Contents

Notation x
Foreword xiii
1  Introduction 1
1.1 Aims of the Manual 1
1.2 Eurocode system 1
1.3 Scope of the Manual 3
1.4 Contents of the Manual 4
1.5 Notation and terminology 4

2  General principles 5
2.1 General 5
2.2 Stability 5
2.3 Robustness 6
2.4 Movement joints 6
2.5 Fire resistance 7
2.6 Durability 7

3  Design principles - reinforced concrete 8

3.1 Loading 8
3.2 Limit states 9
3.2.1 Ultimate limit state (ULS) 9
3.2.2 Serviceability limit states (SLS) 10
4  Initial design - reinforced concrete 11
4.1 Introduction 11
4.2 Loads 11
4.3 Material properties 12
4.4 Structural form and framing 12
4.5 Fire resistance 13
4.6 Durability 14
4.7 Stiffness 14
4.8 Sizing 15
4.8.1  Introduction 15
4.8.2  Loading 15
4.8.3  Width of beams and ribs 15
4.8.4  Sizes and reinforcement of columns 15
4.8.5  Walls (h H 4b) 17
4.8.6  Punching shear in flat slabs at columns 17
4.8.7  Adequacy of chosen sections to accommodate the reinforcement 18
4.8.7.1  Bending moment and shear forces 18
4.8.7.2 Provision of reinforcement 20
4.9 The next steps 21
4.10 Reinforcement estimates 21

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5  Final design - reinforced concrete 23
5.1 Introduction 23
5.1.1 Checking of all information 23
5.1.2 Preparation of a list of design data 24
5.1.3 Amendment of drawings as a basis for final calculations 24
5.1.4 Final design calculations 25
5.2 Slabs 25
5.2.1 Introduction 25
5.2.2 Fire resistance and durability 26
5.2.2.1 Fire resistance 26
5.2.2.2 Durability 26
5.2.3 Bending moments and shear forces 28
5.2.3.1 General 28
5.2.3.2 One-way spanning slabs 28
5.2.3.3 Two-way spanning slabs on linear supports 29
5.2.3.4 Flat slabs 31
5.2.4 Section design - solid slabs 35
5.2.4.1 Bending 35
5.2.4.2 Shear 38
5.2.4.3 Openings 43
5.2.5 Span/effective depth ratios 43
5.2.6 Section design - ribbed and coffered slabs 43
5.2.6.1 Bending 44
5.2.6.2 Span/effective depth ratios 44
5.2.6.3 Shear 44
5.2.6.4 Beam strips in ribbed and coffered slabs 45
5.2.7 Notes on the use of precast floors 45
5.3 Structural frames 46
5.3.1 Division into subframes 46
5.3.2 Elastic analysis 47
5.3.3 Redistribution of moments 47
5.3.4 Design shear forces 48
5.4 Beams 48
5.4.1 Introduction 48
5.4.2 Fire resistance and durability 49
5.4.2.1 Fire resistance 49
5.4.2.2 Durability 50
5.4.3 Bending moments and shear forces 51
5.4.4 Section design 52
5.4.4.1 Bending 52
5.4.4.2 Minimum and maximum amounts of reinforcement 54
5.4.4.3 Shear 56
5.4.5 Span/effective depth ratios 57

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 5.5 Columns (h G 4 b) 57
5.5.1 Introduction 57
5.5.2 Slenderness, fire resistance and durability 58
5.5.2.1 Slenderness 58
5.5.2.2 Fire resistance 60
5.5.2.3 Durability 60
5.5.3 Axial loads and moments - columns 61
5.5.4 Axial loads and moments - slender columns 62
5.5.4.1 General 62
5.5.4.2 Calculation of first-order moments around mid height 64
5.5.4.3 Calculation of the ultimate deflection 64
5.5.5 Section design 65
5.5.6 Reinforcement 66
5.6 Walls 66
5.6.1 Introduction 66
5.6.2 Slenderness, fire resistance and durability 67
5.6.2.1 Slenderness 67
5.6.2.2 Fire resistance 68
5.6.2.3 Durability 68
5.6.3 Axial loads and moments 68
5.6.3.1 In-plane bending 68
5.6.3.2 Bending at right-angles to the walls 69
5.6.3.3 Slender walls 69
5.6.4 Section design 69
5.6.4.1 Walls not subject to significant bending at
right-angles to the wall 70
5.6.4.2 Intersecting walls 70
5.6.5 Reinforcement 70
5.6.6 Openings in shear and core walls 70
5.7 Staircases 71
5.7.1 Introduction 71
5.7.2 Fire resistance and durability  71
5.7.2.1 Fire resistance 71
5.7.2.2 Durability 71
5.7.3 Bending moments and shear forces 71
5.7.4 Effective spans 71
5.7.4.1 Stairs spanning between beams or walls 71
5.7.4.2 Stairs spanning between landing slabs 72
5.7.4.3 Stairs with open wells 72
5.7.5 Span/effective depth ratios 72
5.7.6 Section design 73
5.8 Design of non-suspended ground floor slabs 73

