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Equivalence of units in ACI 318M-02

Thread starter hernma
Start date Jun 8, 2003

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Jun 8, 2003

hernma

Structural

I have the metric version of ACI 318M-02, and I think there are some mistakes in the change of units. For example, eq. (11-3) Vc= 1/3 (f´c) ½ bw d, in Newtons (N). The 1999 version gives Vc= 2 (f´c) ½ bw d , lb , which x 1/12 gives Vc= 1/6 (f´c) ½ bw d , N. Since I don´t have the version in american (english)units, please check this for me . Equally, in eq. (11-33) the factor should be (1+ 2/ßc) instead of (1+ 8/ßc),assuming it does not change. Eq. (11-36) should also be checked.