Design of singly reinforced rectangular beams
f'c =                   3 ksi                                           Instructions: Enter values only in cells
     fy =                   60 ksi                                           that are colored yellow. Other values
    b1 =                 0.85                                                are calculated from those input values.
    Mu =                402.0 ft-k
             Assume r =                           0.0103 -
                                          Mu
                    bd2 =               ffyr(1-rfy/(1.7fc'))
                                                                   =             9869           in3
                 R=d/b                    R                        b               d                          b             d
                                          1                      21.45           21.45                        11          29.95
                                         1.2                     18.99           22.79                        12          28.68
                                         1.4                     17.14           23.99                        13          27.55
                                         1.5                     16.37           24.55                        14          26.55
                                         1.6                     15.68           25.09                        15          25.65
                                         1.7                     15.06           25.60                        16          24.84
                                         1.8                     14.50           26.09                        17          24.09
                                         1.9                     13.98           26.57                        18          23.42
                                          2                      13.51           27.02                        19          22.79
Select b and d                b=                                      18 in.
                              d=                                    23.5 in.
                              h=                                      26 in.                                          d     h
                              Rn =                                 539.2 psi                              As
                 r = .85fc'/fy(1-(1-2Rn/(.85fc'))0.5) =                          0.01021
                                                                                                          b
                              As = rbd =                               4.32 in   2
                                                                                           <-- theoretical steel area
                                                               No. of bars           Bar size         -
                                           select bars             5                     #9                    As =       5.00    in2
Calculation of Mu for simply supported beam with D & L uniformly distributed loads
                 wD =                             2.2875 klf
                 wL =                                 1.5 klf
                 span =                                25 ft.
                 wu =                              5.145 klf
                 Mu =                              402.0 ft-k
                 gc =                                145 pcf
                 self wt. =                       0.4875 klf
Iterative method to determine As when b and d are already known
  f'c =         4 ksi
  fy =         60 ksi
  b1 =       0.85
   Mu       402.0 ft-k                                d   h
   b           18 in.                    As
   d         29.5 in.
                                         b
                                   Iteration Number
           1             2       3          4             5       6       7
   a        9.403        3.532   3.158      3.137         3.136   3.136   3.136   in.
   As       3.602        3.221   3.199        3.198       3.198   3.198   3.198   in2
  r       0.00602
  Rn        342.2
Iterative method to determine As when b and d are already known
  f'c =          30 Mpa                        4.351 ksi
  fy =          420 Mpa                       60.914 ksi
  b1 =       0.85
  Mu       1050.0 kN-m                        774.48 ft-k                        d    h
   b          500 mm                           19.69 in.
                                                                        As
   d          680 mm                           26.77 in.
                                    METRIC                              b
                                        Iteration Number
            1             2         3            4       5         6          7
   a            217           160       153        152     151         151   151.42   mm        5.96
   As        4859         4630      4601        4597        4597   4597       4597    mm   2
                                                                                               7.125
  r       0.01352
  Rn         5.046
in.
in2