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ACI 318-02 Appendix A
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Establish the Strut-and-Tie Model:
To allow for load eccentricities and erection tolerances, consider the vertical load to be placed
1 in. toward the edge of the corbel from center of bearing plate. Thus, the position of vertical
load is 1 + 6 = 7 in. from the face of column.
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The geometry of the assumed truss is given in Figure 2. The center of the tie is assumed to be
located 2 in. from the top of the corbel. Thus, d = 18 2 = 16 in. The horizontal strut BB is
assumed to lie on the horizontal line passing through the sloping end of the corbel.
The location of strut CB centerline can be found by calculating the required compressive force
in strut CB, NCB, and the strut stress limit to obtain the strut width a. The strut CB force is
and the limit stress on the nodal zone B (also strut CB) is
Thus, we have
This fixes the geometry of the truss and means that member AB has a horizontal projection of
0.46 + 7 + 5.58/2 = 10.25 in.
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Determine the Required Truss Forces by Statics:
The required forces in all the members of the truss are given in the following table. Note that
positive indicates tension, negative compression.
Member
Force (kips)
AA'
+54.1
AB
-73.5
BB'
-39.8
CB
-199.3
BD
-137.5
and the
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The stress of the vertical struts BD and CB and horizontal strut BB is limited to
Hence, the required widths for strut
BD and BB are
and
respectively. Choose 4 in. width for strut BD and 2 in. width for strut BB. The required width
for strut CB is equal to a, i.e. 5.58 in.
As shown in Figure 3, all the strut widths fit into the outline of the corbel region. Thus, this
solution is accepted. Note that Figure 3 also shows a summary of the stress in each strut and its
corresponding stress limit (in brackets).
Figure 3
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Calculate the Minimum Reinforcement Required for Crack Control:
According Appendix A, the minimum reinforcement provided must satisfy
to be able to take
as 0.75 for the diagonal struts, and the minimum
spacing for the vertical reinforcement is the smallest of 12 in. or d/2.
In addition, the code requires closed stirrups or ties parallel to the reinforcement required for
tie AA to be uniformly distributed with 2/3 of the effective depth adjacent to tie AA, i.e. 2/3
(16) = 10.67 in. Use 11 in. The area of these ties must exceed
, where
is the
area of reinforcement resisting the tensile force
Try 3 No. 3 closed stirrups with average spacing of 11/3 = 3.67 in.
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Since this amount of reinforcement satisfies both requirements, provide 3 No. 3 closed stirrups
distributed over a depth of 11 in. from tie AA with a concrete cover of 1 in.
Design the Nodal Zones and Check the Anchorages:
The width a of nodal zone A was chosen to satisfy the stress limits on the nodal zone.
To anchor tie AA, the horizontal loop is used. The detail is shown in Figure 4. To satisfy the
nodal zone stress limit, the tie reinforcement must engage an effective depth of concrete at
least equal to
This limit is easily satisfied since the nodal zone available is 4 in.
The required anchorage length for tie AA is
Since
this is less than the available length, i.e. 3 + 6 (1 + 3/8) = 7.63 in., the anchorage length is
adequate.
Summary of the Design:
The reinforcement details for the corbel designed using the strut-and-tie model according to
Appendix A are shown in Figure 4.
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