Deflection - EC2

Beam Design
Deflection - EC2
By : Muhd Salmizi Jaafar

The span/effective depth (l/d) ratios of beams or slabs should satisfy:

l/d ≤ K x basic ratio x αs x βs

αs = Modification factor based on fck and % of reinforcement.

βs = 310/σs, where σs is the stress in the tension reinforcement

basic ratio ;
Structural system K Basic ratio K x basic ratio
1) Simply supported member 1.0 20 20
2) End span of cont' member 1.3 26 33.8
3) Interior span of cont' member 1.5 30 45
4) Cantilver 0.4 8 3.2

αs for values of 100As,req/bd (As,req is area of tension reinforcement required)

100As/bd 0.25 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.6 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 2.00
25 2.09 1.61 1.12 0.93 0.86 0.80 0.74 0.70 0.68 0.64
30 2.58 1.95 1.31 1.03 0.93 0.85 0.78 0.73 0.70 0.66
fck 35 3.09 2.32 1.52 1.15 0.99 0.90 0.81 0.76 0.73 0.68
40 3.64 2.72 1.74 1.29 1.06 0.95 0.85 0.79 0.75 0.70
45 4.22 3.13 1.98 1.44 1.16 1.00 0.89 0.82 0.78 0.72
50 4.81 3.57 2.24 1.60 1.18 1.05 0.93 0.85 0.80 0.74

αs
for
Values
of
100As,req/bd

fck
50
 5.00

4.5

fck
45

4.0

fck
40
 3.5

fck
35
 3.0

fck
30
 2.5

fck
25

2.0

αs


1.5


1.0


0.50

0.25
 0.30
 0.40
 0.50
 0.60
 0.75
 1.0
 1.25
 1.5
 2.0


100As,req/bd
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βs = (500/fyk)(As,prov/As,req) (As,prov/As,req) ≤ 1.5

As,prov/As,req 1.05 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 ≤ 1.5

460 1.14 1.20 1.30 1.41 1.52 1.63 1.63
fyk
500 1.05 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.50 1.50

βs
for
Values
of
As,prov/As,req

1.70
1.65
fyk 460
1.60
1.55
1.50 fyk 500
1.45
1.40
βs


1.35
1.30
1.25
1.20
1.15
1.10
1.05
1.00
1.05 1.1 1.15 1.2 1.25 1.3 1.35 1.4 1.45 1.5 1.55

As,prov/As,req


Thus,
l/d ≤ K x basic ratio x αs x βs

(Actual span/depth ratio) ≤ (Allowable span/depth ratio)

l/d ≤ K x basic ratio x αs x βs