0.9 1.6 1.6
0.9 1.6
7 0.9
0.9 1.6
BINATIONS
er values are calculated.
those of the values entered. For example, if
also in kips. Do not mix units

E U
50
210
210
180
180
211.44
181.44
181.44
661.44
661.44
691.44
661.44
661.44
691.44
661.44
661.44
181.44
211.44
181.44
181.44
210
180
180
660
690
660
660
660
690
660
660
180
210
180
180
276
576
332
180
480
236
 180
480
236
480
236
292
322
292
292
592
622
592
592
510
480
480
1 230
1 530
1 530
480
180
135
247
247
135
1 185
1 185

Maximum 691.44
Minimum 135