CE229 ADVANCED REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN

DESIGN OF
CONTINUOUS T-
BEAM
PREPARED BY : WILSON S. UNTALAN
PROFESSOR : DR. JOSEPH BERLIN JUANZON
 WHAT IS T-BEAM?

Used in construction, is a load bearing

structure of reinforced concrete beam,
wood or metal with a t-shape section.
The top of the t-shape serves as a flange
or compression member and the web of
the beam below is to resist shear stress
and provide greater separation for the
coupled forces of bending.
I. OBJECTIVE

 To design a T-Beam based on ACI Code.

 Toillustrate a step by step solution for example

problem design to understand how ACI Code to
apply.
II. PROBLEM
Design the floor beam B3-
B4-B3 in Fig. This beam
support its own dead load
plus the load 6-in. slab.
The beam is supported on
girder at lines A, B, C, and
D and is symmetrical
about the centerline of
the building. Used
normal-weight concrete
with f’c = 4000psi and
fy = 60000psi
for flexure and shear
reinforcement. And live
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 To compute the positive moment on beam B3 and negative
moment at the exterior face of beam B3, it is necessary to load
spans AB and CD.
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
33'-
6
16”

15'-
14”
0 ACI reduction for live load

15'-
0
16”
14”

Lo = 100psf = live load

1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.

ACI reduction for live load

1. No reduction is allow for
live load exceeding 100psf.
2. L Shall be less than 0.5Lo.
3. When the area supported
by abeam exceed 400ft2.
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 To compute the maximum negative moment at the interior
support, B, spans AB and BC should be loaded.
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 To compute the maximum negative moment at the interior
support, B, spans AB and BC should be loaded.

33'- 30'-
6 0
16”

15'-
0
14”

16” 15'-
14” 0
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 To compute positive moment in center span B4. Span BC should
be loaded.
1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 To compute positive moment in center span B4. Span BC should
be loaded.

30'-
16” 0

15'-
0
14”

15'-
16” 0
14”
 1. Compute the trial unfactored
loads on the beam.
 Summary of unfactored reduced live load.

a) Positive moment @ midspan B4 = 75.5psf

b) Positive moment @ midspan B3 = 73.3psf
c) Negative moment @ B = 59.9psf
2. Select Method of analysis of Beam
and Values of the Strength-Reduction
factor.
ACI Code Section 8.3.3
 (a) there are two or more spans,
 (b) the ratio of the longer clear span to the shorter clear span is
approximately 33/30 = 1.1, which is less than 1.2,
 (c )the loads are uniformly distributed,
 (d) the unfactored LL does not exceed 3DL, and
 (e )the member are prismatic.

So far, the beam fits all these except (d), which we will check later
2. Select Method of analysis of Beam
and Values of the Strength-Reduction
factor.
ACI Code Section 8.3.3
Same as in Section 408.4.3 for NSCP 2010
and Section 406.5.2 for NSCP 2015

ACI Code Section 9.2

Flexure = 0.9
0 0 0 0 0
Shear = 0.75
Load Combination we will used is :
Wu = 1.2DL + 1.6LL Allowable Strength
Design
3. Compute the total factored
loads on the beam.

Tributary width
2.85
kip/ft
Total factored from the slab.
4. Chose the actual size of the
beam stem
The following are approximate method in determining T-beam stem size
 wu of stem = 12% to 20% total factored load
 h = 1/18 to 1/12 of larger span (overall depth)
 bw = h/2

The gives as :
 wu = 0.34 to 0.57 total factored load
 h = 22in. to 33in. for 33ft
 bw = 11in. to 22in.
4. Chose the actual size of the
beam stem
The size of stem is governing by three factor
 deflection
 Moment capacity at the point of maximum negative moment
 Shear capacity
4. Chose the actual size of the
beam stem (deflection)

33
ft
4. Chose the actual size of the beam
Moment capacity at the point of maximum negative moment
stem
ACI Code Section 8.3.3
Ln for negative moment is defined as the
average of the two adjacent spans.
4. Chose the actual size of the
beam stem (shear capacity)
Try a 12-in. wide-by-24 in. deep extending 18in. Below the slab stem, with d
= 21.5in.(24-2.5 concrete cover) > (d = 21.4in. In deflection limit)

ACI Code Section 8.3.3

ØVn > Vu applied load size is OK

5. Calculate the flange width for
the positive moment regions.
ACI Code Section 8.12.2

bf = L/4
bf = bw + 16t
bf = bw + S1 + S2
6. Compute the beam moment.
The moment can be computed by using frame
analysis. However, in step 2 it was shown that we
could used the ACI moment coefficients from ACI
Code 8.3.3 if the unfactored live load was less
that three times the unfactored dead load.
7. Design the flexural
reinforcement.
8. Design the shear reinforcement.
III. REFERENCES

 Reinforced Concrete Mechanics and Design 6E by James K. Wight

and James G. McGregor
 National Structural Code of the Philippines 2010 and 2015
 ACI Code 318M-08
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