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Corbel Design

The document discusses corbels, which are short cantilever projections used to support load-bearing members like beams. It provides details on corbel design and behavior, including that corbels behave differently than standard beam theory due to their shear span/depth ratio being less than 1. Failure modes of corbels are also examined, such as yielding of tension ties or concrete failure in compression or shear. Design recommendations are made regarding tension reinforcement sizing and use of shear friction theory.

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Corbel Design

The document discusses corbels, which are short cantilever projections used to support load-bearing members like beams. It provides details on corbel design and behavior, including that corbels behave differently than standard beam theory due to their shear span/depth ratio being less than 1. Failure modes of corbels are also examined, such as yielding of tension ties or concrete failure in compression or shear. Design recommendations are made regarding tension reinforcement sizing and use of shear friction theory.

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Department of Civil Engineering

Institute of Technology
Nirma University

Corbels / Bracket
Corbels
• Corbels/Brackets that projects from the faces of
columns and walls. Generally they used in the
precast construction.
• Corbel or bracket is a reinforced concrete member
is a short-haunched cantilever used to support the
reinforced concrete beam element.
• Corbel is structural element to support the pre-cast
structural system such as pre-cast beam and pre-
stressed beam. The corbel is cast monolithic with
the column element or wall element.
Corbels
• As per IS 456 : 2000 ; Clause 28.1
• A corbel is a short cantilever projections
which supports a load bearing member and
where
The distance av between the line of the reaction to
the supported load and the root of the corbels is
less than the effective depth d of the root of the
root, and
The depth at the outer edge of the contact area of
the supported load is not less than one half of the
depth at the root of the column.
Corbels
• Normally in corbels,

• Because the Shear span to depth ratio is


equal to or less than 1, it is defined as
“Regions of discontinuity” and that the
beam theory does not apply.
BEHAVIOR OF CORBEL
• The followings are the major items show the behavior
of the reinforced concrete corbel, as follows :
 The shear span/depth ratio is less than 1.0, it makes the
corbel behave in two-dimensional manner.
 Shear deformation is significant is the corbel.
 There is large horizontal force transmitted from the
supported beam result from long-term shrinkage and
creep deformation.
 Bearing failure due to large concentrated load.
 The cracks are usually vertical or inclined pure shear
cracks.
 The mode of failure of corbel are : yielding of the tension
tie, failure of the end anchorage of the tension tie, failure of
concrete by compression or shearing and bearing failure.
FAILURE OF CORBELS
BEHAVIOR OF CORBEL
• The structural behavior of corbels is
different than beam theory.
Shear Friction Theory
• As per ACI code,

Where,
Vn = nominal shear strength of shear friction reinforcement
Avf = area of shear friction reinforcement
Fy = yield strength of shear friction reinforcement
μ = coefficient of friction
TENSION REINFORCEMENT
• The ultimate horizontal force acts in the corbel Nuc is result
from the creep and shrinkage effect of the pre-cast or pre-
stressed beam supported by the corbel.
• This ultimate horizontal force must be resisted by the tension
reinforcement as follows :

where :
 An = area of tension reinforcement
 Nuc = ultimate horizontal force at corbel
 fy = yield strength of the tension reinforcement
 φ = strength reduction factor (φ = 0.85)
 Minimum value of Nuc is 0.2Vuc.
FLEXURAL
REINFORCEMENT
Distribution of Steel

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