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How to check for maximum steel ratio
Oh my bad... At the back of my head I always thought that rho_max should be greater than rho_balance when in fact, it should not be. I get these things mixed up in my head. Thank you for your reply. Is 0.015 not too small for an upper bound?- RomelV
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How to check for maximum steel ratio
I have this computation for singly reinforced rectangular beam and found that rho_max = (3/7) * 0.85 * f'c * beta_1 / fy That is based on ACI 318 strain of tension steel of 0.004 and concrete of 0.003. The same formula actually was posted by user JAE (Structural) in this thread...- RomelV
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