DETAILS OF NORMAL SECTIONS STRENGTH CALCULATION OF FLEXIBLE REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES BY THE WOOD’S METHOD IN PC "LIRA SAPR"

Problem statement. The problem of realization of the calculation method of normal cross-sections strength of reinforced concrete constructions under flat bending, which is established in the current building codes of Ukraine, is considered. The main attention is paid to atypical and practically not considered calculation cases, typical for automated algorithms in the environment of SP "LIRA SAPR". The purpose of the article. Analysis of the feasibility of using the calculation method of current building codes with further development of recommendations, based on the specifics of computerized calculations. Methodology. Within the framework of the performed research, rectangular cross-sections of reinforced concrete structures with single and double reinforcement (provided a significant increase in the area of reinforcement of the compressed cross-sectional area) with variation of concrete classes, reinforcement coefficient and ratio of reinforcement areas were considered. The stress-strain diagrams of concrete and reinforcement are bilinear with characteristic values set for the first group of limit states. The character of change of cross-sections’ status diagrams "M - εc(1) " is investigated. Research results. It is found that for single-reinforced sections with decreasing reinforcement area there is a decrease of the value of deformation of the compressed fiber of concrete, which is used to find solutions for systems of nonlinear equilibrium equations of the deformation method. This leads to an increase of the execution time of calculations of the flat elements’ reinforcement by the Wood method. It is established that for sections with double reinforcement at relatively large values of the ratios of the reinforcement areas, the equilibrium of the section is at the maximum deformations of the compressed concrete fiber. Conclusions. An approach aimed at accelerating the calculation of sections with single reinforcement, which is based on the use of the relationship between the percentage (area) of reinforcement and the deformation of the most compressed fiber of the reinforced concrete element. Features of analytical algorithms for calculating the selected sections are taken into account by implementing this technique in the PC "LIRA SAPR", optimization and acceleration of automated algorithms for calculating reinforced concrete structures.