BEAM 5A/E-F (Roof Floor)

Assumed Parameters
Slab thickness = 150 mm
Screed thickness = 20 mm
Brickwall thickness = 115 mm
Concrete unit weight = 24 kN/m3
Brickwall unit weight = 19 kN/m3
Cladding panel unit weight= 0.15 kN/m2
Fy = 460 N/mm2
Fyv = 250 N/mm2
Maximum size of aggregate = 20 mm
Height of ground floor = 3556 mm
Height of first floor = 3353 mm
Height of roof floor = 2438 mm
Live load (roof) = 0.25 kN/m2
Live load = 1.5 kN/m2
Weight of water tank = ( d2/4)h g
= ( 0.532/4)(1.57)(1000)(9.81)
= 3.4 kN
Unit weight of water tank = 3.4/area of slab
= 3.4/(2.134 x 2.743)
= 0.58 kN/m2
From BS 8110-1: 1997; Table 3.3
G30 concrete, mild condition,
Nominal cover = 25 mm
Fcu = 30 N/mm2
Preliminary size of beam:
Depth, D = 450 mm
Width, b = 150 mm
Diameter of reinforcement bar,

= 16 mm

1. Loading
(i) Dead Load, DL
(a) Slab = (area x 0.15 x 24)/span
=
kN/m
(b) Screed = (area x 0.02 x 24)/span
=
kN/m
(c) Brickwall = 0.115 x brickwall height x brickwall unit weight
=
kN/m
(d) Selfweight = 0.45 x 0.15 x 24
=
kN/m
(e) Water tank weight= (0.58 x area)/span
=
kN/m
(f) Cladding panel weight = (0.15 x area)/span
=

kN/m

Total dead load, DL = slab + screed + brickwall + selfweight +

water tank weight* + cladding panel*
=

kN/m

(ii) Live load, LL = (area x 1.5 kN/m 2)/span =

2

kN/m

Live load* (roof), LL = (area x 0.25 kN/m )/span

Ultimate design load, UDL = 1.4 DL + 1.6 LL
=

kN/m

2. T beam or L beam
From BS 8110-1: 1997; Clause 3.4.1.5
T beam: bf = bw + lz/5
L beam: bf = bw + lz/10
(for continuous beam, 0.7lz)
D = 450 mm
hf = 150 mm
bw = 150 mm
d = D cover -

/2

= 450 25 16/2
= 417 mm
3. SFD and BMD

4. Reinforcement Design
From BS 8110-1: 1997; Clause 3.4.4.4

(i) K = M/(bd2fcu)
=

(ii)

0.156, singly reinforced.

Z = d[0.5 +

0.25 - K/0.9

=
(iii)

< 0.95d

Check for stress block,

d z =
mm
hf /2 =
mm
d z < hf /2 (OK!)

(iv)

As req = M/0.95fyz
=
mm2
As

prov

2
d /4) x 2
mm2

Provide 2T ( )
As

prov

> As req

Nominal bar provided, 2T10 (157.08 mm2)

(v)

From BS 8110-1: 1997; Table 3.25,

Flanged beam, web in tension
bw/bf =
% As min =
% As prov = (100AS prov)/bwd
% As prov > % As min
% As min < % As prov < 4
5. Checks
a) Deflection check:
Mmax =
kN m

From BS 8110-1: 1997; Table 3.10,

(i) MFT
(Bb max =1)

fs =

A
2
1
f y ( S req )( )
3
As prov Bb

M
=
2
bd

M FT =0.55+

477- f s
120(0.9+

(ii)

M
)
b d2

< 2.0 (OK!)

MFT =

is adopted

MFC
From BS 8110-1: 1997; Table 3.11,
MFC = 1 + (100As prov/bfd)/(3+(100As prov/bfd))

100 A' s prov

bf d
M FC = 1 +
100 A' s prov
3+(
)
bf d
=

< 1.5 (OK!)

MFC =

is adopted

From BS 8110-1: 1997; Table 3.9,

bw
=
bf

0.3

Basic span/effective depth (from table) =

Limit deflection = (Basic span/effective depth) x MF T x MFC
=
Actual deflection = span/effective depth
=
Limit deflection > Actual deflection (OK!)
b) Shear Check
From BS 8110-1: 1997; Clause 3.4.5.2,
V = Vmax/bwd
=
N/mm2
0.8

f cu

= 4.38 N/mm2

100 AS prov
=
bw d

<3

400
=
d
m

>1

= 1.25
1

100 A S prov 3 400 14

0.79 (
) (
)
bw d
d
VC =
m
N/mm 2

=
0.4 + Vc =
0.5Vc =

N/mm2
N/mm2

Range:
V < 0.5Vc
- no shear reinforcement is provided.
0.5Vc < V < 0.4 + Vc

AS=

0.4 b w s v
0.95 f yv

0.4 + Vc < V < 0.8

AS=

f cu

or 5N/mm2

b w s v (V - VC )
R6 bar is used,
0.95 f yv

AS = 2 x

d2/4

= 56.6 mm2
fyv = 250 N/ mm2
Sv =
mm
0.75 d = 312.75 mm
Sv < 0.75 d (OK!)

Provide R6 (Sv)
b) Crack Check

Sv = bw 2 cover - 2

hagg

= 150 2(25)
+ 5 = 25 mm ;

main

-2

stirrup

Sv > 25 mm

For transverse bar, 1.5 hf =

(OK!)

mm2/m

 Provide R10 250 c/c (314 mm2/m)