1st Edition

October 2010

FORMULAE AND RULES FOR

REINFORCED CONCRETE
DESIGN TO EC2

FOR TEST AND FINAL EXAMINATION

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STRENGTH AND CHARACTERISTIC OF CONCRETE

Table 3.1: Strength and deformation characteristics for concrete (Ref. Section 3: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)
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INDICATIVE DESIGN WORKING LIFE

(Ref. Section 2.3: MS EN 1990: 2010)

Table 2.1: Indicative design working life

Design working Indicative design Examples

life category working life (years)
1 10 Temporary structures (1)
2 10 to 25 Replaceable structural parts, e.g. gantry girders, bearings
3 15 to 30 Agricultural and similar structures
4 50 Building structures and other common structures
5 100 Monumental building structures, bridges, and other civil engineering
structures
(1) Structures or parts of structure that can be dismantled with a view to being re-used should not be considered
as temporary

EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF FLANGES (ALL LIMIT STATES)

(Ref. Section 5.3.2: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

The effective flanged width, beff for a T-beam or L-beam may be derived as

where
beff, i = 0.2bi + 0.1lo  0.2lo
and
beff, i  bi

lo is the distance between point of zero moment can be obtained from Figure 5.2. Other notations are given
in Figure 5.3.

Figure 5.2: Definition of lo for calculation of effective flanged width

Figure 5.3: Effective flanged width parameters

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DURABILITY, FIRE AND BOND REQUIREMENTS

(Ref. Section 4: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Exposure Class

Table 4.1: Exposure class related to environmental conditions in accordance with EN 206-1
(Ref. MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Class Description of the environment Informative examples where exposure classes

designation may occur
1 No risk of corrosion attack
XC0 For concrete without reinforcement or Concrete inside buildings with very low air humidity
embedded metal: all exposure except where
there is freeze/thaw, abrasion or chemical
attack
For concrete with reinforcement or
embedded metal: very dry
2 Corrosion induced by carbonation
XC1 Dry or permanently wet Concrete inside building with low air humidity
Concrete permanently submerged in water
XC2 Wet, rarely dry Concrete surfaces subject to long-term water contact
Many foundations
XC3 Moderate humidity Concrete inside buildings with moderate or high air
humidity
External concrete sheltered from rain
XC4 Cyclic wet and dry Concrete surfaces subject to water contact, not
within the exposure class XC2
3 Corrosion induced by chlorides
XD1 Moderate humidity Concrete surfaces exposed to airborne chlorides
XD2 Wet, rarely dry Swimming pools
Concrete components exposed to industrial waters
containing chlorides
XD3 Cyclic wet and dry Parts of bridges exposed to spray containing
chlorides
Pavements
Car park slabs
4 Corrosion induced by chlorides from sea water
XS1 Exposed to airborne salt but not in direct Structures near to or on the coast
contact to sea water
XS2 Permanently submerged Parts of marine structures
XS3 Tidal, splash and spray zones Parts of marine structures
5 Freeze/Thaw attack
XF1 Moderate water saturation, without de-icing Vertical concrete surfaces exposed to rain and
agent freezing
XF2 Moderate water saturation, with de-icing Vertical concrete surfaces of road structures exposed
agent to freezing and air-borne de-icing agents
XF3 High water saturation, without de-icing Horizontal concrete surfaces exposed to rain and
agents freezing
XF4 High water saturation, with de-icing agents Road and bridge decks exposed to de-icing agents
or sea water Concrete surfaces exposed to direct spray containing
de-icing agents and freezing
Splash zone of marine structures exposed to freezing
6 Chemical attack
XA1 Slightly aggressive chemical environment Natural soils and ground water
according to EN 206-1, Table 2
XA2 Moderately aggressive chemical Natural soils and ground water
environment according to EN 206-1, Table
2
XA3 Highly aggressive chemical environment Natural soils and ground water
according to EN 206-1, Table 2
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Concrete Cover

