Bar Bending Schedule for Beam

The beam has a clear span of 5 meters consisting of two bottom layers (2 no.s of 20 mm dia and 2 no. of 16
mm dia) and one top layer (2 no.s of 12 mm dia).

It consists of 3 zones where zone 1 and zone 3 have 8 mm dia stirrups with a spacing of 150 mm and Zone 2
has 8 mm dia stirrups with a spacing of 200 mm.

Clear Span of Beam = 5000 mm

Development Length Ld = 50d (assumption)

Clear Cover on any ends = 25 mm

Bottom – 2 no.s 20 θ and 2 no of 16 θ

Top – 2 no.s of 120

Stirrups

Zone 1,3 = 80 @ 150mm clear cover

Zone 2 = 80 @ 200mm clear cover

Step 1 – Calculate cutting length of Top Bar

Cutting Length of top bar = Clear Span of Beam + Development length – Bend

Where bend for 45deg = 1d, 90deg = 2d, 135deg = 3d

Cutting length = L + (2 x Ld) – (2 x 2d)

= 5000 + (2 x 50 x 12) – (2 x 2 x 12)

= 5000 + (2 x 50 x 12) – 50

= 6152 mm
Step 2 – Calculate Cutting Length of Bottom Bar
For First Layer (20 θ)

Cutting length of bottom bar = Clear Span of Beam + Development length – Bend

Where bend for 45deg = 1d, 90deg = 2d, 135deg = 3d

Cutting length = L + (2 x Ld) – (2 x 2d)

= 5000 + (2 x 50 x 20) – (2 x 2 x 20)

= 6920 mm

For Second Layer (16 θ)

Cutting length of bottom bar = Clear Span of Beam + Development length – Bend

Cutting length = L + (2 x Ld) – (2 x 2d)

= 5000 + (2 x 50 x 16) – (2 x 2 x 16)

= 6536 mm

Step 3 – Calculate Number of Stirrups

This beam has three zones where Zone 1 & 3 consists of 8 mm dia stirrups of 150 mm spacing and Zone 3
has 8 mm dia stirrups of 200 mm spacing.

First we need to calculate the length of each zone = L/3 = 5000/3 = 1666 mm

Number of stirrups required for Zone 1 = (Clear Span of Beam/ Spacing of stirrups) + 1
= (1666/150) + 1 = 12.10 Ω 12 no.s

Number of stirrups required for Zone 3 = Same as zone 1 = 12 no.s

Number of stirrups required for zone 2 = (Clear Span of beam/ spacing stirrups) – 1

= ( 1666/200) – 1 = 7 no.s

The reason for the “minus 1” is already zone 1 has end stirrups so we don’t need to again start from the new
one. We just continue the stirrups already existing with extra spacing.

Cutting Length of Stirrups

Cross section of stirrups is

Width = 300 mm

Height = 500 mm

a is horizontal length of stirrup

= 300 – (2 x clear cover) – (2 x half 0f bar dai)

= 300 – (2 x 25) – (2 x 4)

= 242 mm

B is vertical length of stirrup

=500 – (2 x clear cover) – (2 x half of bar dia)

= 500 – (2 x 25) – (2 x 4) = 442

Now calculate cutting length of stirrup

Cutting length = 2 x (a+b) + hook – bend

= 2 x (242 + 442) + (9d x 2) – (3d x 2) – (2d x 3) [For 2 no. 135 bend (3d x 2) and for 3 no. 90 bend (2d x
3)]

= 2 x 684 + (9 x 8 x 2) – (3 x 8 x 2) – (2 x 8 x 3)

= 926 + 144 – 48 – 48

= 974 mm = 0.97 m

Calculate Weight of Stirrups

Total no. of stirrups = 12 + 12 + 7 = 31

Total length of stirrups = 0.97 x 31 = 30.19 m

Total weight of Stirrups = d2 x L/162 = 8 x 8 x 30.19/162 = 12 kg

What is Bar Bending Schedule ( BBS )

Bar Bending Schedule provides details of reinforcement cutting length, type of bends and bend length. It is
Systematic tabular form or Simple form which provides the details like shape of the bar , dimension of
bending of the bar etc.

Guidelines for preparation of BBS :-

Curtail Bar ( Bottom Extra )
Curtailment is a theoretical point where some of the reinforcement is cut-off along the span of the beam
where the bending moment reduces, given that the remaining reinforcement will be able to support the
reduced bending moment.

The extra bar provided with main bar of bottom reinforcement in the center of the beam to resist Bending
moment
HOOK LENGTH:
The hook is the extra length left at the 4th corner of a stirrup so that the stirrup retains its shape

We generally consider length of hook = 10 D (for bars having diameter greater than or equals to 8 mm)

d = Diameter of stirrup

Is code recommends,

Minimum hook length = 75mm

Deduction for Elongation
135 Degree – 3d
90 degree = 2 d
45 Degree – 1d
Example :-
The total length of stirrups = Total length of the bar + 2 x hook length (for two hooks)

= L + 2 x 10 d -Deduction

= L + 20 d – Deduction
Where L = length of the bar for stirrup.

CRANK LENGTH:

Bars are bent near the support at an angle of 45°. The angle of bend may also be 30° in shallow beams. The
purpose of bend near the support is firstly to resist the negative bending moment which occurs in the region
of the support and secondly to resist the shear force which is greater at the support.

Cra
nk Bar in Beam

Crank bars are mostly provided in beams and slabs :-

Formula for calculation of Crank Length = 0.42 D

Where D = Clear height of the bar = Thickness of slab – (Top cover + Bottom cover) – Diameter of the bar