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DETAILED CALCULATIONS
LiftCore Beam_E1_3_4

Design Moment = 123 kNm

Design Shear = 182 k N

Design code :BS8110 - 1985

Flexural capacity and reinforcement calculations:
Maximum tensile stress in steel table 2.2

f st = 0.87 . f y
= 0.87 460
= 400.200 MPa

Maximum compression stress in steel table 2.2

f st = 0.87 . f y
= 0.87 460
= 400.200 MPa

Equivalent rectangular stress block parameters:

= 0.9

a = 0.67

f = 0.67

Calculation of the maximum steel strain:

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f st
est =
Es
400.2
=
200000
= 0.0020

Balanced neutral axis

d
xb =
est
1+
ec
347
=
.002
1+
.0035
= 220.818 mm

%redis
bb = 1 -
100
0
=1 -
100
= 1.0000

Maximum allowed neutral axis depth: 3.2.2.1

x = min(d/(1+ est/ ec) , ( bb-0.4)*d ) = 173.500 mm

Depth of rectangular stress block:

a = b. x
= .9 173.5
= 156.150 mm

Concrete moment capacity: 3.4.4.4

a . . . . .
Mu = a . d - b a f f cu 110-6
2
156.15
= 156.15 347 - 200 .66667 .66667 35 110-6
2
= 130.645 kNm
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Lever arm 3.4.4.4

M
z = d . 0.5 + 0.25 -
2 . a . f. b . d 2 . f cu
1230105
= 347 0.5 + 0.25 -
2 .66667 .66667 200 347 2 35
= 275.159 mm

Tension steel 3.4.4.4

M
Ast =
f st. z
1230105
=
400.2 275.16
= 1 116.973 mm

Neutral axis depth 3.4.4.4

2 . (d - z )
Neutralaxis
=
b
2 (347 - 275.16 )
=
.9
= 159.644 mm

Minimum Flexural Reinforcement

if fy<=300 fac = 1.82 else fac = 1.00

for flanged beam if bw/bf<0.4 then Minfac = 0.0018 else Minfac = 0.0013 ;Minfac = 0.0013
Amin = Minfac. bw. h . f ac
= .0013 200 400 1
= 104.000

Shear Calculations:
Area used for shear calculations:
Ash = bw. de
= 200 347
= 69.40103 mm
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Reinforcement ratio 3.4.5.4-6

Ast
F1 =
Ash
1117
=
69400
= 0.0161

f 1 = f 1i. 100
= .01609 100
= 1.609

F1 = min(3 , F1 ) = 1.609

F1 = max(0.15 , F1 ) = 1.609 3.4.5.4-6

400
f2 =
de
400
=
347
= 1.153

0.79 . 0.33333. 0.25

vc = F1 F2
1.25
0.79
= 1.6095 0.333331.1527 0.25
1.25
= 0.7674 MPa

f cu 0.33333
F3 =
25
35 0.33333
=
25
= 1.119

v c = v c1. F3
= .76744 1.1187
= 0.8585 MPa

Maximum allowable shear stress

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v cu = 0.8 . f cu
= 0.8 35
= 4.733 MPa

vcu = min(5 , vcu ) = 4.733

Actual Shear stress:

V . 1103
v=
Ash
182 1103
=
69400
= 2.622 MPa

Shear force capacity

Vco = v c. Ash. 110-3

= .85853 69400 110-3
= 59.582 kN

Shear reinforcement Table 3.8

(v - v c). b
Asv/sv =
0.87 . f yv
(2.6225 - .85853 )200
=
0.87 460
= 0.8815

Minimum links Table 3.8

0.40 . b
Asv/svn=
0.87 . f yv
0.40 200
=
0.87 460
= 0.1999