The nominal cover is given as:

cnom = cmin + cdev

where cdev is and allowance which should be made in the design for deviation from the minimum cover. It
should be taken as 10 mm. It is permitted to reduce to 5 mm if the fabrication subjected to a quality
assurance system

cmin is the minimum cover sets to satisfy the requirements for safe transmission of bond forces, durability
and fire resistance

Minimum Cover for Bond

Table 4.2: Minimum cover, cmin, b requirements regard to bond (Ref. MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Bond Requirement
Arrangement of bars Minimum cover, cmin, b*
Separated Diameter of bar
Bundled Equivalent diameter
 55 mm

where nb is the number of bars in the bundle, which is limited to

nb  4 for vertical bars in compression
nb  3 for all other cases

* If the nominal maximum aggregate size is greater than 32 mm, cmin, b should be increased by 5 mm

Minimum Cover for Durability

Table 4.4N: Minimum cover, cmin, dur requirements with regards to durability for reinforcement steel in accordance
with EN 10080 (Ref. MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Structural Exposure Class according to Table 4.1 EC 2

Class X0 XC1 XC2/XC3 XC4 XD1/XS1 XD2/XS2 XD3/XS3
S1 10 10 10 15 20 25 30
S2 10 10 15 20 25 30 35
S3 10 10 20 25 30 35 40
S4 10 15 25 30 35 40 45
S5 15 20 30 35 40 45 50
S6 20 25 35 40 45 50 55

Table 4.5N: Minimum cover, cmin, dur requirements with regards to durability for prestressing steel
(Ref. MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Structural Exposure Class according to Table 4.1 EC 2

Class X0 XC1 XC2/XC3 XC4 XD1/XS1 XD2/XS2 XD3/XS3
S1 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
S2 10 15 25 30 35 40 45
S3 10 20 30 35 40 45 50
S4 10 25 35 40 45 50 55
S5 15 30 40 45 50 55 60
S6 20 35 45 50 55 60 65
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The minimum cover values for reinforcement and prestressing tendons in normal weight concrete taking account of
the exposure classes and the structural classes is given by cmin,dur.

Note: Structural classification and values of cmin,dur for use in a Country may be found in its National Annex. The recommended
Structural Class (design working life of 50 years) is S4 for the indicative concrete strengths given in Annex E and the
recommended modifications to the structural class is given in Table 4.3N. The recommended minimum Structural Class is S1.

Table 4.3N: Recommended structural classification (Ref. MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Structural Class
Criterion Exposure Class according to Table 4.1
X0 XC1 XC2/XC3 XC4 XD1 XD2/XS1 XD3/XS2/XS3
Desing Increase Increase Increase Increase Increase Increase Increase class
Working class by 2 class by 2 class by 2 class by 2 class by 2 class by 2 by 2
Life of 100
years
Strength  C30/37  C30/37  C35/45  C40/50  C40/50  C40/50  C45/55
Class (1) (2) Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce class
class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 by 1
Member Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce class
with Slab class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 by 1
Geometry
(position of
reinforcement
not affected by
construction
process)
Special Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce Reduce class
Quality class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 class by 1 by 1
Control of
the Concrete
Production
Ensured

Notes to Table 4.3N:

1. The strength class and w/c ratio are considered to be related values. A special composition (type of cement,
w/c value, fine fillers) with the intent to produce low permeability may be considered.
2. The limit may be reduced by one strength class if air entrainment of more than 4% is applied.

Minimum Cover for Fire (Ref. MS EN 1992-1-2: 2004)

Rather than giving a minimum cover, the tubular method based on nominal axis distance is used. This is the distance
from the centre of the main reinforcement bar to the top or bottom surface of the member. The designer should
ensure that:

where the nominal axis distance, a is illustrated in Figure 5.2. The permissible combinations of member dimension
and axis distance are given in Table 5.5 and 5.6 for beams and Table 5.8 for slabs.

