CE 302 STRUCTURAL DESIGN

PART B: REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

LECTURE 3: DESIGN OF RECTANGULAR BEAMS
Yaip K Telue
BEng, BEng(Hons2A), PhD(QUT)
MIE(Aust), MIE(PNG)

Professor and Head Department of Civil Engineering

PNG Unitech
ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

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TUTORIAL PROBLEMS

2.2.2 Rectangular beams and slabs – Design (From R Heywood, QUT Notes,
1990)

2.2.2 (a) Determine the amount of steel reinforcement required for the concrete beam.

f ’c = 32 MPa

fsy = 500 MPa

stirrups = R10
600

Cover = 40 mm

M* = 90 kNm

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2.2.2 (b) Estimate the size of the concrete beam for the following load case. For the selected beam
determine the area of reinforcement.

f ’c = 30 MPa

fsy = 500 MPa

stirrups = R10
D

Cover = 50 mm

WG = 10 kN/m
WQ = 12 kN/m

7 .0 m

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