Concrete Corbel to ACI 318-19 & IBC 2018

This application designs a reinforced concrete corbel, and determines if the specified reinforcement
is sufficient.

Parameters

Concrete strength (ksi) fc d 5

Rebar yield stress (ksi) fy d 60

Factored shear load (k) Vu d 80

Factored tensile load (k) Nu d 40

Width (in) b d 15

Effective Depth (in) d d 20

Overall depth (in) h d 22

Shear span (in) a d4

Edge depth (in) hc d 12

f d 0.75
Strength reduction factor f d 0.75

Friction coefficient m d 1.4

Primary reinforcements Nprimary d 3 numberprimary d 7

Closed stirrups Nclosed d 3 numberclosed d 3

"Bar #" "Dia (in)" "As (in^2)"

5 0.625 0.310
6 0.750 0.440
Rebar data
7 0.875 0.600
rebar d
8 1.000 0.790

9 1.128 1.000
10 1.270 1.270
11 1.410 1.560
14 1.693 2.250

18 2.257 4.000

Dimensional Requirements (ACI 16.5)

a
"Satisfactory" !1
d = "Satisfactory"
"Unsatisfactory" otherwise

Nu
"Satisfactory" !1
Vu = "Satisfactory"

"Unsatisfactory" otherwise

"Satisfactory" hc O 0.5$d
= "Satisfactory"
"Unsatisfactory" otherwise
Section (ACI 16.5.2)

Vu shall not exceed the smallest of Vu_1 d f$0.2$fc$b$d = 225.000

Vu_2 d 0.8$f$b$d = 180.000

ifelse Vu ! min Vu_1, Vu_2 , "Pass", "Fail" = "Pass"

Reinforcement

Nu 0.2$Vu
Required reinforcement to resist An d max , = 0.889
f$fy f$fy
tension alone ACI 16.5.3

Vu
Shear friction reinforcement Avf d = 1.270
ACI 22.9.4.2 f$m$fy

1
Flexure reinforcement Mu d $ Vu$a CNu$ hKd = 33.333
12
ACI 20 & 22 (kip-ft)
0.85$b$d$fc 12$ Mu
Af d $ 1K 1K 2
= 0.373
fy 0.383$b$d $fc

Required main reinforcement As_1 d Af CAn = 1.262

2
As_2 d $Avf CAn = 1.735
3

fc
As_3 d 0.04$ $b$d = 1.000
fy

As d max As_1, As_2, As_3 = 1.735

Provided main reinforcement

As_provided d Nprimary$ rebar ListTools:-Search numberprimary, rebar .., 1 , 3 = 1.800

ifelse As_provided O As, "Satisfactory", "Unsatisfactory" = "Satisfactory"

Ah d 0.5$ As KAn = 0.423

Provided horizontal reinforcement

Ah_provided d Nclosed$2$ rebar ListTools:-Search numberclosed, rebar .., 1 , 3 = 0.660

ifelse Ah_provided O Ah, "Satisfactory", "Unsatisfactory" = "Satisfactory"