Design of Corbel

S.No. Description Formula

Unit weight of concrete γc
Length of corbel (Width of the column) wb
Distance between the bearing plate and tension tie
(Clear cover) att
Shear Span length (Distance of load from face) av
Grade of Concrete fck
Grade of steel
Grade of steel for distribution bars fy
Normal Load of the crane beam

Dimensions of corbel
S.No. Description Formula
Bearing length
Width of the bearing plate
Factored Load
Bearing strength capacity
Actual bearing stress

Calcualtion of corbel
S.No. Description Formula
Bearing length τc,max
Effective depth of the corbel (Fv/b*τ)
Adopted depth of the corbel
Distance of load from face (av+0.2att)
at/d
Total Depth of the support d+cover+0.5*dia.
Adopted depth of the support
Depth at face
Force for compressive strut 0.34fck(1-(fck/250))
Fv/(fcd*db)
Angle of inclination for force fcd
z (av+0.2at)tanq
Tensile force in the strut Fv(Cotq+0.2)
Tension reinforcement
Area of tension reinfrocement F't/(0.87*fy)
Adopted dia. Bars :
Area of the Bars ast
No of bars
Provided no of bars
Spacing of the bars Asvtension
Check for main reinforcement as per SP 34
Area of corbel at the face
Pt%
Compression reinforcement
Area of compression reinforcement Acmin
Adopted dia. Of bars
Area of bars
No of bars
Provided no of bars
Shear reinforcement
Area of Shear reinforcement provided Asv(min)
Diameter of bars
No of legs
Area of shear reinforcement
Spacing of the bars
Spacing provided
(100Ast/bd) pt %
b 0.8*fck/6.89pt
Permissible shear stress τc
Enhanced shear strength τm
Shear Capacity of the concrete Vs
Shear Capacity of steel
Total Capacity of the section
Notation Values Unit Remarks
25 KN/m2
700 mm

50 mm
400
M30 30 N/mm2
Fe 500 500 N/mm2
Fe 415 415 N/mm2
450 kN

Notation Values Unit Remarks

700 mm
b 800 mm Width of the crane beam.
Fv 675 kN
fbr=0.48*fck*(1-(fck/250)) 12.67 N/mm2
1.21 N/mm2 OK

Notation Values Unit Remarks

3.5 N/mm2
241.07 mm
d 650 mm
at 410 mm For rigid base plate the load distance is taken form the
0.63 1
712 mm Dia. Of bars used 24 mm
Ds 750 mm
Df 375 mm
fcd 8.976 N/mm2
0.14
q 53 degree
544.09 mm OK
F't 643.65 kN

Ast 1479.65 mm2

25 mm
490.87 mm2
3.0
4
175 mm

300000 mm2
0.65 1

700 mm2 Ac not less than 1000 mm2 per m width of corbel
16 mm
201.06 mm2
3.48
4 Spacing as per tension bars

0.5*Ast 739.83 mm2

12 mm
4
Ast 452.39 mm2
b/(As/ast) 266.30 mm b=2*d/3
180 mm
0.378 Check
10.03
(0.85*sqrt(0.8*fck)*(sqrt(1+5*b)-1))/6b
0.43 N/mm2
τc(2*d/av) 1.38 N/mm2
τm*bd 719.33 kN
(0.87*fy*As*d)/Sv 589.82 KN
1309.15 KN
ce is taken form the edge. For semi rigid base the load is taken from the point of application.
width of corbel

vc v
Design of Corbel

Description Formula
Unit weight of concrete γc
Unit weight of crane rail
Maximum C/C span of column 0
Width of crane beam
Depth of crane beam
Span of EOT crane
Wheel distance of the crane
Length of corbel (Width of the column) wb
Grade of Concrete fck
Grade of steel
Grade of steel for distribution bars fy
Youngs Modulus of elasticity for steel Es
Cushings strain for concrete ec

Loads on the corbel

Description Formula
Total wheel load of the crane with impact loading
Allowance for impact loading
Rail weight

Beam load
Factor of saftey for crane and rail load
Factor of saftey for crane beam
Total vertical load

