Verification of SAP2000 Implementation

of
CSA-A23.3-94 Code

Souren Kumar Modak Md. Faroque Hossain

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 Part I

VERIFICATION OF BEAM
DESIGN

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Chapter 1

REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM

FLEXURAL DESIGN

DESIGN CODE CAS-A23.3-94

T- BEAM FLEXURAL DESIGN

1.1 DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this example is to verify beam flexural design in SAP2000 for different
load levels. A simple supported tee beam section is considered, 1 line object, one
element.
A simple-span 5000 mm long, web thickness 300 mm and 500 mm overall deep
tee beam is modeled using SAP2000. The beam is loaded with symmetric uniform
loading along the length of the beam. The beam moment can be computed analytically.
The total factored moments are compared with the SAP2000 results. After the analysis
was done, design was performed using the BS801089 code in SAP2000 and by hand
computation. The design longitudinal reinforcements are compared in table 2.1

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4 VERIFICATION OF SAP2000 IMPLEMENTATION OF ACI 318-99 CODE

DATA

Clear span l = 5000.00 mm

Overall depth h = 500.00 mm
Web of beam bw = 300.00 mm
Flange of beam bf = 600 mm
Thickness of flange hf = 80.00 mm
Depth of Tensile Reinf dc = 70 mm
Effective depth d = 430 mm
0
Depth of comp. Reinf. d = 70 mm
Concrete strength fcu = 28.00 Mpa
Yield strength of Steel fy = 415.00 Mpa
Concrete unit weight Wc =0
Modulus of elasticity Ec = 25000 Mpa
Modulus of elasticity Es = 200000 Mpa
Poison’s ratio υ =0
Dead load wd = 0.25 N/mm
Live load wl = Variable (0,20,100,150 N/mm)

1.2 CALCULATION

p
0.2 × fc0
As,min = × bw × h
fy
√
0.2 × 28
= × 300 × 500
415
= 379.63mm2

α1 = 0.85 − 0.0015 × fc0

= 0.85 − 0.0015 × 28
= 0.808 ≥ 0.67

β1 = 0.97 − 0.0025 × fc0

= 0.97 − 0.0025 × 28
= 0.90 ≥ 0.67
 CHAPTER 1. REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM FLEXURAL DESIGN 5

700
cb = ×d
700 + fy
700
= × 430
700 + 415
= 269.9556

ab = β1 × cb
= 0.90 × 269.9556
= 242.9596

w = 1.25 × wd + 1.5 × wl
w × l2
M =
8

1.2.1 LOW LOAD LEVEL

wd = 0.25N/mm
wl = 0
w = 1.25 × wd + 1.5 × wl
= 1.25 × 0.25 + 1.6 × 0
= 0.3125N/mm

wl2
M =
8
0.3125 × 50002
=
8
= 976562.5N − mm
s
2 × Mf
a = d− d2 −
α1 × fc0 × φc × bf
r
2 × 976562.5
= 430 − 4302 −
0.808 × 28 × 0.6 × 600
= 0.2789
a < hf
Mf
As =
φs × fy (d − a2 )
976562.5
= 0.2789
(0.85 × 415)(430 − 2 )
2
= 6.4403mm < As,min
6 VERIFICATION OF SAP2000 IMPLEMENTATION OF ACI 318-99 CODE

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As (min) = × As
3
4
= × 6.4403
3
= 8.587mm2