Beam Design Spreadsheet

Enter following data Doubly Reinforced Beam

Enter beam dimensions, bxD (in mm) 300 500 Compression reinforcement, Asc :
Characteristic strength of concrete, fck 25 N/mm2 Equation to be used : Mu - Mu,lim = fsc * Asc * (d-d')
Characteristic strength of steel, fy 500 N/mm2 d'/d = 0.09
Factored 'positive' moment, Mu 140 kN-m fsc from table F, SP 16 353 N/mm2
Diameter of main bar, Ø 20 mm Asc required -474.03 mm2
Diameter of stirrups, Øτ 8 mm Diameter of main bar, Ø 20 mm
Clear cover provided to reinforcement 25 mm Number of bars -2.00
Effective cover to reinforcement, d' 43 mm Asc provided -628.32 mm2
Effective depth of beam, d 457 mm
xu,max/d 0.46 from 38.1, IS 456 Tension reinforcement, Ast :
Mu,lim 209.28 kN-m Equation to be used : Ast = Ast1 + Ast2
Check for singly or doubly reinforced beam Mu,lim > Mu Singly reinforced Ast2 = (Asc * fsc)/(0.87 * fy) -384.68 mm2

Ast1 from G-1.1(a),(b); IS 456 1304.81 mm2

Singly Reinforced Beam Ast required 920.14 mm2

Tension reinforcement, Ast : Choose diameter of main bar, Ø 20 mm

Ast required 796.88 mm2 Number of bars 3.00
Diameter of main bar, Ø 20 mm Ast provided 942.48 mm2

Number of bars 3.00

Ast provided 942.48 mm2 NOTE : Enter values only in white box.
pt,lim from table E, SP 16 0.96
Ast,lim = (pt,lim * b * d / 100) = 1316.16 mm2
Check : Ast,lim > Ast provided Yes Bar diameter OK

Constant1 29 A1
Constant2 -198795 B1
Constant3 140000000 C1

Solution1 6058.121607739
Solution2 796.878392261
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 Shear Design Spreadshee
Dimensions of beam, bxD (in mm) 300 500
Clear cover provided to reinforcement 25 mm
Characteristic strength of concrete, fck 25 N/mm2
Characteristic strength of steel, fy 500 kN-m
Diameter of main bar, Ø 20 mm
Diameter of stirrups, Øτ 8 mm
Effective depth of beam, d 457 mm

Maxm. shear stress, τcmax 3.1 N/mm2

Factored shear force due to design loads, Vu 906 kN

Nominal shear stress, τv 6.61 N/mm2

Factored 'negative' moment, Mu 217.5 kN-m

Mu,lim 209.28 kN-m

Check : Mu,lim > Mu (factored -ve moment) No

Ast required 1366.49 mm2
Diameter of main bar, Ø 20
Number of bars 5
Ast provided 1570.80 mm2
r Design Spreadsheet
Stirrup diameter, no. of legs and spacing :
pt = (100 * Ast)/(b * d) = 1.15 %
Equation used for τc : τc = {0.85 x sqrt[0.8fck] x[sqrt(1+5β)-1]}/6β
β = (0.8 * fck)/(6.89 * pt) > 1 2.53
Design shear strength of concrete, τc 0.674 N/mm2
Check : τc,max > τc Yes
Shear force resisted by concrete, Vuc = 92.46 kN
Check : Vu > Vuc Yes Provide 'calculated shear rft.'

Choose diameter of stirrups, Øτ 6 mm

No. of stirrup legs 2

Minimum shear reinforcement

Stirrup spacing along beam length = 205 mm c/c
Check : Stirrup spacing < 300mm Yes
Provide stirrups of diameter 6 mm 2 legged 205 mm c/c

Calculated shear reinforcement

Shear force taken up by stirrups, Vus = 813.54 kN
Stirrup spacing along beam length = 14 mm c/c
Check : Stirrup spacing < 300mm Yes
Provide stirrups of diameter 6 mm 2 legged 14 mm c/c
 maxm shear stress, τcmax
15 2.5
20 2.8
25 3.1
30 3.5
35 3.7
40 4

Constant1 29
Constant2 -198795
Constant3 2.18E+08

Solution1 5488.509
Solution2 1366.491

legged stirrups stirrups dia

2 6
4 8
6 10
12
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C1

stirrups dia
 Tables from SP 16
'Table F' for fsc value (in N/mm2); SP 16
d'/d
fy (N/mm )
2
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2
415 355 353 342 329
500 424 412 395 370

'Table E' for pt,lim value for singly reinforced beam; SP 16

fy (N/mm2)
fck (N/mm )
2
250 415 500
15 1.32 0.72 0.57
20 1.76 0.96 0.76
25 2.2 1.19 0.94
30 2.64 1.43 1.13