Corbel Design

Description Formula
Check for base pressure
Length of the base plate
Width of the base plate
Max stress at the base plate
Permissible bearing strength on concrete
Bearing area required
Length of plate
Breadth of plate
Assumed breadth
Check for shear stress
Width of the corbel
Maximum shear stress of concrete

Maximum design shear stress of concrete

Depth of corbel required Fv/(b*τcmax)
Assumed overall depth
Provided clear cover
Adopted effective depth
Distance of the load from the face of corbel

a/d
Front face of the corbel 0.5*D
Vertical Depth of inclined face
a Fv/(0.86*fck*b*d)
b a/d
(-b/(a+b))
(a/(a+b))*b2
Solving the above equation quadratically
x1
x2
z
xm
xm/d
Calculation for area of tension steel
Calculated horizontal load a/z*Fv

Horizontal load as per requirement 0.5*Fv

Required horizontal load
Max strain in tension steel ec*(d-xm)/xm
Strain reinforcement in steel at yeild point 0.87*fy/Es
Strain reinforcement in steel at break point 0.87*fy/Es+0.002
Stress in tension reinforcement F't
Required area of tension steel Ft/F't

Percentage tension steel 100*Ast1/bd

Calculation for tension reinforcement
Diameter for mainreinforcement
Number of tension reinforcement
Area of tension reinforcement Ast
% of tension reinforcement
Calculation of shear reinforcement
Minimum area of shear reinforcement 0.5*Ast
Diameter of shear bar
No of legs
Area
Spacing of the bars d/(As/ast)
Spacing provided
No of rows in the upper 2/3 of d
No of rows provided
Maximum shear capacity of the section
(100Ast/bd) pt %
b 0.8*fck/6.89pt

Permissible shear stress τc

Enhanced shear strength τm
Shear Capacity of the concrete Vs
Shear Capacity of steel
Total Capacity of the section
Notation Values Unit Remarks
25 KN/m2
0.65 KN/m2
6.5 m
800 mm
1100 mm
13.3 m
1.8 m
1000 mm
M30 30 N/mm2
Fe 500 500 N/mm2
Fe 415 415 N/mm2
200000 N/mm2
0.0035

Notation Values Unit Remarks

450 KN
112.5 KN
1 KN
75 % of the
load is
107.25 KN transferred.
1.05
1.5
Fv 752.55 KN

Notation Values Unit Remarks

lp 300 mm
bp 200 mm
Fv/(lp*bp) 12.54 N/mm2
13.5 N/mm2
55744.44 mm2
300 mm
185.814815 mm
200 mm

bp 700 mm
3.5 N/mm2
Assume 80%
of the max
τcmax 2.8 N/mm2 shear
383.95 mm
D 450 mm
c.c. 50 mnm
d 400 mm
a 90 mm

The ratio of
a/d should be
between less
than 0.6 and
not more than
0.225 1.
Df 225 mm
225 mm
0.104
0.225
-0.68352993
0.0160213 0.5
-0.1751
0.02430317
0.75794246
303.18
230.44 mm
 >0.46 for fe
500
compression
0.58 bar is required

223.40 KN

The horizontal
laod should be
greater than or
equal to the
maximum
376.28 KN veritcal force.
Ft 376.28 KN
es 0.002575
esy 0.002175
es 0.004175
420 N/mm2 From table -1
Ast1 895.89 mm2
Pt should be
between 0.4%
0.32 0 to 1.3%

32 mm
4
3216.99 mm2
1.15 1

asv 1608.50 mm2

12 mm
4
452.39 mm2
Sv 75.38 mm
 175 mm
1.53
4

0.646 OK
5.86
(0.85*sqrt(0.8*fck)*(sqrt(1
+5*b)-1))/6b 0.53 N/mm2
τc(2*d/av) 4.742 N/mm2
τm*bd 1327.66 KN
(0.87*fy*As*d)/Sv 1327.42 KN
2655.08 KN OK
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Table 1
Table for points on stress-strain curve for HSD grade bars
Stress level 415 grade 500 grade
0.8 0.00144 288.7 0.00174 347.8
0.85 0.00163 306.7 0.00195 369.6

0.9 0.00192 324.8 0.00226 391.3

0.95 0.00241 342.8 0.00277 413

0.975 0.00276 351.8 0.00312 423.9
1 0.0038 360.9 0.00417 434.8