Question: A simply supported beam with an interior exposure must span a 3 2 - foot opening and is limited in depth to 2 8 inches

A simply supported beam with an interior exposure must span a 32-foot opening and is limited in depth to 28 inches for architectural reasons. The beam supports an unfactored dead load consisting of a 14-foot-wide, 5-inch-thick concrete slab that is made of lightweight concrete with a density of 120lbft3 and the beam is made with regular-weight concrete with a density of 150lbft3, and must support an unfactored live load of 130lbft2.
You may assume b=h2 and d=h-3''
Design the flexural reinforcement to carry the maximum moment applied to the beam.
Material strengths are fc'=4ksi and fy=60ksi for stirrups and for flexural steel.
Draw a sketch of the beam cross section clearly showing bar locations, spacing and cover
A simply supported beam with an interior exposure

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