Required Steel Area of Reinforced Concrete

Beam
Problem
A rectangular concrete beam is reinforced in tension only. The width is 300 mm and the
effective depth is 600 mm. The beam carries a moment of 80 kN·m which causes a
stress of 5 MPa in the extreme compression fiber of concrete. Use n = 9.
1. What is the distance of the neutral axis from the top of the beam?
2. Calculate the required area for steel reinforcement.
3. Find the stress developed in the steel.

Distance of the neutral axis from the top of the beam

M=CyM=Cy
M=12fcbx(d−13x)M=12fcbx(d−13x)
80(10002)=12(5)(300x)(600−13x)80(10002)=12(5)(300x)(600−13x)
250x2−450000x+80000000250x2−450000x+80000000
x=1600 and 200x=1600 and 200

Use x=200 mmx=200 mm answer

Required steel area

Qabove NA=Qbelow NAQabove NA=Qbelow NA
300x(12x)=nAs(d−x)300x(12x)=nAs(d−x)
150x2=nAs(d−x)150x2=nAs(d−x)
150(2002)=9As(600−200)150(2002)=9As(600−200)
As=1666.67 mm2As=1666.67 mm2 answer

Stress developed in the steel

fs/nd−x=fcxfs/nd−x=fcx
fs/9600−200=5200fs/9600−200=5200
fs=90 MPafs=90 MPa answer