WORKING STRENGTH DESIGN (WSD)

Design a reinforced concrete beam with balanced-stress reinforcement to carry a uniform liveload of
5 kN/m over a simple span of 4 m and a concentrated load at midspan of 4 kN. Consider the weight of the
beam. Use fc = 8.5 Mpa & fs = 140 Mpa. Also use 20mm dia. bars.

Given:
wLL = 5 kN/m
PLL = 4 kN
Assume section:
b= 250 mm
h= 400 mm
L= 5
wDL = 23.60 0.25 0.4 kN/m
wDL = 2.36 kN/m
wT = 7.36 kN/m

b= 250 mm
h= 400 mm
fc = 8.5 Mpa
fs = 140 Mpa
n= 9

=M
1
wT L2 +
PL M= 28.00 kN.m
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k =
fc k= 0.353
fs
n
+ fc j= 0.882
j = 1 k / 3 400 -50 -10 = 340
1
Mc = fc jkbd 2 d= 290.754 < 340.0 ok
2
Ms = As fs jd 2
AS = 779.7 mm
1
fc kbd = As fs
2

dia = 20 mm
Ab = 314.16 mm2
No. of bars = 2.5 pcs say 3 pcs

fc

kd kd C=1/2fckbd

jd
kd
T=Asfs

fs/n

fc
k =
kd fc fs
= + fc
n
d fs
+ fc j = 1 k / 3
n 1
kd
fc kbd = As fs Mc =
1
fc jkbd 2
jd = d 2 2
3 Ms = As fs jd