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SN SURNAME FIRST NAME M.I.

DATE _____________

HOMEWORK #6

CE 511 – REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN


A concrete beam section is 300 mm wide and 450 mm
deep. f ’c = 33.5 MPa and fy = 415 MPa. The level of
zero strain is 160 mm from the compression side (top
of section). Consider the effect of concrete displaced by
compression steel.

65mm
As1 = 1350mm2
60mm
As2 = ?

As3 = 1350mm2
60mm
As4 = 1350mm2
60mm
As5 = 1350mm2
65mm

_________ 1. Determine the value of β1.


_________ 2. Calculate the value of 0.85f’cab.
_________ 3. Find the strain for steel As1.
_________ 4. Calculate the stress for steel As2.
_________ 5. Determine the total tensile force for
steel As5.
_________ 6. Find the total tensile force for steel As3.
_________ 7. Calculate the area of steel As2.
_________ 8. Calculate the nominal flexural strength.
_________ 9. Determine the total factored load the
beam could support for a simple span
of 7.5m.
________ 10. Find the service moment capacity (MD +
ML) of the section if the service live load
moment is equal to 1.2 times the total
factored dead load moment.

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