SHEAR DESIGN OF CORBEL

SINCE THE CORBEL IS CAST AT DIFFERENT TIME WITH THE COLUMN ELEMENT THEN THE CRACK
OCCURS IN THE INTERFACE OF THE CORBEL AND THE COLUMN. TO AVOID THE CRACKS, WE
MUST PROVIDE THE SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT PERPENDICULAR TO THE CRACKS
DIRECTION.

SHEAR FRICTION DESIGN METHOD (SECTION 4 11.8.4)

THE CODE USES THE SHEAR FRICTION THEORY TO DESIGN THE INTERFACE AREA. IN THIS
THEORY WE USE THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION TO TRANSFORM THE HORIZONTAL
RESISTING FORCE INTO VERTICAL RESISTING FORCE.
THE BASIC DESIGN EQUATION FOR SHEAR REINFORCEMENT DESIGN IS:
V n V u
WHERE:
V n=NOMINAL SHEAR STRENGTH OF SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT
V u=ULTIMATE SHEAR FORCE
=STRENGTH REDUCTION FACTOR

NOMINAL SHEAR STRENGTH OF SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT

SHEAR-FRICTION REINFORCEMENT PERPENDICULAR TO SHEAR PLANE
V n= A vf f y
A vf =

Vu
f y

SHEAR-FRICTION REINFORCEMENT INCLINED TO THE SHEAR PLANE

V n= A vf f y ( sin + cos )
A vf =

Vu
f y ( sin +cos )

WHERE:

A vf = AREA OF SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT , mm

= ANGLE BETWEEN SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT SHEAR PLANE

f y =TENSILE STRENGTH OF SHEAR FRICTION REINFORCEMENT ,
SHALL NOT EXCEED 415 MPa

=COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION SHALL BETAKEN AS FOLLOW :

SHEAR-FRICTION REINFORCEMENT AT AN ANGLE TO ASSUMED CRACK

FOR NORMAL WEIGHT CONCRETE EITHER PLACED MONOLITHICALLY OR PLACED AGAINST

HARDENED CONCRETE WITH SURFACE INTENTIONALLY ROUGHENED,
V n SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SMALLEST OF THE FOLLOWING :
'

0.2 f c A c
(3.3+0.08 f ' c ) A c

11 A c
FOR ALL OTHER CASES, V n SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SMALLER OF
'

0.2 f c A c
5.5 A c
WHERE CONCRETES OF DIFFERENT STRENGTHS ARE CAST AGAINST EACH OTHER, THE VALUE
'
OF f c USED TO EVALUATE V n SHALL BE THAT OF THE LOWER STRENGTH CONCRETE.
WHERE

A c IS THE AREA OF CONCRETE SECTION RESISTING SHEAR TRANSFER, FOR

CORBELS AND BRACKETS,

d

A c =b w d , WHERE b w IS THE WIDTH OF CORBEL SECTION AND

IS THE EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF CORBEL.

FLEXURE DESIGN OF CORBEL

THE CORBEL MUST BE DESIGNED DUE TO ULTIMATE FLEXURE MOMENT RESULTING FROM THE
SUPPORTED BEAM REACTION V u AND THE HORIZONTAL FORCE FROM CREEP AND
SHRINKAGE EFFECT N u .
THE FOLOOWING DESIGN PROCEDURE IS PERMITTED FOR BRACKETS AND CORBELS WITH:
A)

av
d

NOT GREATER THAN 1.0, AND

B) SUBJECT TO FACTORED HORIZONTAL TENSILE FORCE,

Vu

N uc , NOT LARGER THAN

TENSION REINFORCEMENT
A n=

N uc
f y

N uc 0.2V u
FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT
M u=V u av + N uc ( hd )
Af =

Mu
,CONSERVATIVELY
f y ( 0.9 d )

WHERE =0.75 FOR 2010 NSCP=0.85 FOR 2001 NSCP

CORBEL REINFORCMENT

AREA OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT

ACCORDING TO SECTION 411.10.3.5, THE AREA OF PRIMARY TENSION REINFORCEMENT
A f + A n AND (

SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE LARGER (

A sc

2 A vf
+ An .
3

A sc IS THE LARGER VALUE OF

A sc LARGER OF ( A f + A n )

2 A vf
+ An
3

AND,
A sc
f'c
0.04
bwd
fy
AREA OF CLOSED STIRRUPS OR TIES ,

Ah

ACCORDING TO SECTION 411.10.4, THE TOTAL AREA,

A h , OF CLOSED STIRRUPS OR TIES

PARALLEL PRIMARY TENSION REINFORCEMENT SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 0.5( A sc A n AND
SHALL DISTRIBUTED UNIFORMLY WITHIN (2/3) d ADJACENT TO PRIMARY TENSION
REINFORCEMENT.

