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FIF2 18 - Jenny Burridge PDF
FIF2 18 - Jenny Burridge PDF
Jenny Burridge
Head of Structural Engineering
MPA The Concrete Centre
• Set up in 2003
• “to enable designers to
realise the full potential
of concrete”
eCO2 Study
• Cost Model Study
• Commercial
• Hospital
• School
• Twenty designs
• Cradle to Gate
BS 8110
18 23.4 6.3
Deflection – EC2Basic span to depth ratios
36
34 fck = 20
32 fck = 25
fck = 28
Span to depth ratio (l/d)
30
fck = 30
28
fck = 32
26
fck = 35
24
fck = 40
22 fck = 45
20 fck = 50
18
16
14
12
0.30% 0.80% 1.30% 1.80%
Percentage of tension reinforcement (As/bd)
Deflection Limits
Knowledge of deflection
limits limited