Friday, June 1, 2018

Types of Concrete Beams and their Reinforcement Details









Reinforced concrete beams are structural members that support the transverse load which usually rest on supports at its end. Girder is a type of beam that supports one or more smaller beam.

Types of Concrete Beams

Beams are classified as
  1. Simple Beam
  2. Continuous Beam
  3. Semi-Continuous Beam
  4. cantilever beam
  5. T- beam

1. Simple Concrete Beams

Simple concrete beam refers to the beam having a single span supported at its end without a restraint at the support. Simple beam is sometimes called as simply supported beam. Restraint means a rigid connection or anchorage at the support.
Simply supported beam
Fig: Simply supported beam

2. Continuous Beam

It is a beam that rest on more than two supports. It can be a single beam provided for long span between columns or walls with intermediate supports of smallar beams or a single continuous beam for entire length of the structure with intermediate column or wall supports.
Continuous beam with reinforcement details
Fig: Continuous beam with reinforcement details

3. Semi-Continuous Beam

Refers to a beam with two spans with or without restraint at the two extreme ends.
Semi-continuous beam
Fig: Semi-continuous beam

4. Cantilever Beam

Cantilever beams are supported on one end and the other end projecting beyond the support or wall.
RCC Cantilever beam reinforcement details
Fig: RCC Cantilever beam reinforcement details

5. T – Beam

When floor slabs and beams. are poured simultaneously  producing a monolithic structure where the portion of the slab at both sides of the beam serves as flanges of the T-Beam. The beam below the slab serves as the web member and is sometime called stem.
RCC T-beam
Fig: RCC T-beam



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