Design traverse shear link in flanged beam

beff

bw
There is shear between the web and flanged of a
flanged section
Fd – shear force at interface
due to applied load
• The concrete strut capacity of the flange is given by,

vRd = vf cd sin q f cosq f

= 0.6(1 - f ck / 250).( f ck / 1.5) sin q f cosq f
0.4 f ck (1 - f ck / 250) (9)
=
(cot q f + tan q f )
 CONCRETE STRUT CAPACITY
OF THE FLANGE

Compression flanges

Tension flanges

• The permitted range of the values of cot θf are recommended as follows;

1.0 ≤ cot θf ≤ 2.0 for compression flanges (45o ≤ θf ≤ 26.5o)

1.0 ≤ cot θf ≤ 1.25 for tension flanges (45o ≤ θf ≤ 38.6o)
CONTINUOUS BEAM
 SHEAR STRESS, VED AT THE WEB-
FLANGE INTERFACE
• The longitudinal shear stress, vEd at the web-flange interface is
determine according to,
DFd
v Ed = ..(10)
(h f . Dx)
 Change of moment

A L B

DM (bf - bw ) / 2
∆x =L/4 DFd = x ..(11)
(d - hf / 2) bf
W kN/m DM
RA
DM = the change in moment over the distance ∆x
= RA(L/4)-W(L/4)(L/4)/2 ..(12)
Arrangement of Transverse link

Sf
 Arrangement of Transverse link

TRANSVERSE SHEAR REINFORCEMENT

Minimum steel
 (3.6)
where

3.9 Design Procedure for flanged section

1. Calculate the longitudinal design shear stress, vEd at the web-flange interface
DFd
vEd =
(h f . Dx)

2. If vEd is less than or equal to 0.4fctd = 0.4(fctk/1.5) = 0.27fctk, then no shear

reinforcement is required. Proceed to Step 4.
fctk = Characteristic tensile stress in concrete
fctd = Design tensile stress in concrete

3. If vEd > 0.27fctk, check the shear stresses in the incline strut, vrdmax.
fctk (characteristic of concrete tensile stress)
 0.4 f ck (1 - f ck / 250)
vEd £
(cot q f + tan q f )

To prevent crushing of the concrete in the compressive struts the longitudinal shear
stress is limited to,

0.4 f ck (1 - f ck / 250)
vEd £
Vrd, max
(cot q f + tan q f )

The lower value of the angle θf is first tried and if the shear stresses are too high the
angle θf is calculated from the following equation;

é vEd ù
q f = 0.5 sin ê -1
ú ≤ 45
o

ë 0.2 f ck (1 - f ck / 250) û
 (3.6)
where

4. Calculate the transverse shear reinforcement required as;

Asf vEd hf
=
sf 0.87 f yk cot q f

The minimum amount of transverse steel required in the flange is

00.26bh
.26bd f fxffctm
As ,min = ctm
> 0.0013bhf mm2/m where, b = 1000 mm
f yk

fctm (mean concrete tensile stress) – table 3.1

 EXAMPLE
900
?
A 48.3 kN/m

2H12
A
A 6m B
?
145kN d=400

2H25
145kN 250

Data: “L” beam with, hf=150mm, A-A

h=475mm, fck=25 N/mm2, fyvw=500 N/mm2
Determine the vertical shear, transverse link and detailing at cross-section A-A .
1. Design for vertical shear & minimum link

= 22
2. Design for transverse steel
48.3 kN/m

A L B

∆x = L/4

W kN/m DM

RA
DM = RA(L/4)-W(L/4)(L/4)/2
 H8-300
(168 mm2/m)
H8-300

H8-250

A-A