PROJECT Reinforced concrete design

CLIENT Made by; Date Checked by; Date

LOCATION
Preliminary sizing of foundation and Nominal cover for reinforcement

REFERENCE CALCULATIONS OUTPUT

Material strength for use in design
EN 1992-1-1 Table 4.3N Concrete characteristic strength; fck fck = 30 N/mm2
EN 1992-1-1 Cl:3.2.2(3)P Characteristic yield strength of reinforcement steel; fyk fyk = 500 N/mm2
EN 1992-1-1 Table A.1 Unit weight of reinforced concrete; γconc. γconc. = 25 KN/m3

Preliminary sizing of foundation and Nominal cover for reinforcement

EN 1992-1-1 Table 4.1 Exposure class exposure class = XC2
Expected working life of the structure life span = 100 Years
EN 1992-1-1 Table 4.3N [ Structural class Structural Class = S6

Calculation of concrete cover for durability

For structural and exposure class XC2 ,the minimum

S6 cover for durability Cmin,dur;
EN 1992-1-1 Table 4.4N class Cmin,dur; = 35 mm

Calculation of concrete cover for bond

Assume maximum diameter for reinforcement in foundation; φ φ = 32 mm
EN 1992-1-1 Cl: 4.4.1.2(3)
Table 4.2N Cmin,b = 1.0φ Cmin,b = 32 mm
Calculation of minimum concrete cover
EN 1992-1-1 Cl: =
4.4.1.2(2)P Cmin = max(Cmin,b;Cmin,dur + ΔCdur,ϒ - ΔCdur,st - ΔCdur,add;10mm) Cmin 35 mm
EN 1992-1-1 Cl: 4.4.1.2(6)
(7) (8) ΔCdur,ϒ = 0 ,ΔCdur,st = 0 , ΔCdur,add = 0
Calculation of nominal cover
EN 1992-1-1 Cl:
4.4.1.3(1)P Allowance for deviation ΔCdev = 10 mm
EN 1992-1-1 Cl: =
4.4.1.1(2)P Cnom = Cmin + ΔCdev Cnom 45 mm
Adopt
Cnom = 50 mm
Calculation of effective depth of foundation

Determine unfactored ground pressure

At S.L.S

Total service load = 1893 KN

Base area of footing = 8.41 m2

Unfactored ground 225.1 KN/m2
pressure

Determine ratio d/a from Table 5.23 by interpolation

The ration d/a > 0.145

a' is footing projection =

from column face 1250 mm

d > 156 mm

Footing height hmin = d + > 206 mm

Cnom Adopt
h should not be less than 300mm h = 500 mm