PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF PRECAST / PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

CHAPTER 3

3.10 L-Beam Load Tables

1'-0"

8"

Normalweight Concrete
Section Properties

1
h

1'-8"

Designation

h
in.

h1/h2
in.

A
in.2

I
in.4

yb
in.

Sb
in.3

20LB20
20LB24
20LB28
20LB32
20LB36
20LB40
20LB44
20LB48
20LB52
20LB56
20LB60

20
24
28
32
36
40
44
48
52
56
60

12/8
12/12
16/12
20/12
24/12
24/16
28/16
32/16
36/16
40/16
44/16

304
384
432
480
528
608
656
704
752
800
848

10,160
17,568
27,883
41,600
59,119
81,282
108,107
140,133
177,752
221,355
271,332

8.74
10.50
12.22
14.00
15.82
17.47
19.27
21.09
22.94
24.80
26.68

1163
1673
2282
2971
3737
4653
5610
6645
7749
8926
10,170

St
in.3

Wt
lb/ft

902
1301
1767
2311
2930
3608
4372
5208
6117
7095
8143

317
400
450
500
550
633
683
733
783
833
883

1. Check local area for availability of other sizes.

2.Safe loads shown include 50% superimposed dead load and 50% live load.
800 psi top tension has been allowed, therefore, additional top reinforcement is required.
3. Safe loads can be significantly increased by use of structural composite topping.

fc' = 5000 psi

fpu = 270,000 psi

/2-in.-diameter,
low-relaxation strand

Key
6560 Safe superimposed service load, lb/ft
0.3 Estimated camber at erection, in.
0.1 Estimated long-time camber, in.

Table of safe superimposed service load, lb/ft, and cambers, in.

Designation

Number
strand

ys
in.

20LB20

2.44

20LB24

10

2.80

20LB28

12

3.33

20LB32

14

3.71

20LB36

16

4.25

20LB40

18

4.89

20LB44

19

5.05

20LB48

21

5.81

20LB52

23

6.17

20LB56

25

6.64

20LB60

27

7.33

Span, ft
26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

44

46

48

50

6560 5130 4100 3340 2760 2310

0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
9570 7490 6000 4900 4060 3410
0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
8220 6730 5590 4710
0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
8940 7440 6280
0.4 0.5 0.5
0.1 0.2 0.2
9450 7980
0.4 0.5
0.2 0.2
9810
0.4
0.2

16

18

20

22

24

1960
0.9
0.3
2890
0.7
0.2
4000
0.6
0.2
5350
0.6
0.2
6820
0.5
0.2
8380
0.5
0.2

1670
1.0
0.3
2470
0.8
0.2
3440
0.7
0.2
4610
0.7
0.2
5880
0.6
0.2
7230
0.6
0.2
8950
0.5
0.2

1430
1.0
0.3
2130
0.9
0.2
2970
0.8
0.2
4000
0.7
0.2
5110
0.7
0.2
6290
0.6
0.2
7800
0.6
0.2
9220
0.5
0.2

1240
1.1
0.3
1850
0.9
0.2
2590
0.9
0.2
3490
0.8
0.2
4470
0.8
0.3
5510
0.7
0.2
6840
0.6
0.2
8100
0.6
0.2
9630
0.6
0.2

1070
1.2
0.2
1610
1.0
0.1
2270
0.9
0.2
3070
0.9
0.3
3940
0.8
0.3
4850
0.8
0.2
6040
0.7
0.2
7150
0.6
0.2
8520
0.6
0.2
9950
0.6
0.2

1410
1.0
0.1
2000
1.0
0.2
2710
1.0
0.3
3480
0.9
0.3
4300
0.8
0.3
5360
0.8
0.2
6360
0.7
0.2
7570
0.7
0.2
8860
0.7
0.2

1240
1.1
0.1
1760
1.1
0.2
2400
1.0
0.3
3100
1.0
0.3
3830
0.9
0.3
4780
0.8
0.2
5670
0.8
0.2
6770
0.7
0.3
7920
0.7
0.3
9080
0.7
0.3

1090
1.1
0.0
1560
1.1
0.2
2140
1.1
0.2
2770
1.1
0.3
3420
1.0
0.3
4280
0.9
0.2
5090
0.8
0.2
6080
0.8
0.3
7120
0.8
0.3
8170
0.7
0.3

969
1.2
0.0
1390
1.2
0.1
1910
1.2
0.2
2480
1.1
0.3
3070
1.0
0.3
3850
0.9
0.2
4580
0.9
0.3
5480
0.9
0.3
6420
0.8
0.3
7380
0.8
0.3

1240
1.2
0.1
1710
1.2
0.2
2230
1.2
0.3
2760
1.1
0.3
3470
1.0
0.2
4140
0.9
0.3
4950
0.9
0.3
5820
0.9
0.3
6680
0.9
0.3

1110
1.2
0.0
1540
1.3
0.2
2010
1.2
0.3
2490
1.1
0.3
3140
1.1
0.2
3750
1.0
0.3
4490
1.0
0.3
5280
1.0
0.3
6080
0.9
0.3

992
1.3
0.0
1380
1.3
0.1
1810
1.3
0.2
2250
1.2
0.3
2850
1.1
0.2
3400
1.1
0.3
4090
1.0
0.3
4810
1.0
0.3
5540
1.0
0.3

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