Question: Design the floor beam B 3 - B 4 - B 3 in Fig. 1 . This beam supports its own dead load plus the

Design the floor beam B3-B4-B3 in Fig. 1. This beam supports its own dead load plus the load from a 7-in. slab. The beam is supported on girders at lines A, B, C, and D and is symmetrical about the centerline of the building. Use normal-weight concrete with fc=3,500, fy =60,000 psi for flexural reinforcement, and fyt =60,000 psi for stirrups.
Given slab has Dead Load (Self weight)=90 Psf, Superimpose Dead load for Slab (include floor tiles, mechanical equipment's)=6.5 psf.(Hint: Given D.L doesn't include weight of Beam). Based on ASCE 7-10 recommendations you can use L0=100 psf.(Hint: to c
Using Max. Moment design your beam. You can use procedure from CH-5 Class notes to design your rectangular beam. While performing design procedure there is no need to compute the shear capacity check given in the book on page 473.
Once beam dimension are found out the readjust the dead load of the beam stem using actual dimension of beam and recompute the total load per foot. Follow step-5 from book.
Design of Flexural reinforcement. (Since it is beam your flexural reinforcement will be different for each segment due changing moment with respect to length). Show the calculation only for maximum moment value and for other values just summarize the final answer in tabular form. Butompute Reduced Live load).
Design the floor beam B 3 - B 4 - B 3 in Fig. 1 .

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