Design Combined Shear &Torsion

Compressive strength of concrete f'c  25 MPa

Yeild strength of reinforcement for bending moment fy  390 MPa

Yeild strength of reinforcement for shear forces fyt  390 MPa

Width of beam bw  400 mm

Height of beam h  700 mm

Effective depth of beam d  h  90 mm

2
π  ( D mm) 2
Use rebar DB ( n D)  n As  4 DB 20  1256.637  mm
4
2
Use rebar Av  2 DB 10  157.08  mm

Clear cover of concrete c  40 mm

Shear force design Vu  170 kN

Torsion design T u  65 kN m

2
Tension reinforcement design for bending moment Mu Asm  1560 mm

Modification factor

λ  λ1 (ACI.8.6.1)

Torsion Design type

Torsion  Torsion  1
Solution

Strength reduction factor for Torsiion and Shear ϕ  0.75 (ACI.9.3.2.3)

Shear strength of concrete

f'c
Vc  0.17  λ MPa b d Vc  207.4  kN (ACI.11.2.1.1)
MPa w

Torsion reinforcing necessary

2
Acp  bw h Acp  280000 mm (ACI.11.5.1)


Pcp  2 bw  h  Pcp  2200 mm (ACI.11.5.1)

Threshold torsion
2
f'c Acp
T a  ϕ λ 0.083  MPa  T a  11.092  kN m (ACI.11.5.1)
MPa Pcp

Torsion Reinforcing  "Is Reqiured" if T u  T a

"Not Required" otherwise

Torsion Reinforcing  "Is Reqiured"

Design of Shear Strength

Vu
Vs   Vc Vs  19.267  kN
ϕ

Vs  19.267  kN < 4 Vc  829.6  kN OK

f'c
Vs.max  0.66   MPa bw d
MPa

Av fyt d
Vs = (ACI.11.4.7.2)
s

Av Vs 2
mm
Shear = Shear  (2 leg) Shear  0.081 
s fyt d mm
Maximum spacing for shear

 Av fyt Av fyt 

Smax  min   
0.35  bw MPa
 0.062 f'c MPa bw 

Smax  437.579  mm

ϕ Vc
Smax1 
 d 
min  Smax  600mm if  Vu  ϕ Vc
 2  2
if Vu  ϕ Vc

 d  1
min  Smax  600mm if Vs   Vs.max (ACI.11.4.5.1)
 2  2

min  Smax  300mm if  Vs.max  Vs  Vs.max

d 1
 4  2 (ACI.11.4.5.3)

"Enlarge The Section" otherwise

Compute Section Properties

x1  bw  ( 2 c) x1  320 mm

y1  h  ( 2 c) y1  620 mm
2
Aoh  x1 y1 Aoh  198400 mm (ACI.11.5.3.1)


Ph  2 x1  y1  Ph  1880 mm (ACI.11.5.3.1)

θ  45 deg

Critical torsion capacity

A 2
f'c  cp 
ϕT cr  ϕ 0.33  λ  MPa   (ACI.11.5.2.2)
MPa

Pcp

ϕT cr  44.1  kN m

ϕT cr
2
Ao  0.85  Aoh if Tu  Ao  168640 mm (ACI.11.5.3.6)
ϕ
2
 Acp otherwise
3
Torsional moment strength

2 2
 Vu   Tu Ph   V f'c 
Section  "Enough" if      ϕ  c  0.66  MPa  (ACI.11.5.3.1)
 bw d   1.7 Aoh2   bw d MPa

"Enlarge the section" otherwise

Section  "Enough"

T u  Tu if Torsion = 1 T u  65 kN m


min ϕT cr Tu  otherwise

Determine the transverse Torsional reinforcing required

Tu
T n  T n  86.667  kN m (ACI.11.5.3.5)
ϕ
At
Torsion =
S
Tn 2
mm
Torsion  (1 leg) Torsion  0.659  (ACI.11.5.3.6)
2 Ao fyt cot ( θ) mm

Select the strirup

Avt Av At Avt
=  2 TS = (ACI.R11.5.3.8)
S s s S

TS  2 Torsion  Shear ( 2leg)

2
mm
TS  1.399 
mm

 f'c bw bw 
TSmin  max  0.062  MPa  0.35  MPa  (ACI.11.5.5.2)
 MPa fyt fyt

2
mm
TSmin  0.359 
mm
2 2
mm mm
TS  1.399  > TSmin  0.359  OK
mm mm
Require spacing for both shear and torsion

Avt
S= Avt  Av
TS

Avt
S  S  112.303  mm
TS

Maximum spacing of stirrup for torsion

 Ph 
Smax2  min  300 mm Smax2  235 mm (ACI.11.5.6.1)
8 

Maximum spacing for both shear and torsion


Smax  min Smax1 Smax2  Smax  235 mm

Provide spacing of stirrup

  
Suse  Floor min S Smax 10 mm  Suse  110 mm

Design of Longitudinal Reinforcing for Torsion

 fyt  2
Al  Torsion  Ph    cot ( θ) (ACI.11.5.3.7)
 
fy

2
Al  1238.668  mm

f'c Acp  fyt 

Al.min  0.42  MPa   Torsion  Ph   (ACI.11.5.5.3)
MPa fy fy
 
2
Al.min  269.025  mm


AL  max Al Al.min  AL  1238.67  mm
2

Note: AL provide in Reinforcement Bar with maximum spacing 300mm

Spacing for Torsion and Shear Suse  110 mm