ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF

T BEAM OR FLANGED BEAM

 WHAT IS T BEAM
With the exception of precast systems, reinforced concrete
floors, roofs, decks, and beams. are almost always
monolithic. Forms are built for beam soffits and sides and
for the underside of slabs, and the entire construction is cast
at once, from the bottom of the deepest beam to the top of
the slab. Beam stirrups and bent bars extend up into the
slab. It is evident, therefore, that a part of the slab will act
with the upper part of the beam to resist longitudinal
compression. The resulting beam cross section is T-shaped
rather than rectangular. The slab forms the beam flange,
while the part of the beam projecting below the slab forms
what is called the web or stem. The upper part of
such a T beam is stressed laterally due to slab action in that
direction.
 TYPES OF FLANGED BEAM

INVERTED T BEAM T BEAM L BEAM

 EFFECTIVE FLANGE WIDTH

The effect of this shear-lag on the stresses in the flange of a beam under positive bending is
illustrated in Figure above, with higher stress near the web and lower stresses farther out in the
flange. Therefore, it is convenient to make use of an effective flange width, which may be
smaller than the actual flange width but is considered to be uniformly stressed. This effective
flange width has been found to depend on the span length and the relative thickness of the flange.
In reality the maximum compression stress in T-
section varies with distance from section Web
 EFFECTIVE FLANGE WIDTH

It mainly depends on

 Span of Beam

 Breadth of Beam

 Width of Slab on Adjacent sides

 Thickness of slab
EFFECTIVE FLANGE WIDTH
EFFECTIVE FLANGE WIDTH
ln = 24 ft
TRUE T BEAM
T BEAM SUBJECTED TO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BENDING MOMENT
T BEAM SUBJECTED TO POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BENDING MOMENT
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE MOMENT REGIONS IN A T BEAM
COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF T BEAM

Mn = Mn1 + Mn2
IMPORTANT FORMULAE FOR T BEAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

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ANALYSIS OF A T BEAM
 DEFINITION OF SHEAR LAG

On account of shear strain, the longitudinal tensile or

compressive bending stress in wide beam flanges diminishes
with the distance from the web or webs; this stress diminution
is called shear lag.