PROJECT :

TITLE:
BS8110 : CORBELS DESIGN

1) ULTIMATE LOADS ON THE CORBEL

Ult Vertical Vu =
2926 kN
Ult Horizontal Tu =
293 kN
Fcu =
Fy =
Ec =
Es =

40
460
28
200

N/mm2
N/mm2
kN/mm2
kN/mm2

2) DETERMINATION OF CORBEL GEOMETRY

Check: Max Bearing Stress
= 0.8 Fcu =
32.0 N/mm2
Width of Bearing Plate, w =
Length of Bearing Plate, l =
Vu/(l.w) =

1400 mm
700 mm
3.0 N/mm2

av =
Cover @ Top/End, C =
Cover @ Side, Cside =

350 mm
30 mm
72 mm

Diameter of Rebar, D =
Diameter of Link, Dl =

25 mm
10 mm

Le = D+5D+Dl+C >=
Length of Corbel, req >=

190 mm
890 mm

Width of Corbel, b =
Length of Corbel, prov =

5.00 N/mm2

h, prov @ col face =

d @ column face =
Check: av < d --> CORBEL

Check: Max Shear Stress vmax

= min(0.8Fcu^0.5, 5N/mm2) =
Vu/bd =

1.04 N/mm2

, < 0.8 Fcu

1800 mm
700 mm
1600 mm
1557.5 mm

< Vmax
hy @ outer face >= 0.5h =
hy, prov =

800 mm
800 mm

3) EVALUATION OF INTERNAL FORCES

Assume x (1st trial = 0.4d) =
z = d - 0.45x =
sin A =
cos A =
Fc = Vu/sin A =
x = Fc/(0.402Fcu.b.cosA) =

421 mm
1368 mm
0.9688
0.2479
3020241 N
421.0 mm

es = 0.0035(d-x)/x =
fs1(es>=0.002) = 0.87fy =
fs2(es< 0.002) = Es.es =
fs = min(fs1, fs2) =

0.0094
400
1890
400

Ft = Vu.av/z+Tu =

1041184 N

As = Ft/fs =
>= (0.5Vu+Tu)/0.87fy =

2602 mm2
4387 mm2

As, req =

4387 mm2

As, prov: T

25
No. =
Total As =

4) CHECK SHEAR
p = 100As,prov/bd =

0.420

vc =
vc' = (2d/av).vc =

0.554 N/mm2
4.927 N/mm2

v = Vu/bd =

1.04 N/mm2

491 mm2
24
11775 mm2

Check: Asmin = 0.004bh =

Check: Asmax = 0.040bh =

11520 mm2
115200 mm2

Horizontal Links:
Spacing Sh =
Ash = b.Sh(v-vc')/0.87fy =
Ashmin = 0.5 Asreq =

200 mm
-3494 mm2
2193 mm2

Ash, req =

2193 mm2

Ash, prov: T

10
No. of legs =
No. of sets =
Total Ash =

Ash for Upper 2/3.d =

5) CHECK BEARING STRESS INSIDE BEND
Tensile Force in As, Fbt
= (Ft/No. As)(As,req/As,prov) =
16162 N/Bar
Ultimate Anchoage Bond Stress
= fbu = 0.5Fcu^0.5 =
3.16 N/mm2

, > 0.002 ?
N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2

Tension in Bar at Start of Bend

Fbt' = (L1/Lb).Fbt =

78.5 mm2
6
7
3297 mm2
1038 mm

-107957 N

Int. Radius, r = 4D =
Anchorage Bond Length Req.
= Lb = Fbt/(3.14.D.fbu) =

65 mm

Straight Length of Bar before Start of Bend

= L1 =
Additional Length after Standard Bend
= La = Lb - L1-12D + 4D =

-635 mm

20 mm

Min. Horz Space = AS + 5 =

>= D
=

25 mm
25 mm

7) CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION

Service Vertical V =
Service Horizontal T =
Moment @ Col. Face
= M = T.av =

Check:
Bearing Stress
= Fbt/(rD) =
<= 2Fcu/(1+2.D/ab) =

-43.18 N/mm2
46.92 N/mm2, OK

Check: Actual Clear Spacings

Side =
72 mm
Internal =
46 mm

< 80mm, OK
, OK

781 mm
300 mm

2070 kN
207 kN

es = fs/Es =
eh = (h-x)/(d-x).es =

3.009E-04
3.114E-04

em = eh - b(h-x)^2/{3EsAs(d-x)}
724.659091 kN-m

Assume As' = 0.
m = Es/Ec =
x = mAs/b{[1+ 2bd/(As.m)]^0.5 -1}
=

70.9130435 mm
97 mm
70.9130435 mm

500 mm

6) CHECK SPACING OF BARS

Min. Aggregate Size, AS =

Max. Horz Space = 47000/fs =

<=

ab1 (Ctr-Ctr Bar) =

ab2 (Cside + D) =
ab = min(ab1 , ab2) =

100 mm

7.14285714

=
ac1 =
ac2 =
acr = max(ac1, ac2) =

-8.091E-04
82.1 mm
42.8 mm
82.1 mm

338 mm

z = d - x/3 =

1445 mm

Check : Crack Width, Wcr

= 3acrem/{1+2[(acr-Cmin)/(h-x)]}

fsb (M) = M/(As.z) =

fsh (T) = T/As =

42.6 N/mm2
17.6 N/mm2

=
<

fs = fsb + fsh =

60.2 N/mm2

-0.184 mm
0.200 mm, OK