Figure 5.2: Section through structural members, showing nominal axis distance a
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Table 5.5: Minimum dimensions and axis distances for simply supported beams made with reinforced and
prestressed concrete

Standard Minimum Dimensions (mm)

Fire Possible combinations of a and bmin where a Web thickness, bw (mm)
Resistance is the average axis distance and bmin in the Class WA Class WB Class WC
width of beam (mm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R 30 bmin = 80 120 160 200 80 80 80
a= 25 20 15* 15*
R 60 bmin = 120 160 200 300 100 80 100
a= 40 35 30 25
R 90 bmin = 150 200 300 400 110 100 100
a= 55 45 40 35
R bmin = 200 240 300 500 130 120 120
120 a = 65 60 55 50
R bmin = 240 300 400 600 150 150 140
180 a = 80 70 65 60
R bmin = 280 350 500 700 170 170 160
240 a = 90 80 75 70
asd = a + 10 mm (see note below)

For prestressed beams the increase of axis distance according to 5.2(5) should be noted.

asd is the distance to the side of beam for the corner bars (or tendon or wire) of beams with only one layer
of reinforcement. For values of bmin greater than that given in Column 4 no increase of asd is required

* Normally the cover required by EN 1992-1-1 will control

Table 5.6: Minimum dimensions and axis distances for continuous beams made with reinforced and prestressed
concrete

Standard Fire Minimum Dimensions (mm)

Resistance Possible combinations of a and bmin where Web thickness, bw (mm)
a is the average axis distance and bmin in Class WA Class WB Class WC
the width of beam (mm)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R 30 bmin = 80 160 80 80 80
a= 15* 12*
R 60 bmin = 120 200 100 80 100
a= 25 12*
R 90 bmin = 150 250 110 100 100
a= 35 25
R bmin = 200 300 450 500 130 120 120
120 a = 45 35 35 30
R bmin = 240 400 550 600 150 150 140
180 a = 60 50 50 40
R bmin = 280 500 650 700 170 170 160
240 a = 75 60 60 50
asd = a + 10 mm (see note below)

For prestressed beams the increase of axis distance according to 5.2(5) should be noted.

asd is the distance to the side of beam for the corner bars (or tendon or wire) of beams with only one layer
of reinforcement. For values of bmin greater than that given in Column 3 no increase of asd is required

* Normally the cover required by EN 1992-1-1 will control

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Table 5.8: Minimum dimensions and axis distances for simply supported one-way and two-way solid slabs

Standard Fire Minimum Dimensions (mm)

Resistance Slab One-way Two-way spanning
thickness, hs spanning
(mm)
1 2 3 4 5
REI 30 60 10* 10* 10*
REI 60 80 20 10* 15*
REI 90 100 30 15* 20
REI 120 120 40 20 25
REI 180 150 55 30 40
REI 240 175 65 40 50
lx and ly are shorter and longer span of the two-way slab

 For prestressed slabs the increase of axis distance according to 5.2(5) should be noted
 The axis distance a in Column 4 and 5 for two-way slabs relate to slabs supported at all four
edges. Otherwise, they should be treated as one-way spanning slab.

* Normally the cover required by EN 1992-1-1 will control

EFFECTIVE SPAN OF BEAMS AND SLABS IN BUILDING

(Ref. Section 5.3.2.2: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

The effective span of a member, leff should be calculated as follows:

leff = ln + a1 + a2

where ln is the clear distance between the faces of the support

a1 and a2 is the min {0,5h; 0.5t}, where h is the overall depth of the member and t is the width of the
supporting element

Figure 5.4: Effective span, leff for different support conditions

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DESIGN FOR FLEXURE

(Ref. Section 6.1: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Design Procedure for Rectangular Section

Supposed the bending moment is M, beam section is b  b, concrete strength is fck and steel strength is fyk, to
determine the area of reinforcement, proceed as follows:

The steps are only for valid for fck ≤ 50 MPa. For concrete compressive strength, 50 MPa  fck  90 MPa,
modification of the stress block should be in accordance to Section. 3.1.7: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010.

