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Section 8
SP : (S & T)-1987
CONTENTS
General requirements
• The bars shall be symmetrically placed about the vertical centre line
of the beams.
Reinforcement bars
Smaller bars
• Where bars in different horizontal rows have different diameter, the
larger diameter bars shall be placed in the bottom row.
s
• Where there are two or more rows of bars, the bars shall be vertically
in line and the minimum vertical distance between bars shall be 15
mm or two-thirds the nominal maximum size of aggregate or the
maximum size of the bar, whichever is the greatest.
d
D
Tension Reinforcement
Side Face Reinforcement
• Where the depth of the web in a beam exceeds 750 mm side face
reinforcement shall be provided along the two faces.
• The total area of such reinforcement shall be not less than 0.1
percent of the web area and shall be distributed equally on two faces
at a spacing not exceeding 300 mm or web thickness whichever is
less. b
≯min(300 D>750mm
mm,b)
Side face reinforcement with minimum of
≯min(300 0.1% of web area distributed equally on
mm,b) both faces
Shear Reinforcement
• A stirrup in the reinforced concrete beam shall pass around or be
otherwise adequately secured to the outer most tension and
compression reinforcement, and such stirrups should have both its
ends anchored properly.
stirrups
Different ways of Anchoring Ends of Stirrups
8Ø
Ø
450
4Ø
4Ø
DIFFERENT SHAPES OF STIRRUPS
weld
Ø weld
Bent-up Bars
• Tensile reinforcement which is inclined and carried through the depth
of beam can also be considered to act as shear reinforcement
provided it is anchored.
• It is usual practice to combine bent up bars and vertical stirrups to
resist the shear since some of the longitudinal bars are bent up when
they are no longer required at the bottom
Ld
45
0 d/2
d/2
Support
Maximum spacing (s) of shear reinforcement
• The maximum spacing of shear reinforcement measured along the
axis of the member shall not exceed 0.75 d for vertical stirrups and d
for inclined stirrups at 450.
• In no case shall it exceed 450 mm.
s≯0.75d Where,
d=effective depth
Use of Multi-legged Stirrups
• Multi-legged stirrups are required from the consideration of shear
stresses in the beam, or where restraint against the buckling of bars
in compression is needed.
• The rules for stirrups reinforcing steel in compression are the same as
those for columns.
• The vertical stirrups may he provided as two-legged stirrups, four
legged stirrups or six legged stirrups at the same section according to
actual requirements.
• Open type stirrups may be used for beam-slab construction where
the width of rib is more than 450 mm.
Links should not overlap
slab
Open
type
stirrups
beam
b>450mm