DESIGN AIDS
Table A.1_ Properties of deformed reinforcing bars
able
Nominal dimensions
“Mass per unit |
Diameter (mm) Area (mm?) Perimeter (mm) __length (kg/
n 100
16 200
20 300
25 500
30 700
36 1000
“4 1500
56 2500
Table A.2 Concrete cover requirements
Fara,
Exposure condition (see Table 2.1) SA,S2
+ Cast against and permanently exposed
toearth 15mm 75.mm
‘Beams, girders, columns, and piles 40mm 60mm
Slabs, walls, joists, sells, and
folded plates 40mm 60 mm
Ratio of cover to nominal bar diameter 1 18 2
Ratio of cover fo nominal maximum
aggregate size L 1s 2
(Source: (Sk 23.1-04 Table 17, reproduced with permission bythe Canadian Standards Assocation)
Table A.3 Thickness below which deflections must be computed for nonprestressed
beams or one-way slabs not supporting or attached to partitions or other
construction likely to be damaged by large deftections
‘Minimum thickness,
‘Oneend Both ends
continuous Cantilever
ba
2s
be
18 a
Solid one-way slabs
Beams or ribbed one-way slabs
ote The values speed his table shall be wed deci for members with normal-dnsty concrete where
¥y.> 2150 kg/m? and the enforcement is Grade 400. For other condition, the values shall be modifi as flows:
4) forstuctual low-density concrete and stractutalsemilow-density concrete, the vals shal be multiplied by
(2.65 ~ 0.0003), but not es than 1.0, where, the density io lograms pe euble weve; aod
orf, other than 400 MPa, the values shall be multiplied by (0.4 + 5/670)
(Source! CSA A23.3-06 Table 9.2, reproduced wth permission by the Canadian Standards Assocation)
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