ACI 318M-11 RC Beam Ledge Design rev 0.

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Project :- Designed by:M. Abu Shady
Building :- Checked by:-M. Abu Shady
Element:- Date:- 31-Dec-21
Location:-

Input:
h = 400 mm fy = 420 MPa
bw = 1900 mm fc' = 45 MPa Normal weight concrete λ = 1
Clear cover cc = 40 mm fyt = 420 MPa
d = 352 mm Bearing Pad Details
av = 200 mm Points Load @ S spacing
af = 250 mm W = 200 mm
L = 250 mm
Vservice = 312 KN S = 665 mm Spacing between bearing pads
Vu = 502 KN c = 2400 mm Center of last bearing to ledge side edge distance.
Nuc = 100 KN Nuc min. = 0.2 Vu, Clause 11.8.3.4
𝑴_𝒖 = 𝑽_𝒖 𝒂_(𝒇 )+ 𝑵_𝒖𝒄 ("h−d" )= KN.m
130.3 Clause 11.8.3
av/d= 0.57 < 1, Design Corbel using Clause 11.8.3, 11.8.4 as per Clause 11.8.1
𝜙 = 0.75 Clause 11.8.3.1
1- Calculation of Primary tension reinforcement Asc
1.1- Calculation of shear-friction reinforcement Avf
𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓)=𝒎𝒊𝒏. 𝒐𝒇{█(𝑏_𝑤@𝑊+4𝑎_𝑣@𝑆@2𝑐)┤
= 1900 mm
= 1000 mm PCA Notes, p15-5
= 665 mm
= 4800 mm
∴ 𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓) = 665 mm PCA Notes, p15-5
𝒎𝒂𝒙)=𝒎𝒊𝒏. 𝒐𝒇{█(𝜙 𝟎.𝟐𝒇_𝒄^′ 𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓) 𝒅@𝜙(𝟑.𝟑+𝟎.𝟎𝟖𝒇_𝒄^′)𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓) 𝒅@𝜙KN
= 1580.0 𝟏𝟏𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒇𝒓) 𝒅)┤
Clause 11.8.3.2.1
= 1211.4 KN Clause 11.8.3.2.1
= 1931.2 KN Clause 11.8.3.2.1

∴ 𝜙𝑽_(𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒙. )

= 1211.4 KN > Vu, Ok, Clause 11.8.3.2.1

Friction Surface Concrete placed monolithically Clause 11.6.4.3

𝑨_𝒗𝒇=𝑽_𝒖/(𝜙 𝒇_𝒚𝒕 𝝁)
𝝁 = 1.4 Clause 11.6.4.3 = 1138 mm2 Clause 11.6.4.1

1.2- Calculation of Moment reinforcement Af

𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕)=𝒎𝒊𝒏. 𝒐𝒇{█(𝑏_𝑤@𝑊+5𝑎_𝑓@𝑆@2𝑐)┤
= 1900 mm
= 1450 mm PCA Notes, p15-5
= 665 mm ∴ 𝑾_(𝒆𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕)=665 mm PCA Notes, p15-5
= 4800 mm
∴𝑨_𝒇=𝑴_𝒖/(𝜙 𝒇_𝒚 "0.8d" )
𝑴_𝒖 = 𝜙𝑴_𝒏 = 𝜙 𝑨_𝒇 𝒇_𝒚(d - 𝒂/𝟐 ) ≈ 𝜙 𝑨_𝒇 𝒇_𝒚(0.8d) = 1469 mm2 Clause 11.8.3.3 & PCA Notes, p15-5

1.3- Calculation of Tensile force reinforcement An

𝑨_𝒏=𝑵_𝒖𝒄/(𝜙 𝒇_𝒚 )
= 319 mm2 Clause 11.8.3.4

1.4- Calculation of Primary tension reinforcement Asc

𝑨_(𝒔𝒄 )=𝒎𝒂𝒙. 𝒐𝒇{█(█(𝑨_(𝒇 ) = 1788 mm2 Clause 11.8.3.5

"+ " 𝑨_(𝒏 )@(2𝑨_(𝒗𝒇 ))/3 "+
" 𝑨_(𝒏 ) )@0.04 (𝒇_𝒄^′)/𝒇_𝒚 〖 = 1078 mm2 Clause 11.8.3.5
𝒃〗 _(𝒘 ) 𝒅)┤

