3. Bar Stress Near Tension Face Equal to 0.5 fy, (fs = 0.5 fy)
Figure 5 - Strains, Forces, and Moment Arms (fs = 0.5 fy)
Where c is the distance from the fiber of maximum compressive strain to the neutral axis. ACI 318-19 (22.2.2.4.2)
a = Depth of equivalent rectangular stress block
(Compression) ACI 318-19 (22.2.2.4.1)
Figure 6 - Cracked Column Section Properties (fs = 0.5 fy)
The area of the reinforcement in this layer is not included in the area (ab) used to compute Cc. As a result, it is NOT necessary to subtract 0.85fc’ from fs5 before computing Fs5:
The area of the reinforcement in this layer is not included in the area (ab) used to compute Cc. As a result, it is NOT necessary to subtract 0.85fc’ from fs4 before computing Fs4:
The same procedure shown above can be repeated to calculate the forces in the remaining reinforcement layers, results are summarized in the following table: