BS 8007 : 1987 Uae tase aa (© ss Standards Inetution. No part of thie pubkeaton may ba htecopled or aherwise reproduced without the prior permision in wtng of BSI + ¥ British Standard Code of practice for : é Design of concrete structures for retaining aqueous liquids Calcul des constructions en béton destinées & retenir des liquides aqueux — Code de bonne pratique Leitfaden fiir Betonbauteile zum Autbewahren oder Auffangen wassriger Fllssigkeiten‘This British Standard has been prepared under the direction Of the Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Committee, It replaces BS 5337, which is withdrawn, Following the withdrawal of CP 114 the alternative method Of design allowed in 8S 5337 has been omitted in this British Standard. Secondly, the withdrawal of CP 110 end its replacement by BS 8110 have led to the updating of this ‘code to align with BS 8110. Ono important change is that the crack width equations have been modified to align with ‘the recommendations of BS 8110 and now include a creck width equation for direct tension, Other changes include a ‘more logical arrangement of objectives and general recommendations for design, the introduction of restraint factor, the introduction of recommendations for Dartisliy prestressed concrete structures, improved recommendations for joints, updating of guidance on Jointing materials, an elaboration of the recommendations for concrete and reinforcement (including special reinforcement), and a revision of the inspection and testing recommendations for the structure. For the first Standard civil engineering design code the designer is recommended to consider ‘operational safety and to provide appropriately at the design stage. {thas been assumed in the drafting of this code that the design of liquid-retaining reinforced and prestressed ‘conere'e structures is entrusted to chartered civil or structural engineers experienced in the use of reinforced or Drestressed concrete, and that site construction is carried ‘out under the direction of a competent person. "Type codes are detined in PD 6501 : Pas ‘This code, which is a type 1° design code, has been Drepared by a Technical Committee consisting of chartered, engineers nominated by the organizations represented {see the back cover). The members of the Drafting Panel, convened by the Institution of Structural Engineers, were as follows. Mr R D Anchor B Se, C Eng, F | Struct €, F IC E Chairman Mr AH Allen MA (Cantab), 8 Se, C Eng, F | Stuet E, FICE Profestor 8 P Hughes 8 So(Eng), D Se, PhD, C Ena, F 1 Struct €, MICE Mr D W Quinion B SclEng), C Eng, F | Struct €, FICE Mr € H Thorpe C Eng, M I Struct E Mc RAW Milne B Se Secretary ‘The work of the Drafting Panel was overseen by the Steering Group from the Technical Committee, whose ‘members included the following. Mr C.J Evans Mt A(Cantab), F Eng, F I Struct €, FICE, FIWES Chairman Mr HB Gould C Eng, F | Struct E, FICE MrT Millar B Se, C Eng, MICE Mr E M O'Leary B E, C Eng, F | Struct E, FICE, MI HT. Mr K Rowe C Eng, MCE, FEIM,MIWES NOTE, The numbers in square brackets wit throughout the text of this standard relate 10 the binlographic references given in appendix D. Compliance with @ Britis Standard does not of iteelf confer immunity from legal obligations. ‘hore dotting professional knowledge or practices’Contents Page Foreword Committees responsible Inside front cover Back cover Code Section one. General 1.1 Scope 1.2 Fiald of application 1.3 Symbols 1.4 Operational safety 18 Statutory requirements Section two, Design: objectives and general recommendations 2.1 Design objectives 2.2 Structural design 2.3 Loads 2.4 Analysis of walls and jun 28 Site conditions 2.6 Causes and control of cracking 2.7 Design life and serviceability 2.8 Specification 2.9 Operational sefety considerations Womnansee Section three, Design and detailing: reinforced concrete 3.1 General 8 3.2 Design 8 Section four. Design and detailing: prestressed ‘concrete 4.1 General 9 4.2 Basis of design 9 4.3 Cylindrical prestressed concrete structures 9 4.4 Other prestressed concrete structures 9 ‘Section five, Design, detaiting and workmanship of joints 5.1 General 10 5.2 Types of joint 10 5.3 Movernent joints 10 5.4 Construction joints u 5.5 Temporary open sections 2 5.6 Joints in ground slabs 2 5.7 Joints in walls 13 5.8 Joints in roofs 13 Seetion six. Concrete: spt 6.1 General 16 6.2 Materials 18 6.3. Mix prdportions 6 6.4 Workability 6.5 Surface finish of concrete 6.6 Blinding layer 6.7 Preumatically applied mortar Section seven. Specification and workmanship: reinforcement 7.1 General 7.2 Special reinforcement Section eight. Specification and workmanshi prestressing tandons 8.1. General ‘Section nine. Inspection and testing of the structure 9.1. General 9.2 Testing of structures 913. Testing of roots ‘Appendices A. Calculation of minimum reinforcement, ‘erack spacing and crack widths in relation to temporature and moisture effects B Calculation of crack widths in mature concrete © Jointing materials D__ Bibliography Tables 3.1 Allowable steel stresses in direct or flexural tension for serviceability limit states 5.1. Design options for control of thermal ‘contraction and restrained shrinkage ‘Ac Factors for the calculation of minimum reinforcement for crack distribution and crack spacing A2 Typical values of 7; for OPC coneretes, where more particular Information is not available AG Influence of slab proportions on the ceentreline restraint factor Figures 5.1. Examples of movement joints ‘At Surface zones: walls and suspended slabs ‘2 Surface zones: ground slabs 3 Restraint factor A for various wall and floor slab placing sequences 11987 ”