Table 11 Minimum concrete edge distances for

anchor bolts Grade 4.6 bolts and Grade

250 rods (fuf = 400 MPa)
subject to tension
Bolt
df (mm)
fc
ae
a e / df
type
(MPa)
(mm)
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36

12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36

20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25
32
32
32
32
32
32

46.3
61.8
77.2
92.7
115.8
139.0
43.8
58.4
73.0
87.6
109.5
131.5
41.2
54.9
68.7
82.4
103.0
123.6

3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.9
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.4

Table 12 Minimum concrete edge distances

for anchor bolts Grade 8.8 bolts
(fuf = 830 MPa except fuf = 800 MPa for
M12 bolts ) subject to tension
Bolt
df (mm)
fc
ae
a e / df
type
(MPa)
(mm)
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36

12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36

20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25
32
32
32
32
32
32

65.5
89.0
111.2
133.5
166.9
200.2
62.0
84.2
105.2
126.2
157.8
189.4
58.3
79.1
98.9
118.7
148.4
178.0

5.5
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
5.3
4.9
4.9
4.9
4.9
4.9
4.9

The values of minimum edge distances required

expressed in terms of d f can be summarised as follows:
for Grade 4.6 bolts and Grade 250 rods
a e = 4 d f when f c = 20, 25 and 32 MPa
for Grade 8.8 bolts

51

a e = 6 d f when f c = 20 and 25 MPa

= 5 d f when f c = 32 MPa
The recommended model requires the minimum edge
distance a e to be always at least equal to 100mm as
recommended in [21], [26] and [39]. Minimum edge
distance recommended in reference [47] is 50mm.
C.3

MINIMUM CONCRETE EDGE

DISTANCES -Anchor bolt subject to shear

Guidelines on minimum edge distances to be adopted in

the case of bolts in shear are provided in [2], [3], [17],
[26], [39] and [47].
These are all based on the design procedure presented in
[2], [3] and [17] which requires the minimum edge
distance to be calculated as (refer equation (106)):
ae df

f uf

(189)

0.94 f c

where:
= 0.65 according to references [3] and [39]
= 0.85 according to references [17], [26] and [47]
For completeness edge distances calculated with both
values of have been considered and tabulated here. It
is up to designer to decide whether or not to design the
anchor bolts to carry shear and to select a value of .
These values of a e are tabulated in tables 13, 14, 15 and
16 for different combinations of anchor bolts and
concrete strengths and for different values of .
Table 13 Minimum concrete edge distances
for anchor bolts Grade 4.6 bolts and
Grade 250 rods (fuf = 400 MPa)
subject to shear with = 0.65
Bolt
type
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36
M12
M16
M20
M24
M30
M36

df (mm)

fc
(MPa)

ae
(mm)

a e / df

12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36
12
16
20
24
30
36

20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25
32
32
32
32
32
32

145.2
193.6
242.0
290.4
363.0
435.6
137.3
183.1
228.9
274.6
343.3
411.9
129.1
172.1
215.2
258.2
322.7
387.3

12.1
12.1
12.1
12.1
12.1
12.1
11.4
11.4
11.4
11.4
11.4
11.4
10.8
10.8
10.8
10.8
10.8
10.8

STEEL CONSTRUCTION VOLUME 36 NUMBER 2 SEPT 2002