Tag Archives: Reinforced Concrete

Reinforced Concrete Section Analysis – 5; Ultimate Limit State

Posted on 19/08/2008 by dougaj4

Previous posts in this series have looked at the analysis of beams where the steel stress is within the elastic range, and the concrete stress is sufficiently low that the assumption of linear elastic behaviour in compression is a reasonable approximation.  … Continue reading →

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Reinforced Concrete Section Analysis – 4

Posted on 21/06/2008 by dougaj4

Previous post The spreadsheet presented in the previous post in this series uses the basic equation given below to find the location of the neutral axis: For a cross section with any applied axial load at eccentricity e, measured from … Continue reading →

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Reinforced Concrete Section Analysis – 3

Posted on 30/05/2008 by dougaj4

Previous post -1 Previous post -2 The theory presented in the previous 2 posts in this series has been incorporated into an Excel UDF, allowing concrete and reinforcement stresses and strains to be evaluated quickly and easily for reinforced and … Continue reading →

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Reinforced Concrete Section Analysis – 2

Posted on 15/05/2008 by dougaj4

Previous Post Pseudo-code for elastic analysis of a layered reinforced concrete section under eccentric axial load and pre-stress load:  Read data ‘For each reinforcement layer: Find area, first moment of area about top ,and depth of centroid. Find total reinforcement … Continue reading →

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