consisted of two (2) 8 mm diameter plain mild steel bars
closed stirrups, spaced at 225 mm spacing near mid span and
ten (10) 6 mm diameter closed stirrups, spaced at 75 mm
spacing positioned at each side of the beam. The RC beams
were designed to have a span-to-effective depth ratio of 9.0,
and therefore they are expected to fail in flexural. Figures
2(a) and (b) shows the beam configuration and detail drawing.