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YIELD LINE ANALYSIS

Dr. Ahmed Nabil

 QUIZ9: CIRCULAR TANK

FOR THE SHOWN CIRCULAR WATER

TANK :
 DEFINE WHAT ARE THE INTERNAL
FORCES ACTING ON TANK WALL AND
FLOOR
 DRAW SCHEMES FOR BMD AND NFD
ACTING ON TANK WALL AND FLOOR

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 LECTURE 10 : YIELD LINE ANALYSIS

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IT IS A METHOD USED TO ANALYSE CONCRETE SLABS AND GET B.M. ACTING

ON IT USING PLASTIC ANALYISS METHOD
METHODS OF ANALYSIS OF CONCRETE
SLABS
• ELASTIC ANALYSIS METHOD
• PLASTIC ANALYSIS METHOD
ELASTIC ANALYSIS METHOD

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PLASTIC ANALYSIS METHOD

• YIELD LINE ANALYSIS

Rigid plastic analysis or the yield line method of analysis is an upper bound method of
analysis of under-reinforced concrete slabs. The method predicts the failure mechanism
at the ultimate limit state of the reinforced concrete slab.
Thus, the solution of the upper bound method (yield line analysis) may result into unsafe
design if the lowest mechanism could not be chosen which predict the maximum moment

Yield line pattern: When a slab is loaded to failure, yield lines form in the most highly
stressed areas and these develop into continuous plastic hinges, these plastic hinges develop
into a mechanism forming a yield line pattern. Yield lines divide the slab up into individual
regions, which pivot about their axes of rotation.

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• YIELD LINE METHOD IS USED TO ANALYSIS CONCRETE SLABS WITH

DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES AND LOADS.

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 Loads used in this analysis method must be ultimate ( plastic) loads

If the given loads are ( service- elastic- working) , loads should be converted
to ultimate loads first.
 Yield line is straight line which only bend or change direction when
meeting another line.

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 Yield lines passes through intersection of axis of rotation of adjacent slab elements
 Yield lines passes through intersection of axis of rotation of adjacent slab elements

 Rules of yield lines: The two terms, positive and negative yield lines, are used in the
analysis to designate the yield lines for positive bending moments having tension at the
bottom and negative bending moments having tension at the top of the slab,
respectively.
 The following are the guidelines for predicting the yield lines and axes of rotation:
 1. Yield lines between two intersecting planes are straight lines.
 2. Positive yield line will be at the mid-span of one-way simply supported slabs.
 3. Negative yield lines will occur at the supports in addition to the positive yield lines at
the mid-span of one-way continuous slabs.

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4. Yield lines will occur under point loads and they will be radiating outward from the point of
application of the point loads.
5. Yield line between two slab segments should pass through the point of intersection of the
axes of rotation of the adjacent slab segments.
6. Yield lines should end at the boundary of the slab or at another yield line.
7. Yield lines represent the axes of rotation.
8. Supported edges of the slab will also act as axes of rotation. However, the fixed supports
provide constant resistance to rotation having negative yield lines at the supported edges. On
the other hand, axes of rotation at the simply supported edges will not provide any resistance to
rotation of the segment.
9. Axis of rotation will pass over any column support, if provided, whose orientation will
depend on other considerations.
10. If the axe of rotation pass inside the slab , a negative moment will be presented.
11. If the internal angle of a slab edge is greater than 180 degree, a negative crack will be
developed at this corner.

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NOTATIONS

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STEPS OF DESIGN
 CONVERT LOADS TO ULTIMATE LOADS
 USE YIELD LINE NOTATIONS
 ASSUME AXIS OF ROTATION
 ASSUME ALL POSSIBLE CRACK PATTERNS
 USING VIRTUAL WORK CALCULATE EXTERNAL
WORK AND INTERNAL WORK
 GET MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT
 DESIGN THE SECTION

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EXAMPLE 1

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EXAMPLE 2

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EXAMPLE 3

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EXAMPLE 4

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 References

Civil Engineering Department – Menoufia University

• Dr. Abdelrahman Mejahed hand book for design of water
tanks- Part5.
• Lecture notes – Eng. Yasser Ellithy – Statics of water tanks.
• Lecture notes – Dr. Ezz Eldin Mostafa– Design of water
tanks.

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