1. Calculate

2. Calculate

where

and for  = 1.0  Kbal = 0.167

3. If K ≤ Kbal, compression reinforcement is not required, and

Calculate tension reinforcement:

4. If K > Kbal, compression reinforcement is required, and

Calculate compression reinforcement:

Check d’/x:

if d’/x ≤ 0.38 or

if d’/x > 0.38 where fsc = 700(1 – d’/x)

Calculate tension reinforcement:

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Design Procedure for Flanged Section

Supposed the bending moment is M, beam section is bw  b  d  hf, concrete strength is fck and steel strength is fyk,
to determine the area of reinforcement, proceed as follows:

1. Calculate

2. If M ≤ Mf, neutral axis lies in the flange

3. If M > Mf, neutral axis lies below the flange

Calculate

Calculate

Compare M with Mbal

4. If M ≤ Mbal, compression reinforcement is not required

5. If M > Mbal, compression reinforcement is required

Minimum and Maximum Area of Reinforcement

(Ref. Section 9.2: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

The minimum area of reinforcement is given as:

and the maximum area of reinforcement is given as:

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DESIGN FOR SHEAR

(Ref. Section 6.2: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

Members Requiring Design Shear Reinforcement

The following procedure can be use for determining vertical shear reinforcement.

1. Determine design shear force VEd

2. Determine the concrete strut capacity, VRd, max for cot θ =1.0 and cot θ = 2.5 (θ = 45o and θ = 22o,
respectively), where:

3. If VEd > VRd, max cot θ = 1.0, redesign the section

4. If VEd < VRd, max cot θ = 2.5, use cot θ = 2.5, and calculate the shear reinforcement as follows

5. If VRd, max cot θ = 2.5 < VEd < VRd, max cot θ = 1.0

Calculate shear link as

6. Calculate the minimum links required

7. Calculate the additional longitudinal tensile force caused by the shear

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Procedure for Calculating Transverse Shear Reinforcement in Flanged Section

1. Calculate the longitudinal design shear stress, vEd at the web-flange interface:

where

and M is the change in moment over the distance x

2. If vEd is less than or equal to 0.4fctd = 0.4(fctk/1.5) = 0.27fctk, then no shear reinforcement is required.
Proceed to Step 4.

3. If vEd is more than 0.4fctd = 0.4(fctk/1.5) = 0.27fctk, check the shear stresses in the incline strut.
To prevent crushing of the concrete in the compressive struts the longitudinal shear stress is limited to:

The lower value of the angle θf is first tried and if the shear stresses are too high the angle θf is calculated
from the following equation:

The permitted range of the values cot f is recommended as follows:

1.0  cot f  2.0 for compression flanges (45  f  26.5)

1.0  cot f  1.25 for tension flanges (45  f  38.6)

4. Calculate the transverse shear reinforcement required as:

Minimum Area of Reinforcement in the Flange

The minimum amount of transverse steel required in the flange is:

where b = 1000 mm
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Sections Not Requiring Design Shear Reinforcement

In those sections where VEd ≤ VRd, c then no calculated shear reinforcement is required. The shear resistance of the
concrete, VRd, c, in such situations is given by an empirical expression:

with a minimum value of:

where with d expressed in mm

As1 = the area of tensile reinforcement that extends ≥ (lbd + d) beyond the section considered
bw = the smallest width of the section in tensile area (mm).

DEFLECTION
(Ref. Section 7.4: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

The equations to calculate the basic span-effective depth ratios, to control deflection to a maximum of span/250 are
given as:

if   o

if  > o.

where l/d is the limiting span/depth

K is the factor to take into account the different in structural system from Table 7.4N
o is the reference reinforcement ratio =
 is the required tension reinforcement ratio =

’ is the required compression reinforcement ratio =

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Table 7.4N: Basic span/effective depth ratio (typical values for rectangular section for steel grade fyk = 500 N/mm2
and concrete class C30/35)
Basic span-effective depth ratio
Structural System K Concrete highly Concrete lightly
stressed, ρ = 1.5% stressed, ρ = 0.5%
1. Simply supported beam, one/two way
1.0 14 20
simply supported slab

2. End span of continuous beam or one-way

continuous slab or two way spanning slab 1.3 18 26
continuous over one long side

3. Interior span of beam or one way or two

1.5 20 30
way spanning slab

4. Slab supported on columns without beam

1.2 17 24
(flat slab) based on longer span

5. Cantilever 8
0.4 6

The basic ratios are modified in particular cases as follows:

(i) For flange section where the ratio of the flange width to the web width exceeds 3, the values should be
multiplied by 0.8.
(ii) For beam and slabs, other than flat slab, with spans exceeding 7 m, which support partitions liable to be
damaged by excessive deflection, the values should be multiplied by 7/span.
(iii) Where more tension reinforcement is provided (As, prov) than that calculated (As, req), multiply the values by =
(upper limit = 1.5).

