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 are calculated from those input values.
Mu = 402.0 ft-k

Assume r = 0.0103 -
Mu
bd2 = f fyr (1-r fy/(1.7fc'))
= 9869 in3

R=d/b R b d b d
1 21.45 21.45 11 29.95
1.2 18.99 22.79 12 28.68
1.4 17.14 23.99 13 27.55
1.5 16.37 24.55 14 26.55
1.6 15.68 25.09 15 25.65
1.7 15.06 25.60 16 24.84
1.8 14.50 26.09 17 24.09
1.9 13.98 26.57 18 23.42
2 13.51 27.02 19 22.79

Select b and d b= 18 in.

d= 23.5 in.
h= 26 in. d h
Rn = 539.2 psi As

r = .85fc'/fy(1-(1-2Rn/(.85fc'))0.5) = 0.01021
b
As = r bd = 4.32 in 2
<-- 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 = 2.2875 klf
wL = 1.5 klf
span = 25 ft.
wu = 5.145 klf
Mu = 402.0 ft-k
gc = 145 pcf
self wt. = 0.4875 klf
Iterative method to determine As when b and d are already known
f'c = 4 ksi
fy = 60 ksi
b1 = 0.85
Mu 402.0 ft-k d h
b 18 in. As
d 29.5 in.

b
Iteration Number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a 9.403 3.532 3.158 3.137 3.136 3.136 3.136 in.
As 3.602 3.221 3.199 3.198 3.198 3.198 3.198 in2

r 0.00602
Rn 342.2
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.
As
d 680 mm 26.77 in.

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
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in2