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Building Design of Beam Ledge
DESIGN OF BEAM LEDGE ACCORDING TO ACI 318 - 99
Beam-B1 Ledge
Material Properties
' 2
Concrete Cylinder Strength (f C) = 350 Kg/Cm
2
Steel Yield Stress (fY) = 4200 Kg/Cm

Section Properties
Total Thickness (h) = 300.00 Cm
Depth of Section (d) = 27.00 Cm
af
Load distance to face of Beam (a) = 10.00 Cm a Av (F2)
Load distance to center of Stirrup's Leg (a f)= 12.00 Cm
Vu As + Ah
a /d= 0.37 < 1 Nuc
Width of bearing plate / pad (W)
(F1)
= 11.50 Cm
Distance between Ledge Loads (S) = 122.00 Cm
h d

Straining Actions 4 F1 + Cover

Ultimate Vertical Force (Vu) = 10.50 t
Ultimate Normal Force (Nuc) = 2.10 t (Min. = 0.20 Vu = 2.10 t) ACI - 11.9.3.4
Effective width for M & N=(W+5a f )or S = 71.50 Cm
Ultimate Moment (MU)=Vu.af+Nuc(h-d) = 6.99 m. t ACI - 11.9.3
Effective width for Shear =(W+4a) or S = 51.50 Cm
Shear Strength ( f Vn) = 66.48 t ACI - 11.9.3.2.1

Main Reinf. (F1) Calculations

Reinforcement for Flexure (A f) = 7.03 2
Cm / effective width of 71.50 Cm
Reinforcement for Normal force (A n) = 0.59 2
Cm / effective width of 71.50 Cm ACI - 11.9.3.4
Reinforcement for Shear Friction (Avf) = 2.10 2
Cm / effective width of 51.50 Cm ACI - 11.7.4.1, Eqn. (11-25)
Main Reinforcement (A s) = 0.1066 2
Cm / Cm ACI - 11.9.3.5 & 11.9.5
Total Area of Stirrups (A h) =
0.0492 2
Cm / Cm ACI - 11.9.4
Provide (A s+A h) = 0.1558 2
Cm / Cm @ F 17 @ 150 mm

Check of bearing Av
Bearing plate length ( L ) = 11.50 Cm (F2)
Bearing Strength (f Pnb)= f.0.85.f'c.W.L
As + Ah
= 27.54 t > Vu O.K. L df/2
(F1)

Check of punching d f /2
Assume d f = d df Section
Punching Strength (f Pnp) = 40.30 t > Vu O.K.
L df/2
Check Required Area for Hanger Reinf. (F2)
Spacing between Vertical hangers(ss) = 150 mm d f /2
A v = Vu . Spacing (ss) / ( f fy.S) = 0.362 Cm
2

Verifying the serviceability W

A v = (Vu/1.5) . (SS) / ( 0.5 . Fy).(W+3a) = 1.205 Cm
2 (governs) Plan
d f /2
Av = F 12 @ 150

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