A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BS8110 AND EUROCODE 2 STANDARDS FOR DESIGN OF A CONTINUOUS REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM

In this paper, a comparative study of BS 8110-97 an d Eurocode2 for the design of reinforced concrete beam with a particular interest on the are a of tension and shear reinforcements required, with the aim of determining which of the two codes provides the most economic design is carried out using Microsoft excel spreadsheet. A six-span continuous beam from the roof of a three storey shopping complex was selected and designed with the aid of a programmed excel spread sheet, taking into account only dead and live loads and as suming all spans to be loaded equally for both dead and live load combination. The self-weight of the beam was taken as the dead load while the live load was assumed to be a unity. The result of the analysis was used to design the beams based on both codes with the aid of a programmed spread sheet. The percentage difference between the areas of steel required by the two codes was calculated with the BS 8110 code results as the control values