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Aci 318-08 RC-BM-001
Aci 318-08 RC-BM-001
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this example is to verify the beam flexural design in SAFE. The
load level is adjusted for the case corresponding to the following conditions:
The stress-block extends below the flange but remains within the balanced
condition permitted by ACI 318-08.
The average shear stress in the beam falls below the maximum shear stress
allowed by ACI 318-08, requiring design shear reinforcement.
The beam is loaded with symmetric third-point loading. One dead load (DL02)
case and one live load (LL30) case, with only symmetric third-point loads of
magnitudes 3, and 30 kips, respectively, are defined in the model. One load
combination (COMB30) is defined using the ACI 318-08 load combination
factors of 1.2 for dead load and 1.6 for live load. The model is analyzed for both
of these load cases and the load combination.
The beam moment and shear force are computed analytically. The total factored
moment and shear force are compared with the SAFE results and found to be
identical. After completing the analysis, the design is performed using the ACI
318-08 code in SAFE and also by hand computation. Table 1 shows the
comparison of the design longitudinal reinforcement. Table 2 shows the
comparison of the design shear reinforcement.
600 mm
75 mm 100 mm
500 mm
75 mm
300 mm
Beam Section
Shear Force
Bending Moment
RESULTS COMPARISON
Table 1 shows the comparison of the SAFE total factored moments in the beam
with the moments obtained by the analytical method. They match exactly for this
problem. Table 1 also shows the comparison of the design reinforcement.
Av
Reinforcement Area,
s
(sq-in/ft)
CONCLUSION
The SAFE results show an exact comparison with the independent results.
HAND CALCULATION
Flexural Design
The following quantities are computed for all the load combinations:
= 0.9
Ag = 264 sq-in
As,min = 0.0018Ag = 0.4752 sq-in
f c 4000
1 0.85 0.05 0.85
1000
0.003
cmax d 5.625 in
0.003 0.005
amax 1cmax = 4.78125 in
As = min[As,min, (4/3) As,required] = min[0.4752, (4/3)5.804] = 0.4752 sq-in
COMB30
Pu = (1.2Pd + 1.6Pt) = 50.4 k
Pu l
Mu = 4032 k-in
3
The depth of the compression block is given by:
2 Mu
a d d2 = 4.2671 in (a > ds)
0.85 f c' b f
Calculation for As is performed in two parts. The first part is for balancing the
compressive force from the flange, Cf, and the second part is for balancing the
compressive force from the web, Cw. Cf is given by:
d
Muf = Cf d s = 1909.44 k-in
2
M uf
As1 = = 2.7200 sq-in
f y d d s 2
The web is a rectangular section with dimensions bw and d, for which the design
depth of the compression block is recalculated as
2M uw
a1 = d− d2 = 4.5409 in (a1 amax)
0.85 f c bw
The area of tensile steel reinforcement to balance the web compression is then
given by:
M uw
As2 = = 3.0878 sq-in
a1
fy d
2
Shear Design
The following quantities are computed for all of the load combinations:
= 0.75
Check the limit of f c :
Vs = 8 f c bwd = 68.305 k
(COMB30)
Pd = 2 k
Pl = 30 k
Pu = 50.4 k
Vu = 50.4 k, (Vc + 50 bwd) < Vu Vmax
Av (Vu Vc )
= = 0.04937 sq-in/in or 0.592 sq-in/ft
s f ys d