Concrete

r
b

lmnsfercutmstrength Max40Wmm 2 28daycubstrengthMax50Nlmrn2

ProstressingStrand

ulod)

Secondary Reinforcement n i n gWire Tolerances

12 mm0 mildar high tenribsteel. 10mm~mild~lmoy beaccommodatedilth. drcumstancesdemand.

Sudaco Finish

Camber

Handlingand Liftingpoints

000000

XJ

Stacking Fixing8for ride shutters Testing

Insertrandcad in sockets

End Holes

Generallyholesshouldbeat least400mmfromtheendofabeam.Withdimensions lessthan 400mm the riskof horizontalsplitting of the web increases

II U

Bearing8

BearingsforbridOe~rnr~ldbecorrside~onthe merits of each particulara p p l i t i o n hageneral rule, how~er,theedgeofthebearlngclosest to theabutment shouldbedetailedatleast 125mminfromthe endof thebeam.(Seesketch)

Scarfed Ends

Noneof the above beamsareconsideredsuitable for use Msuepended'dropin'spansand wherethebcarfedenddetailisrequiredtheuseof thestandardboxbeam isstrongly recommended
Eachmanufacturer has his preferredmethodof orovidinga beam towlt a particulardesign SomemanufacturerscanofferbothdebondinganddeflectingEithermethodcanbe acceptableandtherefore an altematie to theengineersdesign maybe8Ubmitted

Debondingand Deflecting

Weight

Itisrecommended thattheweightofthebeamusedforpurposesof handlinganderectionis thatgivenintheliterature PLUSanadditionall5%forthereinforcementcontent cast-infittingsandtolerances

QualityControl

Wecarry out strictquality controlprocedu~sandcansubmit all necesserycertifkateson cement,aggregatesstrand,stressing records,cube testsand beamtest results

Skews

Skewedendstobeamsareexpenshreandshouldbeavoidedwhereverpossible.Inorderto re-useendplatesandthereby keepadditionalcost of skewendedbeamstoaminimum,skews 8houldbeinincrernentsof5"andspgcHiedinaccordancewith theadjacentsketch.Where 8 k M i n e x ~ e ~thogeshownbelowarespscifleddamage ~of tobeamendsmayresult Reinforcement Only reinforcement in theendzoneof thebeamshould beskewed.Allother reinforcement in thebody of the beamshould bedetailedsquare to thesection. Projecting reinforcement on'U'beamscan be detailed toaccommodateskewedmaindecksteel.

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1280 - Y
1230 1180-w

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1130-V 1080-U 1030

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930 R 880 - 0

830-P

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780 730 -M 680-L

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630-K 580-J 530

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M2-4

480 - 0
430 - F

380
A -

330-D

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7 1 6 0

110

-B

2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17
970 IOneoiecewbond

Sectlon
M2
M3 M4 M5

Depth mm 720 800

1
318850 348850 380650 355050 387050 419050 393450 425450 457450

880
880 1040 1120 1200 1280 1380

M6
M7 M8 M9 M10

tentroid fibre rnm Y e 285 310 353 357 409 ._ 460 454 512 568

KN./ m

zt
35.84 46.96 58.77 59.39 75.39 - _. 9j.53 87.39 108.09 128.85

Zb 81.04 74.31 87.57 100.33 116.23 ._ _ 131.54 143.57 161.98 179.38

7.47 8.23 8.98 8.38 9.13 - 9.89 9.29 10.04 10.80

(e)AItemativeonepiece wband flange stirrup

(fJSpeciallinkMurgemen~ where mechanicalrtrand threading isrequired

Standard dowelslots for fixedend bearings, dowel bars positioned betweenbeams

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260

1A
35-i

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Typlcal detail of end tranrverse holer

centre of web; tiolesat 600 centresalong length when required

160 insitv slab

Elmvatlon

TLplcal form of construction.

Permanentform work

30 nominal
+

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Strand
W h t abovs

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775
735

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sotfit

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695

740-P 700-N
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580-

K
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540-

500-

185 max

l2Tl-

420

360

380340240

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300-

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50100

01 2 3 4 5 495

t8

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Tl T2 T3 T4 TS TS T7 T8 TQ T10

Depth mm

Area mm'
98000 106200 114275 122475 130675 138875 147075 155160 163360 171560

380 420 535 575 615 655 695 735 775 815

Height of Section moduli mm' x log centroid ' above bottom Top fibre flbre mm Yb zt 140 5.18 8.89 160 6.78 10.98 186 9.57 16.55 220 11.92 19.23 244 14.30 21 .a1 24.36 267 16.73 26.91 289 19.20 312 21.73 29.46 334 24.31 32.10 356 26.97 34.82

Self weight

KNim 2.31 2.50 2.09 2.89 3.08 3.27 3.47 3.66 3.85 4.05 (d)Onepieceweband flangestirrup

(e)Alternativeone pkce
web andflange stirrup

Elevationshowing positionsoftransverse holesandreinforcement intypical beam

OVERALL LENGTHOF BEAM PREFERABLYIN INCREMENTSOF1Wmm

1 4
not less

intermediatestirnrpspacing 200 (200 mma 410 mm) then400 8o r 1 Ommstinupsin p a l m Secondewreinforcementshown on the diagram isschematiconly.Oetailsforindividualcasesaresubject to design requirements.
standard transverse holes 610 mm centres

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=k

50 min

Standarddowel slots forfixed end bearings dowel b a n positionedbetween beams

Standard transverse holes

Section 25 Plan

13nominal

508*

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U 9 -1300

25

f-7-

u 12 -1600

U8 -1200
U7 -1100

U5 -loo0

U3

-m

U1

-m

35x35 max

Bottom TOW only

I
U1 U3 U5
U7

800

I
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D U8
U9 U10 U11 U12

900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600

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466450 499450 532450 565450 598450 631450 664450 697450 730450

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mm Yb 355 402 449 497 544 592 641 689 737.5

z t
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67.18 83.75 101.70 121.00 141S O 163.30 186.30 210.50 235.90

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84.13 103.00 124.80 147.00 170.50 195.10 220.90 247.90 275.00

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11.01 11.79 12.57 13.34 14.12 14.90 15.68 16.46 17.24

D.Tp. accepted alternative to standard U8-1200only

Typical detailing for U Beams (U7 section shown)

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OR

OL

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U Bar5 lixed on bed on k e r ended beams

IR

OR

Additional R10
pping bar

Addition61 RI 2 lacer

RIGHT BEAM
Section
The use of end transverse holescanusually be avoided in U beam design but if it is essentiel to provide such halos the detail shown below is preferred

transverse hole
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circular or rectangular hole produced by casting CHS or R H S into web parallel to

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BEAM SELECTION TABES

The following tables are providedfor assistance in the ini!ial be3m sslection recognising tha! detailed design calculation will be required in each individualcase. The suggested toadings are based on 95 units HB loading (incl. 2.4 klrl/rr? for finishes).

INVERTEDT BEAMS
metres

10

11

12 I

13

14

15

16
I

17

18

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I BEAMS

UBEAMS

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