- 2080 Bhadra · 10 marks
Design 200x400 beam for bending, shear, torsion
Short answer
Equivalent shear is 200 kN, tau_ve=2.857 N/mm2 below 3.1; Me1=126.47 kN-m requires doubly reinforced section. Provide tension 4-20 mm (1225 mm2), compression 3-16 mm (420 mm2), and closed 10 mm 2-legged stirrups at 90 mm c/c.
Design a rectangular RC beam having cross sectional dimension 200 mm x 400 mm subjected to design bending moment 100 kN-m, design shear force 80 kN (at critical section) and design torsional moment 15 kN-m. Consider M25 grade concrete and Fe415 grade steel.
Given: mm, mm, kN·m, kN, kN·m, M25, Fe415. Assume effective cover 50 mm: mm. Centre-to-centre distances of the corner bars: mm, mm.
Step 1: Equivalent shear and moment
N/mm (M25), so the section is acceptable. , so there is no .
Step 2: Longitudinal steel. kN·m , so the section is doubly reinforced for .
Doubly reinforced design
Limiting depth mm. Strain in compression steel (similar triangles):
From the design stress-strain curve of Fe415 (IS 456 Fig. 23): N/mm. Stress in concrete displaced by the steel: N/mm.
Provide tension 4-20 mm ( mm) and compression 3-16 mm ( mm) bars.
Step 3: Transverse reinforcement. , N/mm; .
For 10 mm 2-legged closed stirrups ( mm): mm. Limits: mm, mm, 300 mm.
Answer: Tension steel mm (4-20 mm), compression steel mm (3-16 mm), closed 10 mm 2-legged stirrups at 90 mm c/c.
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