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Title : Reinforced Concrete Rectangular Beam Design to A3600 - 2009

General Description : Calculates reinforcement requirements for a singly reinforced rectangular concrete beam or slab in flexure.
Calculates the ultimate moment bending capacity of the section for a given steel arrangement (1 or 2 layers of tension
reinforcement).
Considers all minimum reinforcement and spacing requirements to AS3600.
The spreadsheet is particularly applicable to slabs where minimum reinforcement requirements may govern.

Limitations : For rectangular sections only.

Does not design for shear and shear reinforcement.
Ignores the effects of compression steel in bending capacities.
Does not allow for prestress in calculating M uo.min & A st.min .
Not suitable for members in tension.

Codes / Theoretical Basis : AS3600 - 2009

Warner, Rangan, Hall & Faulkes, 'Concrete Structures', Longman, Melbourne, 1999

Nomenclature : Symbols and notation as used in AS3600.

Input : White text on black background.

Section geometry, cover, material properties
Bending moments M*, M s*, M s.1*
Number & bar diameter for 1 or 2 layers of tension reinforcement
Reinforcement grade

Output : Boxed cells with green background.

Number, size and spacing of reinforcing bars
Moment capacity φMu
Checks for minimum reinforcement and spacing

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Author : Allan Ross, David Chaffey Office : Brisbane Date : 8-Jun-04

Verifier : Andrew Whiting Office : Brisbane Date : 7-Nov-04

Checker : Jim Durack Office : Brisbane Date : 10-Nov-05

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Reinforced Concrete Rectangular Beam Design to A3600 - 2009

Geometry Material Properties
Width, b 300 mm
d2 d1
Depth, D 600 mm f'c 25 MPa
Bottom cover to ligs or reo as appropriate 50 mm ρ 2,400 kg/m3
D f sy
Side cover to ligs (zero if none) 50 mm 500 MPa
Applied actions Nominal aggregate size 20 mm
Ultimate strength moment, M* 81.0 kNm Lig diameter 8 mm
Service moment for (G + Q) M s.1* 0.0 kNm
Short-term service moment for (G + ψs Q) M s* 0.0 kNm b

Ast required for M* < φMu Ast.required 391 mm2

Proposed reinforcement arrangement

Bar diameter Number of bars Suggested bar numbers & sizes for limit state requirement M* < φMu
Upper 16 mm 0.00 Bar size 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40
Spacer 0 mm No. of bars 3.5 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3
Lower 16 mm 3.0

Ast.provided 600 mm2

davg 534 mm

Design assessment and decision making

Limit state strength requirements (Cl 8.1.2) Utilisation

Ast required for M* < φMu Ast.required 391 mm2
Check φMu = 0.8Astfsydavg(1- Astfsy / (2αbdavgf'c)) = M* with As =Ast.provided φMu 122.5 kNm M* < φMu OK 66%
Check ku calculated using Ast.required ku 0.068 ku < 0.4 OK 17%

Ductility requirement (Cl 8.6.1(a) and 8.1.4.1)

Ast.min to ensure that φMu > 1.2 x Mcracking Ast.min 243 mm2 Ast.provided > Ast.min OK 41%

Check that yield does not occur at the serviceability moment assessed using unity load factors (Cl 8.6.1(d))
Steel stress using linear elastic analysis of cracked section fscr.1 = M*s.1 y / I cr 0 MPa fscr.1 < 0.8fsy OK 0%

Check crack control as measured by the steel stress for short term serviceability moment (G+ ψsQ) (Cl 8.6.1(d))
Steel stress using linear elastic analysis of cracked section fscr = M*s y / I cr 0 MPa fscr < Table 8.6.1 value OK 0%

Check cover and spacing requirements (Cl 8.6.1(b))

Cover not to exceed 100 mm and spacing not to exceed 300 mm OK

Check clear spacing and compare to 'normal' constructibility limits 2.5 x nominal aggregate size and bar diameter
Clear spacing upper bar, s 300 mm s > (2.5xAgg) and db OK 17%
Clear spacing lower bar, s 84 mm s > (2.5xAgg) and db OK 60%

Check the proposed reinforcement meets all AS3600 requirements YES

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Calculations

Preliminary calculations (Cl 3.1 & 8.1)

f cm = Table 3.1.2 = 28 MPa
E cj = Table 3.1.2 = 26,700 MPa
n= Es / Ec = 7.5
0.5
f'cf = 0.6 ( f'c ) = 3 MPa
γ = 1 - 0.003 f'c = 0.85 limits 0.67 - 0.85
α= 1 - 0.003 f'c = 0.85 limits 0.67 - 0.85
Z gross = b D2 / 6 = 18.0E+6 mm3
d1= = 518 mm A st 1 0 mm2
d2= = 534 mm A st 2 600 mm2
d av = ( d 1 A st1 + d 2 A st2 ) / A st.total = 534 mm Total A st 600 mm2
kuo = (Total Ast fsy) / (α γ f'c b dav) = 0.104
φ = 1.19 - 13 kuo / 12 = 0.8 limits 0.6 - 0.8

Strength requirements (Cl 8.1.3)

Requirements based on ultimate strength moment M* of 81 kNm and an average depth layer of steel

A st = ( 1 - (1 - ( 2 M* / ( φ α b d av2 f'c ))0.5 )) α b d av = 391 mm2

f sy / f'c

Minimum strength requirements (Cl 8.1.6.1)

2
Deemed to comply A st.min = αb b d ( D / d ) f'cf / fsy = 243 mm2 αb equal to 0.2 for rectangular
section
Steel stress checks (Cl 8.6.1 (d) & WRHF)
upper bar spacing = 300 = 300 mm
1

lower bar spacing = 300 - 2 ( 50 + 8 + 16 / 2 ) = 84 mm main bar spacing < 300mm o.k.
2 side cover <100 o.k.

Allowable post cracking steel stress

Table 8.6.1(A) f s = - 173 x ln ( d b ) + 760 = 280 MPa
max 333 MPa
Table 8.6.1(B) f s = - 0.8 x bar spacing + 400 = 333 MPa

Cracked section elastic neutral axis 0.5 b d n2 = n A st ( d - d n )

WRHF eq 5.20 dn = 112 mm

Cracked section second moment of area Icr = b d n3 + n A st ( d - d n )2 = 940.86E+6 mm4

WRHF eq 5.22 3

Calculated fscr due to Ms* Ms* n y = 0 MPa

I cr
Limit = max of table A, B = 333 MPa
Steel stress o.k under service load
Calculated fscr due to Ms.1* M s.1* n y = 0 MPa
I cr
Limit = 0.8 f sy Cl 8.6.1 (c) = 400 MPa
Steel stress o.k under 'unity' service load

Results based on reinforcement arrangement Actual bending capacity φ Mu 122.5 kNm

Depth to neutral axis dn 55 mm Reinforcement ratio p 0.003
Neutral axis parameter ku 0.104 Area of steel A st 600 mm2
Depth of compression block γ. k u d 47 mm

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