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Coupling Beam Design Based on ACI 318-14 / 2015 IBC

INPUT DATA
CONCRETE STRENGTH fc' = 4 ksi
REBAR YIELD STRESS fy = 60 ksi
FACTORED SHEAR LOAD Vu = 239 k
WIDTH b = 16 in
OVERALL DEPTH h = 72 in
COUPLING BEAM DEPTH c = 16 in
CLEAR SPAN L = 6 ft
DIAGONAL BARS, Ad 4 # 9
DIAGONAL TIES, Ash # 4 @ 4
HORIZONTAL BARS, Avh 16 # 4 ( 2 layers @ 10 in o.c. )
VERTICAL TIES, Av 2 legs # 5 @ 4 in o.c.

ANALYSIS
CHECK DIAGONAL BARS REQUIREMENT (ACI 318-14 18.10.7)

< 4
L/h= 1.00
< 2

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Vu < V n  4 bh fc 291 k [Coupling Beam Permitted]

CHECK DIAGONAL BARS (ACI 318-14 18.10.7)

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Vu < V n  MIN (2 f y A d sin  , 10 bh f c)  240 k [Satisfactory]

CHECK TIES AROUND DIAGONAL BARS (ACI 318-14 18.7.5)

 0.3sh c f 'c  A g  0.09 sh c f

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
A sh  MAX    1 , c
 0.384 in2 < A sh, provd
 fy  A ch  f y  [Satisfactory]

CHECK VERTICAL TIES (ACI 318-14 9.9)

A v  0.0025bs  0.352 in2 < A v , provd

[Satisfactory]

CHECK HORIZONTAL BARS (ACI 318-14 9.9)

Avh  0.0025bh  0.383 in2 < A v , provd

[Satisfactory]

DETERMINE LONGITUDINAL BARS (ACI 318-14 9.6.1)

 200bd 3bd f
' 
A s ,min  MAX  
c
, 3.07 in2 ==> ( 4 # 8 longitudinal bars both top & bottom)
 f y f 
 y


(Note: These bars are not recommended by SEAOC to be used, and are not shown in figure above.)
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Coupling Beam Design Based on CBC 2001 / UBC 1997

INPUT DATA
CONCRETE STRENGTH fc' = 4 ksi
REBAR YIELD STRESS fy = 60 ksi
FACTORED SHEAR LOAD Vu = 254 k

WIDTH b = 16 in
OVERALL DEPTH h = 72 in
CLEAR SPAN L = 6 ft
DIAGONAL BARS, Ad 4 # 9
DIAGONAL TIES, Ash # 4 @ 4
HORIZONTAL BARS, Avh 16 # 4 ( 2 layers @ 10 in o.c. )
VERTICAL TIES, Av 2 legs # 3 @ 6 in o.c.

ANALYSIS
CHECK DIAGONAL BARS REQUIREMENT (SEC.1921.6.10.2)

L/d= 1.02 < 4

where d= 70.25 in

Vu < V n  4 bd f 'c  284 k [Coupling Beam Permitted]

CHECK DIAGONAL BARS (SEC.1921.6.10.2)

Vu < V n  MIN (2 f y A d sin  , 10bd f 'c )  255 k [Satisfactory]

CHECK TIES AROUND DIAGONAL BARS (SEC. 1921.4.4)

 0.3sh c f 'c  A g  0.09 sh c f c 

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A sh  MAX    1  ,  0.384 in2 < A sh, provd

 fy  A ch  fy  [Satisfactory]

CHECK VERTICAL TIES (SEC. 1911.8.9)

Av  0.0015bs  0.144 in2 < Av , provd

[Satisfactory]

CHECK HORIZONTAL BARS (SEC. 1911.8.10)

Avh  0.0025bh  0.383 in2 < Av , provd

[Satisfactory]

DETERMINE LONGITUDINAL BARS (SEC. 1910.5.1)

 200bd 3bd f c 
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A s ,min  MAX  ,  3.07 in2 ==> ( 4 # 8 longitudinal bars both top & bottom)
 fy f y 
 
(Note: These bars are not recommended by SEAOC to be used, and are not shown in figure above.)
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