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 5.9 Guidance for the design of basement walls 74
5.9.1 General 74
5.9.2 Bending moments and shear forces 74
5.9.3 Section design 74
5.9.4 Foundation 74
5.9.5 Reinforcement 74
5.10 Foundations 74
5.10.1 Introduction 74
5.10.2 Durability and cover 75
5.10.3 Types of foundation 75
5.10.4 Plan area of foundations 76
5.10.5 Design of spread footings 76
5.10.5.1 Axially loaded unreinforced spread footings 76
5.10.5.2 Axially loaded reinforced spread footings 76
5.10.5.3 Eccentrically loaded footings 77
5.10.6 Design of other footings 78
5.10.6.1 Strip footings 78
5.10.6.2 Combined footings and balanced footings 78
5.10.7 Reinforcement in footings 78
5.10.8 Design of rafts 78
5.10.9 Design of pile caps 79
5.10.10 Reinforcement in pile caps 81
5.11 Robustness 81
5.11.1 General 81
5.11.2 Tie forces and arrangements 83
5.12 Detailing 84
5.12.1 General 84
5.12.2 Bond conditions 84
5.12.3 Anchorage and lap lengths 85
5.12.4 Transverse reinforcement 88
5.12.5 Additional rules for large diameter bars 89
5.12.6 Curtailment of bars in flexural members 90
5.12.7 Corbels and nibs 90
6  Design principles - prestressed concrete 95
6.1 Introduction 95
6.2 Design principles 95
6.3 Loading 97
6.3.1 Serviceability limit state (SLS) 98
6.3.2 Ultimate limit state (ULS) 100
6.4 Materials, prestressing components  100

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7  Preliminary design - prestressed concrete 104
7.1 Introduction 104
7.1.1 General 104
7.1.2 Effective lengths 104
7.1.3 Lateral buckling 104
7.1.4 Torsion 104
7.2 Loads 105
7.3 Material properties 106
7.4 Structural form and framing 106
7.5 Fire resistance and durability 108
7.6 Stiffness 109
7.6.1 Slabs 109
7.6.2 Isolated beams 112
7.7 Sizing 112
7.7.1 Introduction 112
7.7.2 Loading 112
7.7.3 Width of beams and ribs 113
7.7.4 Shear 113
7.7.4.1 General 113
7.7.4.2 Beams and slabs (single and two way) 113
7.7.4.3 Flat slabs 114
7.7.5 Adequacy of chosen sections to accommodate the
tendons and reinforcement 114
7.7.5.1 Bending moments and shear forces 114
7.7.5.2 Provision of tendons and reinforcement 115
7.8 Initial design 116
7.8.1 Introduction 116
7.8.1.1 Tendon profile 116
7.8.1.2 Tendon force profile – Initial force (Po) 116
7.8.1.3 Tendon force profile – Final force (Pm,∞) 119
7.8.1.4 Tendon spacing 120
7.8.2 Post-tensioned anchorages  121
7.8.2.1 Anchorage zones 121
7.8.2.2 Bursting 121
7.8.2.3 Overall equilibrium 122
7.8.2.4 Spalling 124
7.8.3 Post-tensioned Couplers 124
7.9 The next steps 125
7.10 Reinforcement estimates 125