PROBLEM
DESIGN A CORBEL TO SUPPORT A GIRDER AS SHOWN. THE COLUMN IS 400mm X 400mm. A
HORIZONTAL FORCE OF 100kN DUE TO CREEP AND THE SHRINKAGE IS CREATED AT THE
WELDED BEARING PLATE. USE FC = 34 MPA AND FY = 415MPa. THE GIRDER VERTICAL
REACTIONS ARE DEAD LOAD = 135kN, LIVE LOAD = 190kN. USE THE NSCP 2010.

SOLUTION:
DEAD LOAD=135 kN
LIVE LOAD=190 kN

T =100 kN
bw=COLUMN WIDTH

bw=400 mm
Vu=1.2 DL +1.6

Vu=1.2(135)+1.6(190)
Vu=466 kN

BEARING PLATE :
=0.65

A PLATE=

A PLATE=

Vu
0.85 f ' c
466,000
0.65 ( 0.85 ) (34 )

A PLATE=24,807 mm2
A PLATE=b w X B
24,807=400 X B
B=62 mm SAY 65 mm

DETERMINE SHEAR SPAN

av

WITH 25 mm MAXIMUM CLEARANCE AT THE BEAM END. BEAM

REACTION IS ASSUMED AT THIRD POINT OF BEARING PLATE TO SIMULATE ROTATION OF

SUPPORTED GIRDER AND TRIANGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF STRESS UNDER BEARING PLATE
2
a v =25+ ( 65 ) =68.73 mm say 70 mm
3
DESIGN OF CORBEL:
IN ALL THE DESIGN CALCULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 411.10 SHALL BE TAKEN EQUAL
TO 0.75 (SECTION 411.10.3.1)
=0.75

V n=

Vu

V n=

466
0.75

V n=621.333 kN
FOR NORMAL WIEGHT CONCRETE, V n SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SMALLEST OF
0.2 f c bw d ,

(3.3 + 0.08 f c b w d , AND 11 bw d . (SECTION 411.10.3.2.1)

V n=0.2 ( 34 ) b w d=6.8 V n
V n= (3.3 + 0.08 (34) bw d=6.02 b w d
V n=11 b w d

6.02 bw d

GOVERNS

V n=6.02 b w d
621,333=6.02(400) d

d=258 mm
1
h=258+ ( 28 ) +10=282 mm SAY 290 mm
2
1
d=290 10=266
2
av
=0.263<1 OK ! ( section 411.10 .1 )
d
CONSIDER T AS LIVE LOAD ( SECTION 411.10 .3 .4 )
N uc =1.6 T =1.6 (100 )
N uc =160 kN <V u OK ! ( SECTION 411.10.1 )

N uc 0.2V u =93.2 kN OK ! ( SECTION 411.10 .3 .4 )

TENSION REINFORCEMENT: SECTION 411.10.3.4

A n=

N uc
f y

A n=

160,100
0.75 ( 415 )

A n=514 mm

SHEAR REINFORCEMENT: SECTION 411.8.4.1

=1.4 =1.4 (1 ) =1.4 ( SECTION 411.10 .8 .4 .1 )
A vf =

Vu
f y

A vf =

466,000
0.75( 415)(1.4)

A vf =1,069 mm2
FLEXURAL REINFORCEMENT (SECTION 411.10.3)
M u=V u av + N uc (hd)
M u=466,000 (70)+160,100(290266)
M u=34.46 kNm

( a2 )

M u= A f f y d

a
TAKE d =0.9d ( CONSERVATIVELY )
2
34.46 X 106=0.75 A f ( 415 ) ( 0.9 X 266 )
A f =489mm 2
AREA OF PRIMARY REINFORCEMENT (SECTION 411.10.3.5)

AREA OF PRIMARY TENSION REINFORCEMENT

A sc SHALL NOTBE LESS THAN THE LARGER

A
2 A vf
+ An) ,

f
( + A n) AND (
3

A
A sc =( f + A n)=1,003mm 2

A sc =

( 2 A3

vf

+ A n =1,227 mm2 GOVERNS

USING 28mm BARS,

N=

1,227
1.99 SAY 2 BARS

2
( 28 mm )
4

AREA OF CLOSED STIRRUPS,

A h ( SECTION 411.10.4)

A h=0.5 ( A sc An )
A h=0.5 ( 1227514 )
A h=357 mm2
USING 10mm STIRRUPS
A v =2 X

N=

(10)2=157 mm 2
4

Ah 357
=
=2.3 SAY 3 BARS
Av 157

DISTRIBUTE

A h UNIFORMLY WITHIN (2/3) d ADJACENT TO PRIMARY TENSION

REINFORCEMENT (SECTION 411.10.4)

DETAIL OF CORBEL