A T-beam is a floor slab reinforced with a projecting flange or beam that increases its effective width compared to an L-beam. For a T-beam, the effective width b to be used in design is the actual flange width or bw + 0.2λz, whichever is lesser, where bw is the actual slab width and λz is the distance between points of zero moment along the beam span, which for continuous beams can be taken as 0.7 times the effective span.
A T-beam is a floor slab reinforced with a projecting flange or beam that increases its effective width compared to an L-beam. For a T-beam, the effective width b to be used in design is the actual flange width or bw + 0.2λz, whichever is lesser, where bw is the actual slab width and λz is the distance between points of zero moment along the beam span, which for continuous beams can be taken as 0.7 times the effective span.
A T-beam is a floor slab reinforced with a projecting flange or beam that increases its effective width compared to an L-beam. For a T-beam, the effective width b to be used in design is the actual flange width or bw + 0.2λz, whichever is lesser, where bw is the actual slab width and λz is the distance between points of zero moment along the beam span, which for continuous beams can be taken as 0.7 times the effective span.
A T-beam is a floor slab reinforced with a projecting flange or beam that increases its effective width compared to an L-beam. For a T-beam, the effective width b to be used in design is the actual flange width or bw + 0.2λz, whichever is lesser, where bw is the actual slab width and λz is the distance between points of zero moment along the beam span, which for continuous beams can be taken as 0.7 times the effective span.
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5.
1 Introduction
What is T-beam? Actual width
Slab
L-Beam cL c T-Beam L
Figure 5.1: Floor Slab
5.2 Effective width, b
The question arises of what width of the slab is to be taken as the effective width? The answer
is, the width b in Figure 5.2
b bw
Figure 5.2: T-Beam
Clause 3.4.1.5 BS 8110 gives the following recommendation for a T-beam, the effective width
b should be taken as: -
bw + 0.2 z or
The actual flange width or whichever is lesser.
z is the distance between points of zero moment along the span of the beam. For a continuous beam (we shall discuss this type of beam in Unit 6), z may be determined from the bending moment diagram, but BS 8110 states that z be taken as 0.7 times the effective span.
