Cover to Reinforcement (Walls: BS 8110) Page 1 of 1

Cover to Reinforcement (Walls: BS 8110)

For 1 layer of reinforcement, the vertical bar is on the centre­line of the wall thickness, the
face of the horizontal bar is closest to the critical concrete face.
For 2 layers of reinforcement, the horizontal bars are placed outside the vertical bars at each
face.
The nominal concrete cover is measured to the face of the horizontal bar or any
link/containment transverse reinforcement that may be present.
You are required to set a minimum value for the nominal cover, cnom,u, for each wall in the
wall properties.
These values are then checked against the nominal limiting cover, cnom,lim which depends on the
diameter of the reinforcement and maximum nominal aggregate size, hagg (specified in Design
Options > Wall > General Parameters).
If cnom,u < cnom,lim then a warning is displayed in the calculations.

Parent topic
• Wall Design to BS 8110

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