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This spreadsheet was developed to perform a simple two-cycle moment distribution as developed by PCA in the 1950's. (My dad taught this to me.
publication is still available from PCA.

The spreadsheet is protected without a password to prevent accidental equation changes. Click to unprotect the worksheet.

I have included comments to indicate the meaning of input variables. The rest, I am sure, you will figure out.

This is absolute freeware. There are no warranties or guarantees. It may not even be right! You really should check it out and get the PCA publcatio
you want more info about two-cycle moment distribution.

Mark E. Deardorff

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get the PCA publcation if

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 Conbm2c.xls

CONCRETE BEAM
USING TWO-CYCLE MOMENT DISTRIBUTION

Job: Test
Des: Test
F'c: 3.0 ksi Cover top: 2.0'' pbal= .02138 Agg: 1.50''
beta1= 0.85 Cover bottom: 3.0'' pmax= .01604 ds: 0.405 n= 9.29
Fy: 60 ksi Cover side: 3.0'' pmin= 0.0033 m= 23.53 Fyst: 40 ksi
Grid-----> A Dsup: 1.000 B Dsup: 1.500 C Dsup: 1.500 D Dsup: 0.500
Mabove= 0 Dbm= 0.600 0 Dbm= 0.600 0 Dbm= 0.600 0 Dbm= 0.600
Mbelow= 112 Lsup: 0.800 1.50 -108 Lsup: 1.000 1.50 124 Lsup: 1.000 1.50 -119 Lsup: 0.400 1.48
Labove: 0.00' 23.33' 0.00' 14.00' 0.00' 22.67' 0.00' 18.00'
Lbelow: 8.00' b: 24'' 8.00' b: 24'' 8.00' b: 24'' 8.00' b: 24''
Diameter: 24'' H: 24'' 24'' H: 24'' 24'' H: 24'' 24'' H: 24''
I= 16286 27648 16286 27648 16286 27648 16286 27648
Kabove= 0 0 0 0
Kbelow= 2036 Kbm= 1185 2036 Kbm= 1975 2036 Kbm= 1220 2036 Kbm= 1536
Fcarry: .500-> .500-> .500-> .500->
k= 0.632 0.368 <-.500 0.228 0.392 0.380 <-.500 0.378 0.389 0.233 <-.500 0.255 0.425 0.321 <-.500 0.301
FEM D= -102 51 -102 -48 24 -48 -126 63 -126 -42 21 -42
FEM T= -163 82 -163 -76 38 -76 -199 99 -199 -60 30 -60
Carry -13 9 -30 9 -7 5 -20 12 -18 -3 2 11
Add -176 18 -193 -66 -3 -71 -219 11 -216 -63 -7 -49
Distribute 65 --- 44 25 --- 27 51 --- 55 20 --- 15
Min M= 64 -11 72 3
Max M= -112 109 -149 -41 28 -44 -168 123 -161 -43 25 -35
Vs= 42 42 32 32 53 53 20 20
correction= -2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vact= 40 40 44 76 32 33 86 53 52 73 20 20
Vc/3,Vc/6= 27 -14 29 22 -11 22 35 -18 35 14 -7 13
Mface= -85 95 -120 -20 17 -22 -132 105 -126 -29 18 -22
d= 21.33'' 20.33'' 21.25'' 21.33'' 20.33'' 21.33'' 21.18'' 20.25'' 21.18'' 21.33'' 20.33'' 21.33''
Asmin= 1.71 1.63 1.70 1.71 1.63 1.71 1.69 1.62 1.69 1.71 1.63 1.71
Asmax= 8.21 7.82 8.18 8.21 7.82 8.21 8.15 7.79 8.15 8.21 7.82 8.21
Asreq= 0.81 0.96 1.16 0.18 0.17 0.21 1.29 1.07 1.23 0.27 0.18 0.20
Asuse= 1.08 1.28 1.55 0.25 0.23 0.28 1.69 1.42 1.64 0.36 0.24 0.27
Top bars, #: 6 6 2 Cont!! 2 4 4 3 2
Size= #4 #5 #4 #4 #6 #6 #4 #4
Layers= 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bottom, #: 7 2 6 2
Size= #4 #4 #5 #4
Layers= 1 1 1 1
As actual= 1.20 1.40 1.86 0.40 0.40 0.40 1.76 1.86 1.76 0.60 0.40 0.40
x= ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
fs= ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
z= ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
Icr= ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
Mcr= 79 79 79 79
Mservice= -56 63 -80 -13 11 -15 -88 70 -84 -20 12 -15
Ieff= 27648 27648 ### 27648 27648 27648 ### 27648 ### 27648 27648 27648
delta,i= ### 0.004 ### 0.006
delta,lt= ### 0.004 ### 0.008
delta,t= ### ### 0.008 L/20928 ### ### 0.014 L/15002
Vdes= 30.4 33.6 19.4 19.8 40.0 39.5 14.3 13.4
phi*Vc/2= 23.8 23.7 23.8 23.8 23.7 23.7 23.8 23.8
phi*Vc= 47.7 47.5 47.7 47.7 47.3 47.3 47.7 47.7
Stirrups Min Min None None Min Min None None
Use 0.36 0.36 --- --- 0.36 0.36 --- ---
distance= 3.60' 4.52' --- --- 5.29' 5.17' --- ---

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 Conbm2c.xls

CONCRETE BEAM
USING TWO-CYCLE MOMENT DISTRIBUTION

Test
Test

E Dsup: 0.500 F Dsup: 1.000 G

0 Dbm= 0.600 0 Dbm= 0.600 0
-8 Lsup: 0.400 1.48 243 Lsup: 0.800 1.50 -234
0.00' 18.00' 0.00' 32.00' 0.00'
8.00' b: 24'' 8.00' b: 24'' 8.00'
24'' H: 24'' 24'' H: 24'' 24''
16286 27648 16286 27648 16286
0 0 0
2036 Kbm= 1536 2036 Kbm= 864 2036
.500-> .500->
0.399 0.301 <-.500 0.346 0.459 0.195 <-.500 0.298 0.702
-42 21 -42 -191 96 -191
-60 30 -60 -307 154 -307
23 -15 -3 -46 27 -26
-37 2 -63 -353 17 -333
11 --- 22 69 --- 99
-11 121
-26 17 -41 -284 198 -234
20 20 58 58
-1 1 2 -2
39 19 21 80 59 56 56
13 -7 14 39 -19 37
-13 10 -27 -245 179 -196
21.33'' 20.33'' 21.33'' 21.18'' 19.41'' 21.18''
1.71 1.63 1.71 1.69 1.55 1.69
8.21 7.82 8.21 8.15 7.47 8.15
0.12 0.10 0.26 2.45 1.93 1.94
0.17 0.14 0.34 2.45 1.93 1.94
2 Cont!! 3 6 6
#4 #4 #6 #6
1 1 1 1
2 9
#4 #5
1 2
0.40 0.40 0.60 2.64 2.79 2.64
### ### ### ### ### ###
### ### ### ### ### ###
### ### ### ### ### ###
### ### ### ### ### ###
79 79
-9 7 -18 -163 119 -131
27648 27648 27648 ### ### ###
0.003 ###
0.004 ###
L/15002 0.007 L/31180 ### ###
13.0 14.6 49.2 46.1
23.8 23.8 23.7 23.7
47.7 47.7 47.3 47.3
None None Min Min
--- --- 0.36 0.36
--- --- 8.86' 7.99'

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