REFERENCE COMPUTATION

SS34 Drwgs GEOMETRY

Beam Layout
Clear span ℓ =

ACI 9.3.1.1 Minimum beam depth hmin =

Overall depth h =
Flange thickness hf =
Width of web bw =
ACI R9.2.4.4 Width of flange bf =
ACI 20.6.1.3.1 Concrete cover cc =

Reinforcement diameter Ø =
Depth of tensile reinforcement dc =
Effective depth d =

PROPERTIES
ACI 19.2.1 Concrete compressive strength f'c =
ACI 20.2.2.4a Reinforcement yield strength fy =
Concrete unit weight wc =
ACI 19.2.2.1 Modulus of elasticity Ec =
ACI 20.2.2.2 Modulus of elasticity Es =
Poisson's ratio ν =

LOADING
Beam self weight Ps =
Dead load (including slab weight) Pd =
Live load Pℓ =

FLEXURE DESIGN
ACI 5.3.1 Design load Pu =
Ultimate factored moment Mu =
 ACI 21.2.1 Strength reduction factor ɸ =
ACI 22.2.2 Depth of compression block a =
ACI 22.2.2.4.3 Concrete compression block factor β1 =

ACI Fig. R21.2.2b Minimum tensile strain allowed Ɛsmin =

ACI Fig R21.2 Maximum usable compression strain Ɛcmax =

ACI 22.2.1.2 Max. depth of compression zone cmax =

ACI 22.2.2.4.1 Max. allowed depth of compression block amax =
ACI 10.3.4/9.5.4.5 Area of tensile reinforcement As,req =
Since a < amax, no compression reinforcement
 MINIMUM & MAXIMUM REINFORCEMENT
Minimum flexural tension reinforcement required in a
ACI 9.6.1.2 beam section is given by the minimum of the two ρmin =
following limits:

Minimum Area of tensile reinforcement As,min =

Area of tensile reinforcement provided As,prov =
ACI 9.6.1.3 Suitability of area of reinforcement provided
ACI 24.3.2.1 Stress in deformed reinforcement fs =
Maximum space allowed s =
Spacing provided sprov =

SHEAR DESIGN
Factored shear force Vu =
ACI 19.2.4.2 Modification factor λ =

For nonprestressed members without axial force;

ACI 22.5.5.1 Concrete shear capacity Vc =
ACI 22.5.3.1 A limit imposed on the value of √f'c
ACI 22.5.1.2 Reinforcement shear capacity Vs =
ACI 22.5.1.1 Maximum shear force Vmax =
ACI 12.5.3.2 Strength reduction factor ɸ =

ACI 10.6.2.1 Requirement for minimum area of shear reinforcement

ACI 9.7.6.2.2
Maximum spacing of shear reinforcement s =

ACI 20.2.2.4 Yield strength of transverse reinforcement fyt =

ACI 9.6.3.3

Minimum area of shear reinforcement Av,min =

ION OUTPUT (imperial) OUTPUT (metric)

Beam Layout
324.80 in 8,250 mm

ℓ/16 20.30 in 516 mm

Choose 31.50 in 800 mm

7.87 in 200 mm
15.75 in 400 mm
bw + 2hb 62.99 in 1,600 mm
 1.5 in 38 mm

0.98 in 25 mm
2Ø + cc 3.47 in 88 mm
h - (hf + cc + Ø/2) 21.63 in 549 mm

4,350 psi 30 N/mm2

60,900 psi 420 N/mm2
153 pcf 24 kN/m3
wc1.5*33*SQRT(f'c) 4,110 ksi 28,339 MPa
29,000 ksi 199,948 MPa
0.2

wc x ℓ 2.8 psi 19 kN/m2

6.8 psi 47 kN/m2
3.6 psi 25 kN/m2

1.2Pd + 1.6Pℓ 9.1 psi 97 kN/m2

Pu x ℓ2/8 7,277 kip-in
822 kNm
606.4 kip-ft
 tension-controlled 0.9
d - SQRT(d - 2Mu/0.85f'cb)
2
1.67 in 42 mm
0.85 - 0.05[(f'c - 4000)/1000] 0.83 OK

0.005
0.003

[Ɛcmax/(Ɛcmax + Ɛsmin)]*d 8.1 in 206 mm

β1*cmax 6.8 in 172 mm
Mu/ɸfyd 6.1 in 2
3,960 mm2
Provide nominal reinf't. for compression
MAX[3*SQRT(f'c)/fy, 200/fy] 0.0033

ρmin x bwd 1.12 in2 722 mm2

Provide 8 - #8 (8T25) bars 6.32 in2 3,827 mm2
As,prov ≥ (4/3)*As,req 8.18 in2 Not suitable
(2/3)*fy 40,600 psi 280 N/mm2
15*(40000/fs) - 2.5cc 11.03 in 280 mm
(b - 2ds)/(n - 1)

Pu x ℓ 1.5 kips 399 kN

1.0

2λ*SQRT(f'c)*bwd 44.9 kips 200 kN

SQRT(f'c) ≤ 100 66.0 psi OK
8*SQRT(f'c)*bwd 179.7 kips 799 kN
Vc + Vs 224.7 kips 999 kN
0.75
0.5ɸVc 16.8 kips 75 kN
Since Vu ≤ 0.5ɸVc, Av/s = 0 Provide nominal shear reinf't.
 Vs ≤ 4*SQRT(f'c)*bwd
d/2 10.8 in 275 mm

60,000 psi 414 N/mm2

0.75*SQRT(f'c)*bw/fyt 0.0130 in
50*bw/fyt 0.0131 in
MAX[0.75*SQRT(f'c)*bw/fyt , 50*bw/fyt] x s 0.14 in2 92 mm2