References  127
Appendix A Design data 129
Appendix B Durability 130
Appendix C Column design charts 137
Appendix D Strength and deformation properties of concrete 141

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Tables
Table 3.1 Notional inclination of a structure 8
Table 3.2 Partial factors for loads cf at the ultimate limit state 9
Table 3.3 Serviceability load cases 10
Table 3.4 } factors for buildings 10
Table 4.1 Fire resistance requirements for the initial design of continuous members 13
Table 4.2 Basic ratios of span/effective depth for initial design (fyk = 500MPa) 14
Table 4.3 Equivalent ‘stress’ values 16
Table 4.4 Ultimate bending moments and shear forces 18
Table 5.1 Fire resistance requirements for slabs 27
Table 5.2 Bending moments and shear forces for one-way slabs 28
Table 5.3 Bending moment coefficients for two-way
spanning rectangular slabs 30
Table 5.4 Bending moment and shear force coefficients for flat
slab panels of three or more equal spans 32
Table 5.5 Distribution of design moments of flat slabs 32
Table 5.6 Alternative requirements to control crack widths
to 0.3mm for members reinforced with high bond bars 38
Table 5.7 Ultimate shear stress vRd,c 41
Table 5.8 Span/effective depth ratios for slabs 44
Table 5.9 Effective widths of flanged beams 46
Table 5.10 Fire resistance requirements for simply supported beams 50
Table 5.11 Fire resistance requirements for continuous beams 51
Table 5.12 Bending moments and shear forces for beams at
ultimate limit state 52
Table 5.13 Span/effective depth ratios for beams 58
Table 5.14 Effective height, l0, factors for columns 60
Table 5.15 Fire resistance requirements for columns with
rectangular or circular section 61
Table 5.16 Bending moments at around mid-height in slender columns 63
Table 5.17 Design moments for biaxial bending 65
Table 5.18 Coefficients for biaxial bending 66
Table 5.19 Effective height factors for walls 67
Table 5.20 Fire resistance requirements for walls 68
Table 5.21 Span/effective depth ratios for stairs 73
Table 5.22 Depth/projection ratios for unreinforced footings 76

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Table 5.23 Reinforcement percentages, depth/projection ratios and unfactored ground
pressures for reinforced footings for fck = 25MPa 77
Table 5.24 Typical values of anchorage and lap lengths for slabs 86
Table 5.25 Typical values of anchorage and lap lengths for beams 86
Table 5.26 Typical values of anchorage and lap lengths for columns 87
Table 5.27 Typical values of anchorage and lap lengths for walls 87
Table 6.1 Advantages and disadvantages of pre- and post-tensioning 96
Table 6.2 Advantages and disadvantages of bonded and
unbonded construction 96
Table 6.3 Typical dimensional data for common post-tensioning systems for slabs 101
Table 6.4 Typical dimensional data for common post-tensioning systems
(1 to 19 strands) 102
Table 7.1 Strand loads (after losses) to be used for initial design 106
Table 7.2 Minimum member sizes and axis distances for prestressed members in fire 108
Table 7.3 Minimum cover to curved ducts 109
Table 7.4 Typical span/depth ratios for a variety of section types for multi-span floors 110
Table 7.5 Span/effective depth ratios for initial sizing of isolated beams 112
Table 7.6 Moment coefficients for two-way solid slabs on linear supports 114
Table 7.7 Allowable stresses for initial design 115
Table 7.8 Maximum jacking loads per strand 118
Table 7.9 Elastic modulus of concrete 119
Table 7.10 Shrinkage strains for strength class C35/45 119
Table 7.11 Creep coefficients 119
Table 7.12 Minimum distance between centre-lines of ducts in
plane of curvature 120
Table 7.13 Design bursting tensile forces in anchorage zones 121
Table B.1 Exposure classes related to environmental conditions in accordance
with BS EN 206-1 130
Table B.2 Recommendations for normal-weight concrete quality
for selected exposure classes and cover to reinforcement
for a 50 year intended working life and 20mm
maximum aggregate size 133
Table B.3 Recommendations for normal-weight concrete quality for selected
exposure classes and cover to reinforcement for a 100 year intended
working life and 20mm maximum aggregate size 135
Table D.1 Strength and deformation properties of concrete 141

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