Chapter 3 Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs 3.0 NOTATION a’ Compression face to point on surface of concrete where erack width is calculated ay Centre-to-centre distance between bars or groups of bars ay Point on surface of concrete to nearest face of @ bar Ac Gross area of concrete in a section AL Area of steel in tension AL Area of steel in compression Aw Minimum area of reinforcement at bottom of slab Ay ‘Minimum area of reinforcement at top of slab Aw Reinforcement in y-direction to resist M, about x-axis Ay Reinforcement in x-direction to resist M, about Y-axis Avon Area of inclined shear reinforcement to resist V, Ady Area of inclined shear reinforcement to resist V, Aw Area of vertical shear reinforcement Ane I shear reinforcement to resist V, Ave 1 shear reinforcement to resist V, 6 ‘Width of reinforced concrete section & Width of section at centroid of tensile steel Cin Minimum cover to tensile reinforcement a Effective depth of tensile reinforcement a Effective depth of compressive reipforcement 4 Distance from tension face of concrete section to centre of tensile reinforcement E ‘Modulus of elasticity of concrete E Modulus of elasticity of steel f Characteristic yield strength of steel h Revised compressive stress in steel taking into account depth of neutral Sew Characteristic cube strength of concrete at 28 days te Characteristic yield strength of reinforcement used as links F Coefficient for calculation of cracked section moment of inertia G Shear modulus h Overall depth of slab H Shorter dimension of a rectangular panel of slab for use of yiele-line charts 1 ‘Moment of inertia using as unit width for slab ! Clear span or span face-to-face of support 101