14.1 General
Members subjected to predominant bending shall have adequate design strength to resist bending moment, shear force, and concentrated forces imposed upon and their combinations. Further, the members shall satisfy
the deflection limitation presented in Section 6(e), as serviceability criteria. Member subjected to other forces in addition to bending or biaxial bending shall be designed in accordance with Section 6(j).
14.1.1 Effective Span of Beams
The effective span of a beam shall be taken as the distance between the centres of the supports, except where the point of application of the reaction is taken as eccentric at the support, when it shall be permissible to take the effective span as the length between the assumed lines of the reactions.