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ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

(OP)
Hi everybody,

Anyway I recently started working at a structural firm, and I have a (probably) stupid question to ask.

When you are designing a doubly reinforced concrete beam, does the top steel (or some percentage of the top steel) count towards the minimum steel ratio? Or is the top steel ignored? I couldn't find anything in the literature online, so I figured I'd ask you guys.

Thanks for the help!

RE: ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

Minimum reinforcement refers to tensile steel only.

BA

RE: ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

(OP)
Got it. Thank you for the info!

RE: ACI Minimum Steel Ratio for Doubly Reinforced Beams

Unless of course your compression steel is continuous across supports, in which case you need to meet min flexural steel at both.

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