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Contents
1.0 Design Concrete Beam ...................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Design Beam for Flexural Stress........................................................................................................ 3
1.1.1 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars (TYPE 1) ........................................................... 3
1.1.1.1 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars - Case I ........................................................ 3
1.1.1.2 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars - Case II ....................................................... 3
1.2 Design Beam for Shear ...................................................................................................................... 5
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Table 1 - Risk Category of Building and other Structures .............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 2 – Importance Factors ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 3 – Design Lateral Soil Loads ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 4 – Live Loads and Live Load Element Factor KLL .................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 5 – USA Maps (States) .......................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 6 – USA Maps (States and Major Cities) ............................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 7 – Snow Drift Depth ( hd ) .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 8 – Hydraulic Head for Rain Load (dh) .................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 9 – Ice Equivalent Diameter ( Dc ) ......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 10 – Soil Shear Wave Velocity ( vs ) ...................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 11 – Site Coefficient (Fa , Fv) .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 12 – Seismic Category (SDS SD1) ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Table 13 – Site Coefficient (FPGA ) ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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1.0 Design Concrete Beam

1.1 Design Beam for Flexural Stress
5 types of beams will be evaluated

1.1.1 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars (TYPE 1)

𝐶=𝑇 𝑇 = 𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦 𝐶 = 0.85. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑎. 𝑏 𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦 = 0.85. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑎. 𝑏

𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦 𝑎
𝑎= 𝑎 = 𝛽. 𝑐 𝑐 =
0.85. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑏 𝛽1

0.85 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 ≤ 4000𝑝𝑠𝑖

𝑓′ 𝑐 −4000
𝛽1 = {0.85 − (
1000
) . 0.05 𝑓𝑜𝑟 4000 < 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 ≤ 8000 [ACI Table 22.2.2.4.3]
′
0.65 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓 𝑐
> 8000𝑝𝑠𝑖

1.1.1.1 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars - Case I

𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 − 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛
{ 𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑟 − 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛
𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 − 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑

𝑀𝑢 = 𝜑𝑀𝑛 𝑀𝑛 = 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦

𝑎 𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦
𝜑𝑀𝑛 = 𝜑𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦 . (𝑑 − ) → 𝜑𝑀𝑛 = 𝐴𝑠 . 𝐹𝑦 . (𝑑 − ) 𝐸𝑞. (𝑎)
2 1.7. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑏
𝜑 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 [ACI Table 21.2.2]:

0.003(𝑑 − 𝑐)
0.9 𝑖𝑓 𝜀𝑠 = ≥ 0.005 − 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙
𝑐
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0.75 → 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑒 0.003(𝑑 − 𝑐)
𝜑= { 𝑖𝑓 𝜀𝑠 = ≤ 0.002 − 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙
0.65 → 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑖𝑒 𝑐
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0.75 + 50(𝜀𝑡 − 0.002) → 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑒 0.003(𝑑 − 𝑐)
{ 𝑖𝑓 0.002 < 𝜀𝑠 = < 0.005 − 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
{ 0.65 + 83.33(𝜀𝑡 − 0.002) → 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑖𝑒 𝑐

1.1.1.2 Rectangular Beam with tension only rebars - Case II

𝐺𝑒𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 − 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛
{𝑅𝑒𝑞. 𝐵𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔(𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑) − 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛
𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑟 − 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑
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Method 1)
𝑀𝑢 0.85. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 2𝑅𝑛 𝐴𝑠
𝑅𝑛 = 𝜌= (1 − √1 − ) 𝜌= 𝐴𝑠 = 𝜌. 𝑏. 𝑑
𝑏. 𝑑2 𝑓𝑦 0.85. 𝑓 ′ 𝑐 𝑏. 𝑑
Method 2)
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1.2 Design Beam for Shear

𝜑𝑉𝑐
𝑉𝑢 ≤ ⋯ 𝑁𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑
2
𝑏𝑤 . 𝑆 50𝑏𝑤 . 𝑆
𝐴𝑉 = max (0.75. √𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . , )
𝜑𝑉𝑐 𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖) 𝑓𝑦𝑡(𝑝𝑠𝑖)
≤ 𝑉𝑢 ≤ 𝜑𝑉𝑐 ⋯
2 𝐴𝑉 . 𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖) 𝑓𝑦𝑡(𝑝𝑠𝑖) . 𝐴𝑉 𝑑
𝑆 = min ( , ) ≤ min ( , 24")
{
′
0.75. √𝑓 𝑐 . 𝑏𝑤 50𝑏𝑤 2
(𝑉𝑢 − 𝜑𝑉𝑐 ). 𝑆 𝑏𝑤 . 𝑆 50𝑏𝑤 . 𝑆
𝐴𝑉 = max ( ,0.75. √𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . , )
𝜑𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖). 𝑑 𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖) 𝑓𝑦𝑡(𝑝𝑠𝑖)
𝜑𝐴𝑉 . 𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖) 𝐴𝑉 . 𝑓𝑦𝑡 (𝑝𝑠𝑖) 𝑓𝑦𝑡(𝑝𝑠𝑖) . 𝐴𝑉
𝑆 = min ( , , )
(𝑉𝑢 − 𝜑𝑉𝑐 ) 0.75. √𝑓 ′ . 𝑏𝑤 50𝑏𝑤
𝜑𝑉𝑐 ≤ 𝑉𝑢 ⋯ 𝑐
𝑑
( , 24") 𝑖𝑓 (𝑉𝑢 − 𝜑𝑉𝑐 ) ≤ 𝜑4 √𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑏𝑤 𝑑
2
𝑆 ≤ 𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑑
( , 12") 𝑖𝑓 𝜑4 √𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑏𝑤 𝑑 < (𝑉𝑢 − 𝜑𝑉𝑐 ) ≤ 𝜑8 √𝑓 ′ 𝑐 . 𝑏𝑤 𝑑
{ { { 4

Shear Strength 𝜑𝑉𝑠 (Kip)

Spacing # 3 (U-Stirrup) # 4 (U-Stirrup) # 5 (U-Stirrup)
Grade 40 Grade 60 Grade 40 Grade 60 Grade 40 Grade 60
d/2 13.2 19.8 24 36 37.2 55.8
d/3 19.8 29.7 36 54 55.8 83.7
d/4 26.4 39.6 48 72 74.4 111.6
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