Reinforced Concrete Design
CECor3 – Design and Construction
Ultimate Strength Design
• Singly Reinforced Beam
Problem No. 1
Given a beam 300mm by 500mm with an effective
cover of 75 mm and reinforced with 4-25mm dia.
deformed bars at the bottom. Use fc’ = 21 MPa, fy = 345
MPa.
1. Determine the depth of compression block.
2. Determine the distance of the outer compression
fiber from the neutral axis.
3. Determine the ultimate moment capacity of the
beam.
Problem No. 2
Beam Section is b = 300mm, h = 450mm.
Effective depth is 380mm. Compressive strength of
concrete fc’ = 30MPa, steel strength fy = 415 MPa. The
beam is simply supported on a span of 5m. and carries the
following loads. Superimposed dead load = 16 kN/m, live
load = 14 kN/m.
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1. What is the maximum moment at ultimate
condition?
2. Find the number of 16mm bars required if the
design moment at ultimate load is 200 kN/m.
3. If the beam carries an ultimate load of 50 kN at
midspan, how many 16mm bars are required?
• Doubly Reinforced Beams
Problem No. 3
A simply supported beam is reinforced with 4-
28mm at the bottom and 2-28mm at top of the beam. Steel
covering to centroid of reinforcement is 70mm at the top
and bottom of the beam. The beam has a total depth of
400mm and a width of 300mm. fc’ = 30 MPa, fy = 415
MPa. Balanced steel ratio, pb = 0.021. Assume that the
steel yields in simplification.
1. Determine the depth of compression block.
2. Determine the design strength using 0.90 as
reduction factor.
3. Determine the live load at the midspan in addition
to a DL = 20kN/m including the weight of the
beam if it has a span of 6m.
• T – Beams
Problem No. 4
A reinforced concrete T-beam is to be designed for
tension reinforcement only. The beam width is 250mm
and the effective depth is 400mm. The flange thickness is
100mm and its effective flange width is 900mm. The
applied moment is 300 kN-m. The area of tension
reinforcement required is :
Use fc’ = MPa and fy = 414 MPa.
Problem No. 5
Calculate the required steel area tension steel area
of a T-beam for a floor system for which bw = 300mm, d =
450mm and floor thickness t = 100mm, to carry a dead
load moment of 68 kN-m (including its own weight) and a
live load moment of 135 kN-m. The beam is on a simple
span of 6m. with center to center spacing of 3m between
adjacent beams. Use fy = 345 MPa and fc’ = 27.6 MPa.
Reinforced Concrete Design
CECor3 – Design and Construction
Civil Engineering Department

• Slab • Columns

3. Minimum Number of Bars

Minimum number of longitudinal bars in

compression members shall be four (4) for bars within a
rectangular or circular tie.

4. Tie Reinforcements for compression members shall

conform to the following.

a. All non prestressed bars shall be enclosed by

lateral ties at least 10mm diameter in size for longitudinal
bars 32mm in diameter.

b. 12mm diameter in size for 36 diameter bars and

bundled longitudinal bars.

5. Spacing of ties

Problem No. 6 Vertical spacing of ties shall not exceed:

From the figure shows a cross section of a one way a. 16 longitudinal bar diameter
slab. b. 48 tie bar
c. Least dimension of the column
1. Compute the minimum thickness of Slab S-1.
2. Compute the minimum thickness of Slab S-2. 6. Minimum clear cover of ties
3. Compute the minimum thickness of Slab S-3.
a. 40mm
Problem No. 7 b. Diameter of vertical bars
c. 4/3 x maximum size of coarse aggregate
If the concrete section of a solid one-way slab
shown in Problem No. 6 has a unit weight of 2000 kg/m³.
the reinforcing steel used has a strength of fy = 400 MPa.
Compute the thickness of S-1, S-2 and S-3.

Problem No. 8

A one-way slab has a thickness of 175mm. it is

reinforced with 12mm bars spaced at 140mm on centers.
Assuming a steel covering of 26mm and using fc’ = 21 MPa
and fy = 276 MPa,

1. Compute the effective depth of the slab.

2. Compute the steel ratio of the slab.
3. Compute the ultimate moment capacity of the
slab.
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Problem No. 9

A reinforced concrete tied column carries a dead

axial load of 600 kN and a live load axial load of 750 kN.
Fc’ = 28 MPa, fy = 400 MPa.

1. What is the final factored load? NSCP 2010

2. Using super position method, what gives the
smallest dimension of the column section if the
steel ratio is 2%?
3. What gives the number of 20mm diameter bars?

Problem No. 10

A 450mm square column is to be constructed

above the ground. The vertical reinforcement consists of 8-
28mm bars. Maximum size of aggregates is 25mm. fc’ =
20.7 MPa, fy = 276.5 MPa.

1. What is the spacing required for the ties?

2. What is the cover required over the ties?
3. What gives the ratio of the center to center
reinforcement distance to the length of side of
column?