REINFORCEMENT IN CONTINUOUS BEAMS Contlnoous Bwns {or Sllibs) which cxrend o Y<r more than enc span, dttlocc down wan! bet\\-supports and bave reve,sed airvature ave, each mterior sup­ port, as il IUSlrn... S in l'ig. ~9. This require. s tension ~info,cing steel in Ille bottom of the beam between supports and in the top of the beam OYer the suppons. Loods ~JJ,. li Mbt_ Suppons-fr"" ;i====-i Loadld0!$ml>O( Oeftecfe. d Shape Flg. 6-9 Tw-o-Span Continuous Be. am e. uuile,u Beam. < (or Slabs) !o<>ded at the_top dell..:, downward. In t J,e tanlilev<r (or CM:Crumg). reinforcing bars mus, be placed,n lhe top_ The. o;e bars must b~ cxu,-nc. IOO b. ai:k inro tho matn sp:10 wbe~r possible. otne:rwi~ they mu~ be S<CUrcly ;u,chol'\.-d by bending or hoo~into an outsi<k beam brcolumn igun,: 6ilfil1ow1; ine,rnmple uf a (li101ilcvcr 6C1Wt. Loaded Member ~Top ~Cn lflver Deflected Shape Fig. 6-10 Cantilever Beam REINFORCE MENT IN WALLS Walls, braced a! the top and bottom by floor slabs and looded with horizontal pressure3 on lhc outside face, deftect inward, as mown in Fig. ~ 11. Wall$ re quite reinforcing bars or welded wire reinforcement on the tnside race where lhere is tension. Sometimes, whca spcc;ified by the Engineer, roinforcina bars may be required oround the outside top comer. Section 609 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 6-9