240 ‘STRUCTURAL CONCRETE BUILDING CODE (ACI 318-11) AND COMMENTARY CODE 13.2 — General 13.2.1 — Column strip Is a design strip with a width on each side of a column centerline equal to 0.25¢, or 0.25¢, whichever Is less. Column strip includes beams, if any. 13.2.2 — Middle strip is a design strip bounded by two column strips. 13.23 center A panel is bounded by column, beam, or wall es on all sides. 13.2.4 — For monolithic or fuly composite construction, a beam includes that portion of slab on each side of the beam extending a distance equal to the projection of the beam above or below the slab, whichever Is greater, but not greater than four times the slab thickness. 13.2.5 — When used to reduce the amount of negative moment reinforcement over a column or minimum required slab thickness, a drop panel shall (a) project below the slab at least one-quarter of the adjacent slab thickness; and (b) extend in each direction from the centerline of Support a distance not less than one-sixth the span length measured {rom center-to-center of supports In that direction, 13.2.6 — When used to increase the critical condition section for shear at a slab-column joint, a shear cap shall project below the slab and extend a minimum horizontal distance from the face of the column that is equal to the thickness of the projection below the slab soffit COMMENTARY R13.2 — General 13.2.3 — A panel includes all flexural elements between column centerline, Thus, the column strip includes the beam, if any. R13.2.4— For monolithic or fully composite construction, the beams include portions of the slab as flanges. Two examples of the rule are provided in Fig. R13.2.4. 13.2.5 and R13.2.6— Drop panel dimensions specified in 18.2.5 are necessary when reducing the amount of negative moment reinforcement following 13.3.7 or to satisfy some minimum slab thicknesses permitted in 9.5.3. If the dimensions are less than specified in 13.2.5, the projection may be used as a shear cap to increase the shear strength of the slab. For slabs with changes in thickness itis necessary to check the shear strength at several sections. See 11.11.1.2. (be, be Fig. R13.2.4—Examples of the portion of slab o be included with the beam under 13.2.4 ‘American Conctete insttule Copyrighted Material—www-conecrete.org