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Rules-of-thumb for Beams and Columns Class Instructor : RINO D.A. FERNANDEZ

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Rules-of-thumb for Beams and Columns

Class Instructor :

RINO D.A. FERNANDEZ

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SIZE TOTAL TRIBUTARY AREA

200 x 200mm 150 sq.m.

300 x 300mm 300 sq.m.

400 x 400mm 450 sq.m.

500 x 500mm 600 sq.m.

700 x 700mm 900 sq.m.

900 x 900mm 2,000 sq.m.

SITECAST CONCRETE COLUMNS:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

15” (400mm) 5” (120mm) 6.00 meters

30” (750mm) 10” (250mm) 12.00 m

45” (1150mm) 15” (400mm) 18.00 m

60” (1500mm) 20” (500mm) 24.00 m

SITECAST CONCRETE BEAMS:

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SIZE TOTAL TRIBUTARY AREA

200 x 200mm 150 sq.m.

300 x 300mm 300 sq.m.

400 x 400mm 450 sq.m.

500 x 500mm 600 sq.m.

700 x 700mm 900 sq.m.

900 x 900mm 2,000 sq.m.

PRECAST CONCRETE COLUMNS:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

12” (300mm) 8” (200mm) 6.00 meters

24” (600mm) 8” (200mm) 11.00 m

30” (750mm) 10” (250mm) 14.00 m

36” (900mm) 12” (300mm) 16.00 m

48” (1200mm) 16” (400mm) 20.00 m

PRECAST CONCRETE BEAMS:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

15” (400mm) 8” (200mm) 10.00 meters

30” (750mm) 10” (250mm) 18.00 m

45” (1150mm) 15” (400mm) 28.00 m

60” (1500mm) 20” (500mm) 36.00 m

POSTTENSIONED CONCRETE BEAMS:

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SIZE TOTAL TRIBUTARY AREA (max)

150 x 150mm 50 sq.m. (Residential only)

200 x 200mm 100 sq.m.

250 x 250mm 180 sq.m.

300 x 300mm 280 sq.m.

350 x 350mm 380 sq.m.

400 x 400mm 450 sq.m.

WOOD COLUMNS:

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COLUMN ANCHORAGE:

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COLUMN ANCHORAGE:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

6” (150mm) 10” (250mm) 2.40 meters

8” (200mm) 3.50 m

10” (250mm) 5.00 m

12” (300mm) 6.00 m

14” (350mm) 7.30 m

16” (400mm) 8.50 m

18” (450mm) 9.80 m

20” (500mm) 9.80 m

24” (600mm) 9.80 m

WOOD BEAMS:

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COLUMN & BEAM CONNECTION:

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COLUMN & BEAM CONNECTION:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

6” (150mm) 10” (250mm) 3.00 meters

8” (200mm) 4.00 m

10” (250mm) 5.00 m

12” (300mm) 6.00 m

14” (350mm) 7.00 m

16” (400mm) 8.00 m

18” (450mm) 9.00 m

20” (500mm) 10.00 m

24” (600mm) 13.00 m

GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS:

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DEPTH WIDTH SPAN

30” (750mm) 10” (250mm) 16.00 meters

36” (900mm) 20.00 m

42” (1050mm) 24.00 m

48” (1200mm) 28.00 m

GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS:

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DEPTH SPAN

24” (600mm) 16.00 meters

48” (1200mm) 30.00 m

72” (1800mm) -

96” (2400mm) -

STEEL OPEN-WEB JOISTS:

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