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Working Stress Design (WSD) : Design Concepts
Working Stress Design (WSD) : Design Concepts
Working Stress Design (WSD) : Design Concepts
Working Stress
Design (WSD):
Design Concepts
‘Cracked’ Sections
Example 3.2
Calculate the allowable positive moment in the section shown below,
if the allowable compressive stress in concrete is fcall = 1.35 ksi and
allowable tensile stress in steel is fsall = 24 ksi.
b(kd)2/2 = nAs(d kd) s=As/bd
k2/2 = ns (1 k) = Steel Ratio
k = ns +[2ns + (ns)2]
Modular ratio, n = 9
Steel Ratio s= 0.88/(10 9.5) = 0.0093
Fig. 3.2: (i) Cross-section, ns = 0.083
k = ns +[2ns + (ns)2] = 0.333
(ii) Equivalent Cracked Section
c = kd = 3.17