max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
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I was studying different codes and realized that the ration of Reinforcement area to concrete area varies very much from code to code.
What is actually the reason for? Why is it critical when you have to much steel in a column? What if you could still provide enough clearance between the bars, so that the concrete aggregates could still pass?
What if you would even use a concrete with smaller aggregate size?
How critical is it actually if you exceed the ration for example of 10% in the splicing areas?
Bau Tom Tom
What is actually the reason for? Why is it critical when you have to much steel in a column? What if you could still provide enough clearance between the bars, so that the concrete aggregates could still pass?
What if you would even use a concrete with smaller aggregate size?
How critical is it actually if you exceed the ration for example of 10% in the splicing areas?
Bau Tom Tom






RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
I don't believe that is true for axially loaded members. Columns, generally speaking are compression controlled by nature, so you expect the concrete to crush. Few, if any, bars are in tension and so you wouldn't get excessive "deflections" or yielding of bars in tension. Your statement is true for beams.
I believe the limit for columns exists for placement of the concrete. Try putting 8% steel into a column and see how easy it is to keep required minimum clear dimensions......... not easy at all.
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I also thing that by columns it should be seen differently and as long I can ensure, that the concrete goes around the bars then is fine. I could even use 12.5mm aggregate concrete.
What do you thing can be the max ratio in SPLICING areas?
BauTomTom
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
the british code says 10%
and the south african code 6%
what do your local codes say?
BauTomTom
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RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
Does this agree with what you others practice, or is it common to use heavily reinforced columns?
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Heavily reinforced columns are not common, as they are not economical. It is more economical to use higher strength concrete rather than more steel.
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RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
Spacing problems by 4% already? How this?
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8% in spliced areas you mean, or?
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Are you from Australia? I also did a rough calculation with the same result (here for South Africa), rather reduce the steel and go higher with the concrete strength. Maybe I must recalculate it one again to get the optimum %.
Which concrete strength are you using over there so in general?
I read a report about a OPERNHAUS in Frankfurt where the rate was around 20% even. They needed to get some special approval for it, which they got also. See attachment
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Love to see what the beam-column joints look like in that Frankfurt project.
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the higher the reinforcement area the higher the stresses on the compression struts. There must be some point at which you exceed the limit.
also at splices, you are relying on the confinement of the surrounding concrete to ensure adequate force transfer. When that surrounding concrete is mostly actually rebar then the splices will not work as designed.
I am sure there are more effects too.
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Yes, Australia. We typically use concrete strengths up to 65 MPa in columns. Sometimes 80 MPa, and code now extends to 100 MPa as a standard grade.
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yes, 8% in spliced areas, so 4% mechanically speaking. The maximum amount as a section has to be checked per the standing geometry.
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Max percentage of reinforcement allowed in columns in the UK to BS8110 is 6% of the gross concrete area and 10% at laps. Eurocode recommends 4% and 8% respectively
Hope this helps.
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exactly, i also saw it 6% as normal reinforcement case and 10% by overlapping.
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could you also reduce the concrete aggregate size from 19 to 12.5mm to ensure proper surrounding of the rebar's by the concrete? Or could it have a negative influence on the final strength?
BauTomTom
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RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
RE: max Ratio Reinforcement to Concrete area ?
but how can this be that the compressive strenght will be negative influenced if you still specifie for example 35 Mpa concrete and the test cubes will also give you this strenght so it seams that if the concrete design is properly done it can't have a negavite impact
BauTomTom
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I think hokie means assuming everything else remains the same and all you do is reduce the size of the coarse aggregate that it will have a negative impact on the compressive strength. Of course you can juice up the amount of cement, but maybe you have the amount of cement for a 8 ksi mix in a 6 ksi mix with smaller aggregate.
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