DESIGN OF SHEAR REINFORCEMENT

INPUT DATA

Section: bw  300mm h  550mm

Effective Depth d  h  65mm  485 mm

Choose Transversal steel: dv  10mm

Concrete compressive strength: f'c  20MPa

Steel Yield Strength: fyt  400MPa

Steel Modulus of Elasticity: Es  200000MPa

Clear Span of Beam: Ln  4.9m

kN
Ultimate Uniform loads W u  100
m
Strength Reduction Factor ϕ  0.75

INPUT DATA

CALCULATION PARAMETER

Number of Stirrup Legs

2 legs 3 legs
Stirrups_Legs 

Steel Area of Strirrup

2
π dv
2
Av  2 if Stirrups_Legs = 2 Av  157.08mm
4
2
π dv
3 if Stirrups_Legs = 3
4
CALCULATION PARAMETER

SHEAR FORCE

Shear force
W uLn
Vu.0 
2 Vu.0  245 kN

Shear force at "d" from face of support

Vu.d  Vu.0  W ud

Vu.d  196.5kN
 1 f'c
Vc  MPa  b d Vc  108.45 kN
6 MPa w
ϕ Vc  81.34 kN

0.5ϕ Vc  40.67 kN

Shear that supported by stirrups
Vu.d
Vs   Vc  153.55 kN
ϕ

At_Vu.d  "No Need Stirrups" if Vu.d  0.5ϕ Vc

"Need Maximum Spacing of Stirrups" if 0.5ϕ Vc  Vu.d  ϕ Vc

"Need Required Spacing of Stirrups" if Vu.d  ϕ Vc

At_Vu.d  "Need Required Spacing of Stirrups"

SHEAR FORCE

SPACING

Required Spacing of Stirrup

Av fyt d
sreq  sreq  198.46 mm
Vs

Location where shear force equal ϕV.c

Vu.0  w x = ϕV c

Vu.0  ϕ Vc
x   1.64 m
Wu

Maximum Spacing of Stirrups

 16Av fyt 3Av fyt 

smax1  min   
 f'c MPa bw  smax1  628.32 mm
 MPa b 
 MPa w 

smax2 
d 
min  600mm if Vs  2Vc smax2  242.5 mm
2 
d 
min  300mm if Vs  2Vc
4 
"Need to Increase Section" if Vs  4Vc


smax  min smax1 smax2  smax  242.5 mm

SPACING
CONCLUSION

From face support to x  1.64 m use


sreq  Floor sreq 25mm  sreq  175 mm

Ln
From x  1.64 m to  2.45 m use
2


smax  Floor smax 25mm  smax  225 mm

CONCLUSION