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ACI 318-08 Example 001

SHEAR AND FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT DESIGN OF A SINGLY REINFORCED RECTANGLE

EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION
The flexural and shear design of a rectangular concrete beam is calculated in this
example.

A simply supported beam is subjected to an ultimate uniform load of 9.736 k/ft.

This example is tested using the ACI 318-08 concrete design code. The flexural
and shear reinforcing computed is compared with independent hand calculated
results.

GEOMETRY, PROPERTIES AND LOADING

A 10"
CL

2.5" 13.5"

A
Section A-A
10' = 120"

Material Properties Section Properties Design Properties

E= 3600 k/in2 d = 13.5 in f’c = 4 k/in2
ν= 0.2 b = 10.0 in fy = 60 k/in2
G= 1500 k/in2 I = 3,413 in4

TECHNICAL FEATURES TESTED

 Calculation of Flexural reinforcement, As

 Enforcement of Minimum tension reinforcement, As,min

 Calculation of Shear reinforcement, Av

 Enforcement of Minimum shear reinforcing, Av,min

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RESULTS COMPARISON
Independent results are hand calculated based on the equivalent rectangular stress
distribution described in Example 6.1 in Notes on ACI 318-08 Building Code.

Percent
Output Parameter ETABS Independent Difference

Design Moment, Mu (k-in) 1460.4 1460.4 0.00%

Tension Reinf, As (in2) 2.37 2.37 0.00%

Design Shear Force, Vu 37.73 37.73 0.00%

Shear Reinf, Av/s (in2/in) 0.041 0.041 0.00%

COMPUTER FILE: ACI 318-08 Ex001

CONCLUSION
The computed results show an exact match for the flexural and the shear
reinforcing.

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HAND CALCULATION

Flexural Design
The following quantities are computed for all the load combinations:
ϕ = 0.9, Ag = 160 sq-in
200
As,min = bw d = 0.450 sq-in (Govern)
fy

3 f c'
= bw d = 0.427 sq-in
fy

 f c′ − 4000 
β1 =
0.85 − 0.05  =0.85
 1000 
0.003
=cmax = d 5.0625 in
0.003 + 0.005
amax = β1cmax = 4.303 in

Combo1
wu = (1.2wd + 1.6wl) = 9.736 k/ft

Mu =
wu l 2
8
∙
= 9.736 102/8 = 121.7 k-ft = 1460.4 k-in

The depth of the compression block is given by:

2Mu
a = d − d2 − = 4.183 in (a < amax)
0.85 f c'ϕb
The area of tensile steel reinforcement is given by:

Mu 1460.4
As = =
 a 0.9 • 60 • (13.5 − 4.183 / 2 )
ϕ fy d − 
 2

As = 2.37 sq-in

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Shear Design
The following quantities are computed for all of the load combinations:
ϕ = 0.75
Check the limit of f c′ :

f c′ = 63.246 psi < 100 psi

The concrete shear capacity is given by:

ϕ Vc = ϕ2 f c′ bd = 12.807 k
The maximum shear that can be carried by reinforcement is given by:

ϕ Vs = ϕ8 f c′ bd = 51.229 k

The following limits are required in the determination of the reinforcement:

(ϕ Vc/2) = 6.4035 k
ϕ Vmax = ϕ Vc + ϕ Vs = 64.036 k
Given Vu, Vc and Vmax, the required shear reinforcement in area/unit length for
any load combination is calculated as follows:
If Vu ≤ ϕ (Vc/2),
Av
= 0,
s
else if ϕ (Vc/2) < Vu ≤ ϕ Vmax
Av (V − φVc )  Av 
= u ≥ 
s φ f ys d  s  min
where:

 Av    b   bw  3 
  = max 50 
w
 ,   f c′ 
 s min   f yt   f yt  4 
else if Vu > ϕ Vmax,
a failure condition is declared.

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Combo1
∙
Vu = 9.736 (5-13.5/12) = 37.727 k
φ (Vc =
/ 2 ) 6.4035 k ≤=
Vu 37.727 k ≤ φ V
=max 64.036 k

 Av    10   10  3 
  = max 50   ,   4, 000 
 s  min   60, 000   60, 000  4 
 Av  in 2
=  =
max {0.0083, 0.0079} 0.0083
 s  min in

Av (Vu − φVc ) in 2 in 2
= = 0.041 = 0.492
s φ f ys d in ft

ACI 318-08 Example 001 - 5