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36.4.1

a) 1.5 DL +1.5 LL
b) 1.5 DL l+1.5 WL
c) 1.2 DL+1.2 LL+1.2wl

9.2.1

U= 1.4(D+F)
U= 1.2(D+F+T)
+1.6(L+H+0.5(Lr or S or R)
U= 1.2D+1.6(Lr or S or R)+(L
or 0.8W)
U=1.2D+1.6W+L+0.5(Lr or S or
R)
U= 1.2D+E+L+0.2S
U= 0.9D+1.6W+1.6H
U= 0.9D+E+1.6H

Elastic modulus for

concrete and steel

Mu limit

6.2.3.1

Ec=5000 (fck) N/mm2

Es=200xE3 N/mm2
Mu limit = 0.138 Fck b d2

8.5.1

Ec =57000fc psi
Es =29x106 psi
Mulimit= f bd 2 1 0.59 f y
y

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23.2.1

Cantilever
-7
Simply supported - 20
Continuous
- 26

One-way slab- 20
Continuous slab-24

Min reinforcement
in slab

Plain bar-0.15%
High strength bar-0.12%

200/fy

Nominal cover

Columns
Not less than 40mm
When dimension is
200mm or size of bar is
12mm then cover is
25mm
Footings
Not less than 50mm
Slabs
Not less than 15mm
Beams not less than
20mm
Refer P-47 Table 16A of
IS code to get the cover
details for fire resistance

Footing
Resting on mat 2
Resting on earth 3
Top of piles 2
Beams and columns
For dry conditions
Stirrups, spirals, ties 1.5
Main reinforcement 2
Exposed to earth
Stirrups, spirals, ties 2
Main reinforcement 2.5
Slabs
No. 11bars 0.75
No. 14 18 bars 1.5

Span to depth ratio

in slab

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23.1.1

For T beams

8.10.3

Width of slab effective as T

beam flange shall not exceed
one quarter of the span length
of the beam
Effective overhang of flange
on either of web shall not
exceed
- 8 * slab thickness
- clear dist. Between the
web
For slab on one side
- 1/12 of span of beam
- 6 * slab thickness
- clear dist. Between the
web

3.12.5.3

For flexural members

Ast(min) = 3fc /fy * bw*d

bf

lo
bw 6 D f
6

For L beams

bf

Minimum area of
tension
reinforcement

26.5.1.1.
a

lo
bw 3D f
12

Ast(min) = 0.85 b d / Fy

And not less than

200*bw*d / fy
For slabs and foundation
Astmin = 0.14%
Grade 40-50 steel 0.2%
Grade 60 steel 0.18%

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Minimum horizontal
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the bars

Side face
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26.3.2

Greater of this following

1)larger diameter of
the bars
2)Size of the
aggregate + 5mm
Slabs
Main bars 3d or
300mm
Distribution bars 5d or
450mm not greater than
the above
Beams
Refer to the IS code P-46
Table-15 it depends on
the percentage
redistribution

3.12.11.1

Flexural member

When depth >750mm

Total area of
reinforcement = 0.1%
area of the web and
spacing not exceeding
300mm

10.6.7

26.5.1.3

540
2.5Cc
fs

And not greater than 12 36

f

When d >36
Total longitudinal
reinforcement not greater than
half of the tensile
reinforcement
Spacing Ssk not greater than
d/6, 12 na and 1000Ab / (d30)

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26.3.3

1) 0% re distribution of the moment

180mm
2) For other percentage of redistribution
refer table 15

Compression
steel / Tension steel

1) M > Mu li mit compression steel is

required
Asc = M - Mu li mit / (352 0.446 fck) * (d d)
Ast = (Pt(limit) + Pt2) * b * d / 100
2) if M < Mu li mit compression steel is not
required
Ast = Pt * b* d / 100

Span / Effective
depth check

23.2.1
(a)

Basic span / Effective depth = 26

Effective span / MF * d 26
MF taken from fig 4&5 using Pt and f s
Fs = 0.58 *fy * (Astreq / Astpro)
Or
MF (tension) = 1 / (0.225+0.00322 * f s
0.625) 2
MF (compression) = 1.6 * Pc / Pc +
0.275 1.5

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Asv = 0.46 Sv
0.87 fy
IfV > c
Asv = (v - Cv) b d
0.87fy d
c-refer table 19
Cmax 2
V = vU / b*d
c = taken from table 19 using Pt
and fck values
V < c shear reinforcement is
not required
(Asv / Sv)min = (0.4 * b / 0.87 * fy)
c< v < c max / 2
(Asv / Sv) = Vu -c*b*d / 0.87*fy*d
c can be derived from this
formula
c = 0.76 (fck*((1+5)^0.5
1))^0.5 / 6
= 0.8*fck / 6.89*Pt

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Vn Vu
where
Vu factored shear
Vn nominal shear
Vn = Vc + VS
Vc = 2*fc bw*d
For members shear and flexure
and for detailed analysis use
Vc = (1.9*fc + 2500w * Vu *d / Mu )
* bw*d
And not greater than 3.5*fc bw*d
Quantity
Vu *d / Mu not greater than 1
For members subj. to axial
compression
Vc = 2* (1+Nu / 2000*Ag) * fc* bw*d
For detailed analysis
Mm = Mu Nu (4*h d) / 8
Vc shall not be greater than
Vc = 3.5*fc* bw*d * (1 + Nu /
500*Ag)

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For members subjected to axial
tension
Vc = 2*(1 + Nu / 500*Ag) *fc* bw*d
but not less than zero
Where Nu is negative for tension
Nominal shear strength provided
by concrete when diagonal
cracking results results from the
combined shear and moment
Shear strength
Vci = 0.6*fc* bw*d + Vd + Vi * Mcr /
Mmax and not less than 1.7 *fc*
bw*d
Mcr = I / t * (6*fc + fpe fd)

