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Beam design for flexure, shear, torsion, 650x300

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Longitudinal reinforcement: 4-16 mm bars at bottom (804 mm²), 2-12 mm at top, and 1-12 mm side face bar on each face. Transverse reinforcement: 8 mm 2-legged closed stirrups at 115 mm c/c. Equivalent shear Ve = 243.3 kN, equivalent moment Me1 = 131.57 kN·m; section is adequate as τve = 1.35 N/mm² < τc,max = 3.1 N/mm².

A rectangular RC beam of overall dimensions 650 mm by 300 mm is subjected to a factored bending moment of 85 kN-m, factored shear force of 110 kN and factored twisting moment of 25 kN-m. Design the beam for longitudinal and transverse reinforcements. Use M25 concrete and Fe415 grade steel.

Given: b=300b=300 mm, D=650D=650 mm, Mu=85M_u=85 kN·m, Vu=110V_u=110 kN, Tu=25T_u=25 kN·m, M25, Fe415. Assume effective cover 50 mm: d=600d=600 mm; b1=300−100=200b_1=300-100=200 mm, d1=650−100=550d_1=650-100=550 mm.

Step 1: Equivalent shear and moment (IS 456 cl. 41.3)

Ve=Vu+1.6Tub=110+1.6×250.3=243.3 kNMt=Tu1+D/b1.7=25×1+650/3001.7=46.57 kN⋅mMe1=Mu+Mt=85+46.57=131.57 kN⋅m\begin{aligned} V_e&=V_u+1.6\frac{T_u}{b}=110+1.6\times\frac{25}{0.3}=243.3\ \text{kN}\\ M_t&=T_u\frac{1+D/b}{1.7}=25\times\frac{1+650/300}{1.7}=46.57\ \text{kN·m}\\ M_{e1}&=M_u+M_t=85+46.57=131.57\ \text{kN·m} \end{aligned}

τve=243.3×103300×600=1.352\tau_{ve}=\dfrac{243.3\times10^3}{300\times600}=1.352 N/mm2<τc,max=3.1^2<\tau_{c,max}=3.1 N/mm2^2 (M25), so the section is adequate. Mt<MuM_t<M_u, so Me2M_{e2} is not required.

Step 2: Longitudinal reinforcement. Mu,lim=0.138×25×300×6002=372.50M_{u,lim}=0.138\times25\times300\times600^2=372.50 kN·m >Me1>M_{e1}, hence singly reinforced:

Me1=0.87fyAstd(1−Astfybdfck) ⇒ Ast=646 mm2M_{e1}=0.87f_yA_{st}d\left(1-\frac{A_{st}f_y}{bdf_{ck}}\right)\ \Rightarrow\ A_{st}=646\ \text{mm}^2

Minimum steel 0.85bd/fy=3690.85bd/f_y=369 mm2^2. Provide 4-16 mm bars (804804 mm2^2) at the bottom and 2-12 mm at the top as hangers.

Side face bars: D=650D=650 mm >450>450 mm, so for torsion (cl. 26.5.1.7(d)) provide 0.1%×300×650=1950.1\%\times300\times650=195 mm2^2 (98 mm2^2 per face): 1-12 mm bar on each face at mid-depth (113113 mm2^2), giving a spacing of about 275 mm <300<300 mm.

Step 3: Transverse reinforcement. pt=0.45%p_t=0.45\%, τc=0.46\tau_c=0.46 N/mm2^2; τve>τc\tau_{ve}>\tau_c.

Asvsv=Tub1d1(0.87fy)+Vu2.5d1(0.87fy)=0.629+0.222=0.851 mm2/mm\frac{A_{sv}}{s_v}=\frac{T_u}{b_1d_1(0.87f_y)}+\frac{V_u}{2.5d_1(0.87f_y)}=0.629+0.222=0.851\ \text{mm}^2/\text{mm}

Code minimum: (τve−τc)b0.87fy=0.739\dfrac{(\tau_{ve}-\tau_c)b}{0.87f_y}=0.739 mm2^2/mm, so 0.851 governs. For 8 mm 2-legged closed stirrups (Asv=100.5A_{sv}=100.5 mm2^2): sv=118s_v=118 mm. Limits: x1=225x_1=225 mm, (x1+y1)/4=200(x_1+y_1)/4=200 mm, 300 mm.

Answer: Longitudinal steel 4-16 mm at the bottom (Ast=646A_{st}=646 mm2^2 required for Me1=131.57M_{e1}=131.57 kN·m), 2-12 mm at the top and 1-12 mm side face bar on each face; transverse reinforcement: closed 8 mm 2-legged stirrups at 115 mm c/c.

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