• Diaphragm hole sizes and locations
    Standard sized diaphragm holes (see fig 1 & 2) for each beam type are located at regular spacings as shown. Adoption of these standard hole sizes and locations will allow a reduction in production cost of the beams.
  • Skewed Beam Ends
    Skewed ends to beams are expensive and should be avoided where possible. Specification of beam ends with the precise angle of skew to suit the bridge alignment generally increases the beam cost. Where skewed ends are necessary, the use of the 'rationalised skew angles' shown in the table below will help reduce beam costs with no disadvantage to the designer. The use of the rationalised skew angles below ensures that the maximum displacement 's' of the corners of the beams (see figure below) does not exceed 50 mm for M beams.
  • Reinforcement in Skewed Beams
    Only reinforcement in the end zone of the beam should be skewed. All other reinforcement in the body of the beam should be detailed square to the section.
 
1 2 3
Rationalised Skew angle at beam end Maximum 'S' (mm) for intermediate skew angles for M-beams* Skew angle at S max
0� 44 5.0�
10� 45 15.1�
20� 49 25.3�
30� 40 34.0�
37.5� 44 41.5�
45� 50 49.0�
52.5� 50 56.0�
59�    
Example: Actual angle = 27.5�: Use of Column 3 indicate that a skew angle of 25.3� corresponds to a displacement S of about 50mm. To limit displacement S to below 50mm, use a rationalised skew of 30�.

* For Inverted tee beams, the value of 'S' is half that in column 2.

 

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