CRACKING
(Ref. Section 7.3: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

General Consideration

(1) Cracking shall be limited to an extent that will not impair the proper functioning or durability of the structure or
cause its appearance to be unacceptable.

(2) Cracking is normal in reinforced concrete structures subject to bending, shear, torsion or tension resulting from
either direct loading or restraint or imposed deformations.

(3) Cracks may also arise from other causes such as plastic shrinkage or expansive chemical reactions within the
hardened concrete. Such cracks may be unacceptably large but their avoidance and control lie outside the scope
of this Section.

(4) Cracks may be permitted to form without any attempt to control their width, provided they do not impair the
functioning of the structure.

Note: The value of wmax for use in a Country may be found in its National Annex. The recommended values for relevant exposure
classes are given in Table 7.1N.
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Table 7.1N: Recommended values of wmax (mm)

Exposure Class Reinforced Members and Prestressed Members with

Prestressed Members without Bonded Tendons
Unbounded Tendons
Quasi permanent load combination Frequent load combination
X0, XC1 0.41 0.2
XC2, XC3, XC4 0.22
XD1, XD2, XS1, 0.3
Decompression
XS2, XS3
Note 1: For X0, XC1 exposure classes, crack width has no influence on durability and this
limit is set to give generally acceptable appearance. In the absence of appearance
conditions this limit may be relaxed.
Note 2: For these exposure classes, in addition, decompression should be checked under the
quasi-permanent combination of loads.

Minimum Reinforcement Area

Flexural cracking is generally controlled by providing a minimum area of tension reinforcement and limiting bar
spacing or limiting bar sizes.

(a) Minimum reinforcement area

where kc is the stress distribution coefficient (1.0 for pure tension, 0.4 for flexure)
k is the non-linear stress distribution coefficient
= 1.0 for webs with h ≤ 300 mm or flanges < 300 mm wide
= 0.65 for webs h  800 mm or flanges > 800 mm wide (interpolate for intermediate values)

fct, eff is the tensile strength of concrete at time of cracking with a suggested minimum of 3 N/mm2.
Act is the area of concrete within tensile zone – defined as that area which is in tension just before the
initiation of the first crack.

Control of Cracking without Direct Calculation

(b) Maximum spacing of reinforcement

Cracking due to loading is minimized by ensuring that the maximum spacing between longitudinal reinforcing bars
in beam is limited to that given in Table 7.2N.

Table 7.2N: Maximum bar spacing for crack control

Steel stress Maximum bar spacing (mm)
(N/mm2) wk = 0.4 mm wk = 0.3 mm
160 300 300
200 300 250
240 250 200
280 200 150
320 150 100
360 100 50

where the steel stress,

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(c) Maximum bar size

Table 7.3N: Maximum bar diameters for crack control

Steel stress Maximum bar size (mm)
(N/mm2) wk = 0.4 mm wk = 0.3 mm
160 40 32
200 32 25
240 20 16
280 16 12
320 12 10
360 10 8
400 8 6
450 6 5

where the steel stress,

MOMENT AND SHEAR COEFFICIENT FOR CONTINUOUS BEAM

Approximate general solutions for the maximum bending moments and shearing forces in uniformly loaded beams
of three or more spans are given in Table 3.5. This table is reproduced from BS 8110 Part 1: 1997.

