What would be the minimum width of the beam if the longitudinal steel is 7 - #8 bars and the center-to-center distance between bars is 3 times bar diameter?

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What would be the minimum width of the beam if the longitudinal steel is 7 - #8 bars
and the center-to-center distance between bars is 3 times bar diameter?
uniformly
distributed
load
Top Bars
(not all bars
are shown)
Shear-
reinforcement
stirrups
Bottom Bars-
(not all bars
are shown)
Positive moment
M, -+ 450 k-ft
21 inches
23 inches
24 inches
28 inches
Width
Beam Section
www
Depth
Beam loading diagram
Bending moment diagram
simple
support
Negative moment
M.--750 k-ft
Transcribed Image Text:What would be the minimum width of the beam if the longitudinal steel is 7 - #8 bars and the center-to-center distance between bars is 3 times bar diameter? uniformly distributed load Top Bars (not all bars are shown) Shear- reinforcement stirrups Bottom Bars- (not all bars are shown) Positive moment M, -+ 450 k-ft 21 inches 23 inches 24 inches 28 inches Width Beam Section www Depth Beam loading diagram Bending moment diagram simple support Negative moment M.--750 k-ft
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