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The minimum clear horizontal distance between individual parallel bars, scl,min, is given by;1
where
The minimum clear ver cal distance between horizontal layers of parallel bars, scl,min, is given by;
scl,min ≥ 2hagg/3
IF
THEN
scl,min > φ
where
where
In Tekla Structural Designer when designing to BS 8110 the value of crack width is limited to
0.3mm.
i) bw/b ˂ 0.4
i) T beam
ii) L beam
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A BS 8110-1:1997 3.12.5.3, Table 3.25
i) Flange in compression
where
b = breadth of sec on
hf = depth of flange
As,max ≤ 0.04*Ac
As’,max ≤ 0.04*Ac
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where
Parent topic
• Beam Design to BS 8110
1. BS 8110-1:1997 3.12.11.1
2. BS 8110-1:1997 3.12.6.1
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