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ACI 318-14 Example 001

SHEAR AND FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT DESIGN OF A SINGLY REINFORCED RECTANGLE

EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
The flexural and shear design of a rectangular concrete beam is calculated in this
example.

A simply supported beam is subjected to an ultimate uniform load of 9.736 k/ft.

This example is tested using the ACI 318-14 concrete design code. The flexural
and shear reinforcing computed is compared with independent hand calculated
results.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

A 10"
CL

2.5" 13.5"

A
Section A-A
10' = 120"

Material Properties Section Properties Design Properties

E= 3600 k/in2 d = 13.5 in f’c = 4 k/in2
ν= 0.2 b = 10.0 in fy = 60 k/in2
G= 1500 k/in2 I = 3,413 in4

TECHNICAL FEATURES TESTED

 Calculation of Flexural reinforcement, As

 Enforcement of Minimum tension reinforcement, As,min

 Calculation of Shear reinforcement, Av

 Enforcement of Minimum shear reinforcing, Av,min

ACI 318-14 Example 001 - 1

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RESULTS COMPARISON
Independent results are hand calculated based on the equivalent rectangular stress
distribution described in Example 6.1 in Notes on ACI 318-14 Building Code.

Percent
Output Parameter SAP2000 Independent Difference

Design Moment, Mu (k-in) 1460.4 1460.4 0.00%

Tension Reinf, As (in2) 2.37 2.37 0.00%

Design Shear Force, Vu 37.73 37.73 0.00%

Shear Reinf, Av/s (in2/in) 0.041 0.041 0.00%

COMPUTER FILE: ACI 318-14 Ex001

CONCLUSION
The computed results show an exact match for the flexural and the shear
reinforcing.

ACI 318-14 Example 001 - 2

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HAND CALCULATION

Flexural Design
The following quantities are computed for all the load combinations:
 = 0.9, Ag = 160 sq-in
200
As,min = bw d = 0.450 sq-in (Govern)
fy

3 f c'
= bw d = 0.427 sq-in
fy

 fc  4000 
1  0.85  0.05    0.85
 1000 
0.003
cmax  d  5.0625 in
0.003  0.005
amax  1cmax = 4.303 in

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wu = (1.2wd + 1.6wl) = 9.736 k/ft
wu l 2
Mu 
8
∙
= 9.736 102/8 = 121.7 k-ft = 1460.4 k-in

The depth of the compression block is given by:

2 Mu
a  d  d2  = 4.183 in (a < amax)
0.85 f c'b
The area of tensile steel reinforcement is given by:

Mu 1460.4
As = =
 a 0.9  60  13.5  4.183 / 2
 fy d  
 2

As = 2.37 sq-in

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Shear Design
The following quantities are computed for all of the load combinations:
 = 0.75
Check the limit of f c :

f c = 63.246 psi < 100 psi

The concrete shear capacity is given by:

 Vc = 2 f c bd = 12.807 k
The maximum shear that can be carried by reinforcement is given by:

 Vs = 8 f c bd = 51.229 k

The following limits are required in the determination of the reinforcement:

( Vc/2) = 6.4035 k
( Vc +  50 bd) = 11.466 k
 Vmax =  Vc +  Vs = 64.036 k
Given Vu, Vc and Vmax, the required shear reinforcement in area/unit length for
any load combination is calculated as follows:
If Vu   (Vc/2),
Av
= 0,
s
else if  (Vc/2) < Vu   Vmax
Av (V  Vc )  Av 
= u  
s  f ys d  s min
where:

 Av  
  bw   bw  3 

   max 50   ,   f c 
 s min 
  f yt   f yt  4 

else if Vu >  Vmax,
a failure condition is declared.

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Combo1
∙
Vu = 9.736 (5-13.5/12) = 37.727 k
 Vc / 2   6.4035 k  Vu  37.727 k   Vmax  64.036 k

 Av    10   10  3 
   max 50   ,  4,000 
 s min   60,000   60,000  4 
 Av 
2
in
   max 0.0083, 0.0079  0.0083
 s min in

Av (Vu  Vc ) in 2 in 2
=  0.041  0.492
s  f ys d in ft

ACI 318-14 Example 001 - 5