Table 3.5: Moments and shear coefficients of continuous beam (Ref. BS 8110: Part 1: 1997)

At outer Near At first At middle of At interior

Position support middle of interior interior spans supports
end span support

Bending moment 0 +0.09FL 0.11FL +0.07FL 0.08FL

Shear force 0.45F  0.6F  0.55F

Note: Values apply where characteristic variable load does not exceed characteristic permanent load and variations
is span length do not exceed 15% of the longest span.
(F is the total design load on span, and L is the effective span)
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SIMPLIFIED CURTAILMENT RULES FOR BEAM

(Ref. “How to design concrete structures using Eurocode 2”, The Concrete Centre, 2010)

25% 100% 25%

0.08l 0.08l
l

Simply supported beam

0.30l + al
*Reduced to 25% for equal (0.15l + al)
span ≥ lbd
35% * 60% 100%
30% 100% 30%

0.30l - al 0.30l - al
l

Continuous beam

Figure 1: Simplified detailing rules for beams

Notes
1. l is the effective length
2. al is the distance to allow for tensile force due to shear force = z cot /2. Can conservatively taken as 1.125d
3. lbd is the design anchorage length.
4. qk ≤ gk
5. Minimum of two spans required
6. Applies to uniformly distributed loads only.
7. The shortest span must be greater than or equal to 0.85 times the longest span
8. Applies where 15% redistribution has been used.
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MOMENT AND SHEAR COEFFICIENT FOR SOLID SLAB

Continuous One-way Slab

For slabs carrying uniformly distributed load and continuous over three or more nearly equal spans, approximate
solution for the ultimate bending moments and shearing forces, are given in Table 3.12. This table is reproduced
from BS 8110 Part 1: 1997.

Table 3.12: Ultimate moment and shear coefficients in continuous one way slab (Ref. BS 8110: Part 1: 1997)

End support condition

Pinned Continuous
At outer Near At outer Near At first Middle Interior
support middle support middle interior interior supports
of end of end support spans
span span
Moment 0 0.086FL 0.04FL 0.075FL 0.086FL 0.063FL 0.063FL

Shear 0.4F  0.46F  0.6F  0.5F

L = Effective span
F = Total ultimate load = 1.35gk + 1.5qk

Two-way Simply Supported Slab

A slab simply supported on its four sides with no provision has been made to prevent lifting or to resist the torsion
then the moment coefficient of Table 3.13 may be used and the maximum moments are given by:

where n is the total ultimate load per unit area

lx is the length of shorter side
ly is the length of longer side
αsx and αsy are the moment coefficient from Table 3.13

Table 3.13: Bending moment coefficient for simply supported two-way slab (Ref. BS 8110: Part 1: 1997)

ly/lx 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.75 2.0

αsx 0.062 0.074 0.084 0.093 0.099 0.104 0.113 0.118
αsy 0.062 0.061 0.059 0.055 0.051 0.046 0.037 0.029
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Two-way Restrained Slab

When the slab are provided with different edge conditions like fixed or continuous edges, the maximum moments
per unit width are given by:

where n is the total ultimate load per unit area

lx is the length of shorter side
ly is the length of longer side
βsx and βsy are the moment coefficients from Table 3.14

Table 3.14: Bending moment coefficients for two-way restrained slab (Ref. BS 8110: Part 1: 1997)

