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Balmain, TS Structural

RC Beam EN 1992-1-1+ French NA

RC BEAM, Eurocode 2 with French National Annex

Summary
1HYPOTHESIS................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Code ............................................................................................................. 2
1.2 Geometry...................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Materials ....................................................................................................... 2
1.4 Load .............................................................................................................. 2
1.5 Environment................................................................................................. 2
2ACTIONS CALCULATION ............................................................................... 3
2.1 Effective span of beams ............................................................................. 3
2.2 Effort and Bending Moment........................................................................ 3
2.3 Bending Moment in RSA............................................................................. 3
2.1 Shear in RSA ................................................................................................ 4
3BENDING ULS ................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Minimum cover (EC2 4.4.1) ......................................................................... 4
3.2 Resistance of the concrete ......................................................................... 4
3.3 Steel Strength .............................................................................................. 4
3.4 Theorical calculation ................................................................................... 5
3.5 RSA calculation ........................................................................................... 5
4SHEAR ULS .................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Theorical calculation ................................................................................... 5
4.2 RSA calculation ........................................................................................... 7

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Hypothesis
1.1 - Code

Eurocode 2: EN1992-1-1 with the National Annex 2007 and 2008 A1 patch.

1.2 - Geometry

1.3 - Materials
Concrete C25/30 fck = 25 MPa (EC2 Table 3.1), Class N
Steel: HA500C fyk = 500 MPa (EC2 Table C.1)

1.4 - Load
G = 35 kN / ml including the self-weight of the beam
Q = 15 kN / ml
Category C: congregation areas (EC0 Table A1.1)

1.5 - Environment
Exposure classes class XC1: Dry or permanently wet (EC2 Table 4.1)
Initial structural class: S4
Crack width: 0.30 mm
Relative environment humidity: RH = 50% (Indoor Environment) (EC2 3.1.4.a)
Design working life: 50 years
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Actions Calculation
2.1 - Effective span of beams

a1 = a2 = min (1/2.h; 1/2.t) = min (0.5 * 0.7, 0.5 * 0.4) = min

(0.35, 0.20)
a1 = a2 = 0.20 m
Leff = Ln + a1 + a2 = 6.50 +0.20 +0.20 = 6.90 m (EC2 5,3,2,2)

2.2 - Effort and Bending Moment

y1,i = 0.70

y2,i=0.60

p (kN / ml)
ULS : 1.35 G+ 1.5 Q
69.8
SLS characteristic: 1.00 G+1.00 Q
50.0
SLS Frequent : 1.00 G+ y1, 1.Q
SLS Quasi-permanent : 1.00 G+ y2 1.Q

M (kN m)
415.1
297.6

V (kN)
240.6

45.5

270.8

157.0

44.0

261.9

151.8

172.5

2.3 - Bending Moment in RSA

ULS: MULS = 415.1 kNm , Graphically

Or In the table with ULS Active menu :

SLS: MSLS_c = 297.6kN.m et MSLS_qp = 261.9kN.m

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2.1 - Shear in RSA

We found VULS = 240.6kN at the axis
So we have VULS = 240.6-0.2 * 69.8 = 226.7kN the naked (x = 0.40m)

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Bending ULS
3.1 - Minimum cover (EC2 4.4.1)

Structural class corrected: S (4-0) = 4, so cmin = 2 cm et Dcdev= 1 cm

cnom = cmin +Dcdev= 2 + 1 = 3cm
Note: The software checks the consistency of the coating selected.

3.2 - Resistance of the concrete

fcd = cc. fck / c = 1 * 25 /1.5 = 16.67 MPa
Selection diagram calculation: Simplified Rectangle

fck<50MPa : l=0.8 et h=1.0 (EC2 3,1,7(3))

fck<50MPa :

cu3

= 3.5%o

3.3 - Steel Strength

fyd = fyk / gs = 500/1.15 = 435 MPa,
perfect. plastic diagram

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3.4 - Theorical calculation

HA16 so Diameter_L = 1.6cm
d = h-cnom Diameter_L = 70 -3 -1.6 = 66.3cm
b = 40 cm

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0.1456

1.25 1
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60.2cm

15.9 cm

3.5 - RSA calculation

As_ Required = 16.0cm
As_Design= 16.1cm with a bed 6 bed HA14 and HA14 4

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Shear ULS
4.1 - Theorical calculation

(EC 6.2.3)
A - compression chord, B - struts, C - tensile chord, D - shear reinforcement
is the angle between shear reinforcement and the beam axis perpendicular to the shear
force (measured positive as shown in Figure 6.5)
= 90

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is the angle between the concrete compression strut and the beam axis perpendicular to
the shear force. 1 cot 2,5
we choose
cot = 2.5 ( = 21.8)
cotg()+tg() = 2.9
EC2 6.2.1 (8) For members subject to predominantly uniformly distributed loading the
design shear force need not to be checked at a distance less than d from the face of the
support. Any shear reinforcement required should continue to the support. In addition it
should be verified that the shear at the support does not exceed VRd,max (see also 6.2.2 (6)
and 6.2.3 (8)).
VEd,s=VEd_nu-pu*(d) = 181.07 kN
EC2 6.2.3 (5) In regions where there is no discontinuity of VEd (e.g. for uniformly
distributed loading) the shear reinforcement in any length increment l = z (cotg) may be
calculated using the smallest value of VEd in the increment.
L = z(cotg()) = 1.47m (modification from EC2-1-1 :AC 2008)
VEd,s=VRd_nu-pu*(l) = 124.04 kN
VEd,s=VRd_nu-pu*(d+l) =78.43 kN with EC2 6.2.1(8) and 6.2.3(5)
Note: French recommendation for EC2 recommend not to cumulus this 2 decreased.
Note: In RSA, by default no decreasing are considered, but you can activated in
Calculation Options/Advanced EC2 6.2.1(8) with the checkbox Redistrution of a
shaar force near supports.

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Compression in Concrete
cw is a coefficient taking account of the state of the stress in the compression hord
cw = 1 for non-prestressed structures
1

is a strength reduction factor for concrete cracked in shear

== n1 =0.54

z=0.9 d = 0.589 m
VRd,max = cw bw z 1 fcd/(cotq + tanq )
VRd,max = 730.6 kN

EC2 6.2.3(3)

Stirrups section
fywd = fyd = 435 Mpa

= 3.54 cm/ml

Constructive provision:
= 8.0
= 3.2 cm/ml
=
< 0.49 m

4 HA6 : Asw = 0.57cm

s = 16 cm

4.2 - RSA calculation

In RSA, we found Required 3.5cm and 3.6cm in real also with stirrups in HA6 with a spacing of 16 cm.

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Note : with cotg() =1 ,we found 8.8cm with RSA and manually :

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