= 1003 mm2 Clause 11.8.5 ∴𝑨_𝑺𝒄= 1788 mm2 Use 9 T 16 /Weff moment

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2- Calculation of Shear horizontal tie reinforcement Ah

𝑨_𝒉 = 0.5 (𝑨_𝑺𝒄 〖 − 𝑨〗 _𝒏 )
= 735 mm2 Clause 11.8.4

Use 2 Row T 16 Stirrups with 2 Legs OR combine with Asc as per PCA Notes, figure 15-10
Distribute Ah uniformly within (2/3)d adjacent to primary tension reinforcement "Asc", Clause 11.8.4 & Fig. R11.8.2
for small ledge height h, Asc+Ah could be added together and placed as top reinforcement as per PCA Notes, figure 15-10
3- Punching Shear check
𝒃_𝒐 = 𝒎𝒊𝒏. {█(𝑾+𝟐𝑳+𝟐𝒅_𝒇@𝑾+𝑳+𝒅_𝒇+𝒄−𝑾/𝟐)┤
=1404 mm PCA p15-6, for interior bearing load
=3102 mm PCA p15-6, for bearing load @ Ledge end
〖∴𝒃〗 _𝒐 =1404 mm
𝝓𝑽_𝒏=𝝓𝟎.𝟑𝟑𝝀√( 〖𝒇′〗 _𝒄 )
𝒃_(𝒐 ) 𝒅_𝒇= 821 KN >Vu, OK

4- Calculation of hanger reinforcement

Hanger spacing s= 100 mm
𝑨_(𝒗 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓)=𝒎𝒂𝒙. 𝒐𝒇{█((𝑽_𝒖 𝒔)/(𝜙
𝒇_𝒚𝒕 𝑺)@(𝑽_𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔)/(𝟎.𝟓𝒇_𝒚𝒕 (𝑾+ = 240 mm2
〖𝟑𝒂〗 _𝒗)))┤

= 186 mm2 ∴𝑨_(𝒗 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓)=240 mm2 Use 1 T 20

5- Check of Concrete bearing strength Pnb

𝜙_𝒃=
Bearing size WxL = 0.65 Clause 9.3.2.4

𝐴_1= WL = = 50000 mm2 𝜙_𝒃 𝑷_𝒏𝒃 = 𝜙_𝒃 0.85𝒇_𝒄^′ 𝐴_𝟏1243.1

= KN > Vu ,OK, Clause 10.14.1

7- ACI detailing requirements, Clause 11.8.6

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𝑨_𝒔𝒄+ 𝑨_𝒉 = 2522 mm2/Weff moment

= 3793 mm2/m Use 19 T 16 /m

for small ledge height h, Asc+Ah could be added together and placed as top
reinforcement as per PCA Notes, figure 15-10

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References
1- ACI 318M-11, Clause 11.8 Provisions for brackets and corbels
2- PCA Notes on ACI 318M-11, Chapter 15, Brackets, Corbels and Beam Ledges
3- PCA Notes on ACI 318M-11, Example 15.3—Beam Ledge Design
Rev. History
Rev 0.01
Remove the protection from cell C12
Correct the equation of a_f in cell B13 to be =a_v+cc+d_Av_hanger/2

rev 0.02 8/Mar/20

Adding notation for h, bw, s, c.
h Ledge height.
bw Ledge total width.

S Spacing between bearing pads if any.

-for Continuous load with continous ledge, use S= 1000mm
-for Continuous load with ledge with width <1000mm, use S= bw " ledge width"
c is the distance from center of last bearing to ledge side edge
rev 0.03 26/Mar/20
Cell I97 & H97 calculation of Ah+Asc for 1m

rev 0.04 23/Jul/20

Add new option in cell C12 for Continuous load (Weff =bw)