12

10

6
Quantity
Concrete kN/m
Steel Kilogram

0
400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800

Width of beam
 Design of singly reinforced beams by IS456:2000

INPUT
Factored design BM (Mu) 461
Grade of concrete (for M20 enter 20) 20
Grade of steel FE500
Clear cover 20
Diameter of main bar 12
Diameter of Stirrups 8
Width of beam 350
Span of the beam 4000
Support condition simply supported
Deflection factor 20
Overall depth 200
Effective depth 174
Mu, Lim factor 0.1338
Mu, lim 28.3565016
If Mu is greater than Mu, lim, increase the depth 650
Effective depth 624
Mu/bd2=R 3.38

Ast = 643.93

Minimum steel for beams Ast/bd=0.85/fy 103.53

Actual steel required 643.93
No. of bars 6
Actual steel provided 678.24
Unit weight of concrete 25
Unit weight of steel 78
Quantity of concrete per m length of beam 0.07
Quantity of steel per m length of beam 6
 Depth Concrete kN/m

kNm

500
mm
mm
mm2
mm
mm

IF(B13="Simply supported","20",IF(B13="Cantilever","7",IF(B13="Contin
mm Overall Depth = (Span of the Beam*1000)/Deflection factor+Clear cover+(Diam
mm Effective Depth =Overall depth-Clear cover-Diameter of main bar/2
IF(B6="Fe250","0.1498",IF(B6="Fe415","0.1389",IF(B6="Fe500","0.1338")))
kN.m Mu, lim = (Mu, lim factor*Grade of concrete*Width of beam*Effective depth^2)
mm
Effective Depth =Overall depth-Clear cover-Diameter of main bar/2
R=Factored design BM*1000000/Width of beam*Effective depth^2)

mm2 Based on the formula calculate the value of Ast

mm2 Ast = 0.85*Grade of steel*Width of beam*Effective depth

mm2 MAX(B21:B22)
ROUNDUP(Acutal area requried/Area of main bar,0)

kN/m3
kN/m3
m2/m 1.8 kN/m
m2/m 53.9 Kilogram

Clear cover Diameter of main bars Support Condition

15 12 Simply Supported
20 16 Continuous
25 20 Cantilever
25
32
 Steel Kilogram
20 FE250
25 FE415
30 FE500
35
40
45

6
8
12
16
Cantilever","7",IF(B13="Continuous","26")))
tion factor+Clear cover+(Diameter of main bar/2)
eter of main bar/2
6="Fe500","0.1338")))
eam*Effective depth^2)

eter of main bar/2

Effective depth^2) 43.5045203178

Grade of Concrete Grade of Steel

M15 Fe250
M20 Fe415
M25 Fe500
M30
250 20 10
415 25 12
500 30 16
35 20
25
32

250 simply supported

300 cantilever
350 continuous
400

20
7
26