Design for Combined Shear & Torsion Links of Beam

Load Data for Shear

Point Load

(ft)

Material Properties

fc'
fy L
fy v
#2 fy v

(k)

Point Load, P1
Point Load, P2
Point Load, P3

Ultimate load , wu1

(ft)

(ft)

(k/ft)

Rectangular- Beam

0.000

54.500

6.330

Tee- Beam

Ultimate load , wu2

Spandrel-Beam

Ultimate load , wu3

Type of torsion

Load Data for Torsion

Torsional Point Load

(ft)

(k-ft)

60000

(psi)

30

(k)

60000

(psi)

c/c Spac.

50

(in)

36000

(psi)
1

Output Reaction

Type of Beam
Cantilever Beam

Point Load, PT3

Continuous Beam

Point Load, PT4

Continuity factor

Torsional Uniform load

(ft)

(ft)

(k-ft/ft)

Ultimate load , Twu1

0.000

54.500

4.500

VuL
2

See CA

Span Data
Span length

0,1

Pu

Compatibility torsion

Point Load, PT2

Ultimate load , Twu3

(psi)

Equlibrium torsion

Point Load, PT1

Ultimate load , Twu2

3000

Beam

X-Section of Beam

Point Load, P4
Uniform load

Ledge

54.5

(ft)

TuL

Output and Results of Combined Torsion & Shear Links of Beams

X- Section Dimension
height of Beam, h
width of web, bw

Output Reaction
36

(in)

Ultimate shear, VuL

18

(in)

thickness of flange, hf

(in)

Ultimate shear, VuR

Ultimate torsion, TuL

effective width of flange, b f

(in)

Ultimate shear, TuR

effective bottom cover, bc

(in)

Reaction at X- dis.

effective torsion cover

1.75

(in)

VU at X

Stirrup Data

TU at X

flange action in torsion

X- Distance

stirrup no. ,(#3 or #4)

X-distance

No. of legs

Check : ACI 318-95

No. of legs for Ledge Beam

11.6.3.1 X-section dim.

Output Data
effective depth ,d

32.000

(in)

Acp
Pcp

648.00

(in )

108.00

(in)

Aoh

471.25

(in2)

Ph

94.00

(in)

0.784

(in )

53.633

(k)

Area of stirrups

Vc
X-section dimension

u,min

11.6.1
2

11.6.2.2 Compatability torsion

11.6.5.2
11.6.6.1

Amin (v+t)/s
Smax (Torsion)
Smax (Shear)

11.5.4
11.6.5.3

A L,min

Stirrup Spacing
STorsion
SShear

Not o.k

At "X " A v / s , (f=45)

0.07565

(in2/in/leg)

Total Combined spacing

At "X" A t / s ,

0.03418

in2/in/leg

ALongitudinal reinforcement

0.21237

(in2/in/leg)

A v+t / s

(f=45)

of Beams
185.00

(k)

159.99

(k)

122.00

(ft-k)

123.25

(ft-k)

177.088

(k)

116.38
1.25

(ft-k)
(ft)

O.K
15.084

(ft-k)

60.34

(ft-k)

0.0150

(in2/in/leg)

11.5

(in)

16

(in)

-9.894

(in2)

5.73

(in)

10.36

(in)

3.00

(in)
(in2)

3.213

Distance

Vu

Tu

(ft)
0.00
2.73
5.45
8.18
10.90
13.63
16.35
19.08
21.80
24.53
27.25
29.98
32.70
35.43
38.15
40.88
43.60
46.33
49.05
51.78
54.50

(k)
185.00
167.75
150.50
133.25
116.00
98.75
81.50
64.26
47.01
29.76
12.51
4.74
21.99
39.24
56.49
73.74
90.99
108.24
125.49
142.74
159.99

(k-ft)
122.00
109.74
97.48
85.21
72.95
60.69
48.43
36.16
23.90
11.64
0.63
12.89
25.15
37.41
49.68
61.94
74.20
86.46
98.73
110.99
123.25

X-Sec.

ACI
ACI
No.
Bar#
11.5.4.3 11.5.6.8
of legs

Not O.k Not O.k

O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k

O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k
O.k

3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

2
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

ALong
(in2)
3.368
3.030
2.691
2.353
2.014
1.675
1.337
0.998
1.548
1.548
1.548
1.548
1.548
1.033
1.371
1.710
2.049
2.387
2.726
3.064
3.403

Spacing
Shear
(in)
2.73
11.21
13.21
16.07
20.51
14.18
22.95
60.23
10000.00
10000.00
10000.00
10000.00
10000.00
10000.00
223.96
31.82
17.13
11.72
8.90
7.18
6.02

Spacing
Torsion
(in)
3.07
6.08
6.85
7.83
9.15
11.00
13.78
18.45
15.67
32.18
599.24
29.06
14.89
10.01
13.43
10.77
8.99
7.72
6.76
6.01
5.41

Calculated
Spacing
(in)
1
3.5
4.5
5
6
6
8.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
10
11.5
8
5.5
4.5
3.5
3
2.5

Final
spacing
(in)
1
3.5
4.5
5
6
6
8.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
11.5
10
11.5
8
5.5
4.5
3.5
3
2.5