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What percent of steel is needed to build a slab, a beam, and a column?

As per IS 456:2000 In SLAB as per Clause 26.5.2.1 Min reinforcement shall be 0.15% of total
cross-sectional area for mild steel bars and 0.12% of total cross-sectional area for HYSD bars.

In BEAM as per clause 26.5.1.1 min tension reinforcement shall be Ast/bd=0.85/Fy

Where Ast= total cross sectional area of steel reinforcement

b=width of beam

d= effective depth of beam

Fy=415MPa for Fe415

Maximum tension and compression reinforcement for beam is 4% of total cross sectional area of
beam.

In column min tension reinforcement is 0.8% and Maximum limit is 6% of total cross sectional
area of column if bars are not overlapped (4% max in case of overlapping of bars) as per clause
26.5.3.1 of IS 456:2000.

For more datails please read IS 456:2000.

Thanks.

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