ANALYSIS OF DOUBLY REINFORCED RECTANGULAR SECTION

Prepared by: ENGR. RANDY G. POLICARPIO

Problem
Given:

f' c  27.6 h  450 d''  62.5

b  300 d  387.5
fy  414

A's 4  16mm 

As 4  20mm 

Required:
a. Depth of compression block.
b. Depth of the neutral axis
c. Nominal Moment
d. Reinforcement ratio
e. Ductility requirement using ACI 318-14
f. Design moment strength

Solution:

1. Assume As and A's yields. fs = fy , f's = fy

A's  4  
 2 2
 ( 16)   804.248 say A's  804.25 mm
4 

As  4  
 2 2
 ( 20)   1256.637 say As  1256.64 mm
4  

a 

As fy  A's  fy  0.85f'c  a  29.292 say a  29.29 mm
0.85f'c b

 1  0.85

a
c  c  34.459 say c  34.46 mm
1

2. Check assumption:

 c  0.003

Es  200000 MPa

fy
 y   y  0.00207
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  c  d''  
' s    ' s  0.00244
 c  c

' s   y

Remarks1  "compression steel does not yield"

 d  c  
 s     s  0.03073
 c  c

s  y

Remarks2  "tension steelyield"

3. Solve for c:

C1  0.85fc ba  0.85 fc b1c

T  As f y

 c  d 
 s    c
 c 
C2  As  f s  0.85 f c ; where, f s  Es s

T C1  C2

0.85f'c b  1 c  A's  
c  d''  
As fy Es     0.85f'c - simplify
  c  c 

Solve c using quadratic formula:

c  75.888 say c  75.89 mm

4. Check :

 c  d''  
' s    ' s  0.00053
 c  c

' s   y

Remarks3  "compression steel does not yield"

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  d  c  
 s     s  0.01232
 c  c

s  y

Remarks4  "tension steelyield"

5. Solve for a:

a   1  c a  64.507 say a  64.51 mm

6. Nominal moment

f's  Es 
c  d'' 
   105.864 say f' s  105.86 mm
 c  c

Mn    a  1
  2
 
0.85f'c ba d    A's  f's  0.85f'c ( d  d'') 
 10002

Mn  182.83 kN  m

7. Reinforcement Ratio

As A's
    0.01773
b d b d

1 f'c 1.4
 min1   0.003172  min2  0.003382
4 fy fy

 min  0.003382

Using ACI 318-99

f'c  1  600  A's  f's 

 limit 0.75       0.02692
 fy  600  fy  b d  fy 

 min     limit

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Remarks  "Reinforcement ratio is within the limit"
 Using ACI 318-14

f'c
 0.003  A's  f's 
 limit 0.85 1       0.02241
fy  0.003  0.004 b d fy
 

 min     limit

Remarks  "Reinforcement ratio is within the limit"

8. Check ductility requirement using ACI 318-14

dt  d dt  387.5 mm

 dt  c 
 t  0.003 
 c 

 t  0.0123182  t  0.004

Remarks2  "section is ductile"

For the strength reduction factor, Φ

since  t  0.005 we have a tension-controlled section

Therefore   0.90

9. Solving for the design moment strength, M n ( kN  m )

M n    Mn

M n  164.544 kN  m

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