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Spacing of shear
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Minimum shear
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11.5.4.1

11.5.4.3

Not greater than d/2

When Vs exceeds 4*fc* bw*d
the above spacing is reduced
to 1/2

11.5.5.1

If Vu > * Vc

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Av = 0.75*fc* bw*s / fy
Not less than 500* bw*s / fy

Spacing of the
shear
reinforcement

11.5.6.2

Vu > * Vc
Vs = Vu - * Vc /
For straight bars
Vs = Av*fy*d / s
Inclined stirrups
Vs = Av*fy (sin + cos)*d / s
Group of bars all bent up
Vs = Av*fy*sin not greater
than 3* fc* bw*d
Spacing are calculation for
straight bars
Av / s = Vu - *Vc / *fy*d

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41.4.2

The longitudinal
reinforcement shall be
designed to resist an
equivalent BM
Me1 = Mu + Mt
Mt = Tu (1+D/b / 1.7)
If Mt > Mu
Then longitudinal
reinforcement shall be
provided on flexural
compression member to
withstand the moment
Me2

11.6.1

Torsion can be neglected when

For non prestressed members
Tu < f*fc*(A2 cp / Pcp)
For non prestressed members
subjected to axial tensile or
compressive force

A 2 cp
1 Nu
fc '
P
4 AG f c '
cp
If it exceeds the condition as per
11.6.1
Calculate the factored torsional
moment
For solid sections
2

Vu Tu Ph

2
b
d
w 1.7 A oh

11.6.3

Vc

8 f c '
bw d

For hollow sections

2

Vu Tu Ph
Vc

8
c

bw d 1.7 A oh
bw d

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Transverse
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41.4.3

Total transverse
reinforcement not less
than

11.6.3.6

Tn

Tu S v
Vu S v
Asv

b1d1 0.87 f y 2.5d1 0.87 f y

Longitudinal
reinforcement

11.6.3.7

ve

c bS v
0.87 f y

Minimum torsion
reinforcement

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2 Ao At f yv cot
s

Additional longitudinal
reinforcement shall be not
less than
2

Al
11.6.5

At Ph f yv cot
sf yl

When Tu > values of 11.6.1

Av 2 At 0.75 f c '

Not less than

bw s
f yv

50bw s
f yv

Minimum total area

of longitudinal
torsional
reinforcement

26.5.1.7

At least one longitudinal

bar in each tie. When c/s
exceeds 450mm
additional reinforcement
to be provided

11.6.5.2

Al ,min

5 f c ' Acp At Ph f yv

f yl
sf yl

At/ s shall not be less than

25bw
f yv

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Spacing of the
torsion
reinforcement

26.5.1.3

Rectangular closed
stirrups. Spacing shall
not exceed x1, x1+y1 /
4 , 300mm

11.6.6

Spacing shall not exceed

12 or PA/8

Column
reinforcement

26.5.3.1

0.8 to 6% of gross c/s

area
4 rectangular bars
6- circular bars
Minimum dia. 12mm
Spacing of bars not
greater than 300mm
SPIRAL
REINFORCEMENT
Ratio of volume of helical
reinforcement to volume
of core shall not be less
than

10.9

Minimum longitudinal
reinforcement
0.01% to 0.08% gross cross
sectional area
Minimum bars
4 rectangular bars
3 triangular bars
6- enclosed spirals
SPIRAL REINFORCEMENT

39.4.1

Ag
f
0.36
1 ck
Ak
fy

Ag
f '
0.45
1 c
Ac
fy
Minimum diameter 3/8 no.3
bar
LATERAL TIES
Diameter not less than 0.02
times greater dimension of the
member
No.3 to No. 5 bar
Vertical spacing of bar
Not greater than

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26.5.3.2
d

Maximum pitch not

greater than 75mm

Minimum diameter 3/8 no.3 bar

LATERAL TIES
Diameter not less than 0.02 times
greater dimension of the member
No.3 to No. 5 bar
Vertical spacing of bar
Not greater than
-16 times dia. Longitudinal bar
- 48 times dia. Of tie bar
- 0.5 times least lateral dimension

LATERAL TIES
Pitch of the transverse
reinforcement shall not
be more than the least of
the following
- least lateral dimension
- 16* dia. Longitudinal
bar
- 300mm
dia. Of the lateral ties not
less than of the largest
longitudinal bar
Column
reinforcement

Foundations
Footing thickness

Pu 0.4 f ck Ac 0.67 f y Asc

34.1.2

Thickness at the
Edge
Footing on soil not less
than 150mm
Piles 300mm

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10.3.6.1

* Pn ,max 0.85 0.85 f c ' Ag Ast f y Ast

15.7

Depth of the footing above the

bottom reiforcement should not be
less than
- Footing on soil 6
- footing on piles 12

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Footing - Critical
section for shear

34.2.4.2

D / 2 distance alround the

face of the column

15.5.4

dp / 2, alround the face of the

column

Minimum
reinforcement in
footings

34.5.2

Nominal reinforcement for

concrete thickness greater
than 1m shall be
360mm2.this provision does
not supercede the
requirement of the min.
tensile reinforcement based
on depth calculation
Longitudinal reinforcement
atleast 0.5% of the c/s area
of the supported column

Development
length of bars

Astmin = 0.0018bh
Grade 40-50 steel 0.2%
Grade 60 steel 0.18%

12.2.1
is taken from the table
26.2.1.1

bd

s
Ld
4 bd

For deformed bars

Ld

3 * f y *
c ktr
40 * f c '

bd

c ktr

bd

*d
b

Not greater than 2.5

Ld not less than 12

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