odes

Eurocode 2

Flexure

Design aids for flexural reinforcement

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Bending and axial force

Design aids for flexural reinforcement

The design procedure for flexural design outlined below is available in 'How to Design
Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2: Beams'; this includes derived formulae based on the
simplified rectangular stress block from Eurocode 2.

Figure 1: Procedure to determine flexural reinforcement

From How to Design Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2: Beams (page 19 - Figure 1)

Bending moments
The table below can be used to determine bending moments and shear forces for beams,
provided the notes to the table are observed.

Table 1: Bending moment and shear coefficients for beams and one-way slabs

Moment Shear
0.45
Outer support 25% of span moment
(G+Q)
Near middle
0.090 Gl +0.100 Ql
of end span
At first
0.63
interior -0.094 (G+Q) l
(G+Q)a
support
At middle of
0.066 Gl +0.086 Ql
interior spans
At interior 0.50
-0.075 (G+Q) l
supports (G+Q)
Key
a 0.55 (G+Q) may be used adjacent to the
interior span

Notes
1 l is the span, G is the total of the ULS
permanent actions. Q is the total of the ULS
variable actions
2 Redistribution of support moments by 15%
has been included
3 Applicable to 3 or more spans only, where
Qk<Gk and where the loading is substantially
uniformly distributed.
4 Minimum span is > 0.85 longest span
5 Simpler coefficients for one-way spanning
slabs are available in the publication 'Concise
Eurocode 2'.