stress block force fs. Tc transformed area. (n-1)Ast. Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams. In the elastic analysis of RC beams, the concrete in the tensile zone.
Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams Uncracked State b
εc
fc C
d (n-1)Ast εs transformed area
cross section
fs
strain
Tc Ts force
stress block
C=Ts+Tc
Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams In the elastic analysis of RC beams, the concrete in the tensile zone does not resist any tensile force, ie., that it is cracked completely to the neutral axis (NA) b
εc
fc C
kd d
jd nAst εs cross section
transformed section
strain
T fs/n linear stress block
force
Stress in the imaginary concrete equivalent of the steel area. Note fs=nfc
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Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams 1. Determine the neutral axis position, concrete stresses at the top and bottom fibers and steel stress produced by a moment of 10kNm for the uncracked state
250
2. Find the cracking moment 500
3. Determine the neutral axis position, concrete stresses at the top and bottom fibers and steel stress produced by a moment of 60kNm for the cracked state
4N24
50
f´c= 32MPa
Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams 1. Uncracked State (a) Replace tensile steel by concrete area (n-1)Ast (b) Find dg (position of NA of equivalent concrete section) (c) Find moment of inertia It about NA of equivalent concrete section f´c= 32MPa Ec= ρ 1.5 0.043 f c′ = 28602MPa (cl6.1.2 p.38) Es= 200000 MPa n = Es/Ec~ 7 Ast= 1810mm2 (4N24) (n-1) Ast = 10860 mm2
500
4N24
dg NA
(n-1) Ast
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Singly-Reinforced Concrete Beams 1. Uncracked State Ag = 250x550 = 137500 mm2 Total area = Ag + (n-1)Ast = 137500+10860 = 148360mm2 dg=291 Find dg 148360dg = (137500x275)+(10860x500) dg = 291mm