Concrete Design
Concrete Design
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Trying to decide when I can drop the minimum steel requirement in design. For instance, vertical piers for a house. Minimum steel puts the design way over...
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RE: Concrete Design
RE: Concrete Design
Here, technically even 1'-6" square spread footings require bending reinforcing steel. I admit that with shear controlling the design, and with not enough development length to develop the tension in the steel, it is ridiculous, but I do it anyway in most cases. In small strip footings, to get the horizontal steel, I will just put a 4" to 6" bend on the wall dowels and alternate the bends in the strip footing. Works for me.
Mike McCann
McCann Engineering
RE: Concrete Design
Residential designs generally can be designed per the plain concrete section of ACI318.
RE: Concrete Design
RE: Concrete Design
RE: Concrete Design