Type of panel and moments Short span coefficients, βsx Long span
considered Values of ly/lx coefficients,
βsy for all
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.75 2.0
values of ly/lx
Interior panels
Negative moment at continuous
0.031 0.037 0.042 0.046 0.050 0.053 0.059 0.063 0.032
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.024 0.028 0.032 0.035 0.037 0.040 0.044 0.048 0.024
One short edge discontinuous
Negative moment at continuous
0.039 0.044 0.048 0.052 0.055 0.058 0.063 0.067 0.037
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.029 0.033 0.036 0.039 0.041 0.043 0.047 0.050 0.028
One long edge discontinuous
Negative moment at continuous
0.039 0.049 0.056 0.062 0.068 0.073 0.082 0.089 0.037
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.030 0.036 0.042 0.047 0.051 0.055 0.062 0.067 0.028
Two adjacent edges
discontinuous
Negative moment at continuous
0.047 0.056 0.063 0.069 0.074 0.078 0.087 0.093 0.045
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.036 0.042 0.047 0.051 0.055 0.059 0.065 0.070 0.034
Two short edges
discontinuous
Negative moment at continuous
0.046 0.050 0.054 0.057 0.060 0.062 0.067 0.070 
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.034 0.038 0.040 0.043 0.045 0.047 0.050 0.053 0.034
Two long edges discontinuous
Negative moment at continuous
        0.045
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.034 0.046 0.056 0.065 0.072 0.078 0.091 0.100 0.034
Three edges discontinuous
(one long edge continuous)
Negative moment at continuous
0.057 0.065 0.071 0.076 0.081 0.084 0.092 0.098 
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.043 0.048 0.053 0.057 0.060 0.063 0.069 0.074 0.044
Three edges discontinuous
(one short edge continuous)
Negative moment at continuous
        0.058
edge
Positive moment at mid-span 0.042 0.054 0.063 0.071 0.078 0.084 0.096 0.105 0.044
Four edges discontinuous
Positive moment at mid-span 0.055 0.065 0.074 0.081 0.087 0.092 0.103 0.111 0.056
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Shear Force for Two-way Restrained Slab and Actions on Supporting Beams

The design shear forces of slab or loads on beams which supported the slabs can be evaluated using the equations
below:

where n is the total ultimate load per unit area

lx is the length of shorter side
βvx and βvy are the shear coefficients from Table 3.15

Table 3.15: Shear force coefficients for restrained two-way slab (Ref. BS 8110: Part 1: 1997)

Type of panel and location βvx for values of ly/lx βvy

1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.75 2.0
Four edges continuous
Continuous edge 0.33 0.36 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.45 0.48 0.50 0.33
One short edge
discontinuous
Continuous edge 0.36 0.39 0.42 0.44 0.45 0.47 0.50 0.52 0.36
Discontinuous edge         0.24
One long edge
discontinuous
Continuous edge 0.36 0.40 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.51 0.55 0.59 0.36
Discontinuous edge 0.24 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.32 0.34 0.36 0.38 
Two adjacent edges
discontinuous
Continuous edge 0.40 0.44 0.47 0.50 0.52 0.54 0.57 0.60 0.40
Discontinuous edge 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.38 0.40 0.26
Two short edges
discontinuous
Continuous edge 0.40 0.43 0.45 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.52 0.54 
Discontinuous edge         0.26
Two long edges
discontinuous
Continuous edge         0.40
Discontinuous edge 0.26 0.30 0.33 0.36 0.38 0.40 0.44 0.47 
Three edges
discontinuous (one long
edge discontinuous)
Continuous edge 0.45 0.48 0.51 0.53 0.55 0.57 0.60 0.63 
Discontinuous edge 0.30 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.29
Three edges
discontinuous (one short
edge discontinuous)
Continuous edge         0.45
Discontinuous edge 0.29 0.33 0.36 0.38 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.48 0.30
Four edges
discontinuous
Discontinuous edge 0.33 0.36 0.39 0.41 0.43 0.45 0.48 0.50 0.33
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CRACKING RULES FOR SLAB

(Ref. Section 9.3: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

To resist cracking of the concrete slabs, EC2 specify details such as minimum area of reinforcement required in a
section and limits to the maximum and minimum spacing of bar.

(a) The minimum area of principal reinforcement is but not less than 0.0013btd, where bt
is the mean width of the tension zone.

(b) The minimum area of secondary reinforcement is 20% As. In areas near support, transverse reinforcement is
not necessary where there is no transverse bending moment.

(c) The spacing of principal reinforcement bars should not exceed three times the overall depth of slab (3h) or
400 mm whichever is the lesser. For secondary reinforcement the spacing should not exceed 3.5h or 450 mm
whichever the lesser. These rules apply for slabs not exceeding 200 mm thick.

SIMPLIFIED CURTAILMENT RULES FOR SLAB

(Ref. “How to design concrete structures using Eurocode 2”, The Concrete Centre, 2010)

15% 100% 15%

lbd l lbd

(a) Simply Supported

0.15l 0.3l
0.15l ≥ lbd
50% of mid-span steel
50% 100%
40% 100% 40%

0.1l 0.2l
l

(b) Continuous

Figure 2: Simplified detailing rules for slabs

Notes
1. l is the effective length
2. lbd is the design anchorage length.
3. qk ≤ 1.25gk and qk ≤ 5 kN/m2
4. Minimum of two spans required
5. Applies to uniformly distributed loads only.
6. The shortest span must be greater than or equal to 0.85 times the longest span
7. Applies where 20% redistribution has been used.
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PRESTRESSED MEMBERS AND STRUCTURES

Limitation of Concrete Stress (Ref. Section 5.10.2.2: MS EN 1992-1-1: 2010)

(1) Local concrete crushing or splitting at the end of pre- and post-tensioned members shall be avoided.

(2) Local concrete crushing or splitting behind post-tensioning anchors should be avoided in accordance with the
relevant European Technical Approval.

(3) The strength of concrete at application of or transfer of prestress should not be less than the minimum value
defined in the relevant European Technical Approval.

(4) If prestress in an individual tendon is applied in steps, the required concrete strength may be reduced. The
minimum strength fcm(t) at the time t should be k4 [%] of the required concrete strength for full prestressing
given in the European Technical Approval. Between the minimum strength and the required concrete strength
for full prestressing, the prestress may be interpolated between k5 [%] and 100% of the full prestressing.

Note: The values of k4 and k5 for use in a Country may be found in its National Annex. The recommended value for k4 is 50
and for k5 is 30.

(5) The concrete compressive stress in the structure resulting from the prestressing force and other loads acting at
the time of tensioning or release of prestress, should be limited to:

σc ≤ 0.6fck(t)

where fck(t) is the characteristic compressive strength of the concrete at time t when it is subjected to the
prestressing force. The limitation for both service and transfer condition are summarised in Table 1.

For pretensioned elements the stress at the time of transfer of prestress may be increased to k6fck(t), if it can be
justified by tests or experience that longitudinal cracking is prevented.

Note: The value of k6 for use in a Country may be found in its National Annex. The recommended value is 0.7.

If the compressive stress permanently exceeds 0.45fck(t) the non-linearity of creep should be taken into account.

Table 1: Limitation of Concrete Stress

Stresses Loading Stage

Transfer Service
Symbol Value or Equation Symbol Value or Equation

Compressive fct 0.6fck (t) fcs 0.6fck

Tensile ftt fctm fts 0

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BAR AREAS

Table A : Sectional areas of groups of bars (mm2 )

Bar size Number of bars
(mm) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6 28.3 56.6 84.8 113 141 170 198 226 255 283
8 50.3 101 151 201 251 302 352 402 452 503
10 78.6 157 236 314 393 471 550 628 707 786

12 113 226 339 452 566 679 792 905 1018 1131
16 201 402 603 804 1005 1207 1408 1609 1810 2011
20 314 628 943 1257 1571 1885 2199 2514 2828 3142

25 491 982 1473 1964 2455 2946 3437 3928 4418 4909
32 804 1609 2413 3217 4022 4826 5630 6435 7239 8044
40 1257 2514 3770 5027 6284 7541 8798 10054 11311 12568

Table B : Sectional area per meter width for various bar spacing (mm2 /m)
Bar size Spacing of bars
(mm) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 300
6 566 377 283 226 189 162 141 126 113 94
8 1005 670 503 402 335 287 251 223 201 168
10 1571 1047 786 628 524 449 393 349 314 262

12 2262 1508 1131 905 754 646 566 503 452 377
16 4022 2681 2011 1609 1341 1149 1005 894 804 670
20 6284 4189 3142 2514 2095 1795 1571 1396 1257 1047

25 9819 6546 4909 3928 3273 2805 2455 2182 1964 1636
32 16087 10725 8044 6435 5362 4596 4022 3575 3217 2681
40 25136 16757 12568 10054 8379 7182 6284 5586 5027 4189