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TheDomeHouse
Shallowfoundationdepth
Aeratedconcretefire
resistance

U.S.rebarsizes:Imperialbardesignationsrepresentthebardiameterin
fractionsof1/8inch,suchthat#8=8/8inch=1inchdiameter.Area=(bar
size/9)2suchthatareaof#8=(8/9)2=0.79inch.Thisappliesto#8barsand
smaller.Largerbarshaveaslightlylargerdiameterthantheonecomputedusing
the1/8inchconvention.

Floatingslabfoundation
Rebarsizes

Imperial

Woodbeamspantables

BarSize

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Weight Weight

Metric
(lb/ft) (kg/m)
Size

Nominal Nominal Nominal Nominal

Diameter Diameter Area
Area
(in)

(mm)

(in) (mm)

#3

#10

0.376

0.561

0.375=
3/8

9.525

0.11

71

#4

#13

0.668

0.996

0.500=
1/2

12.7

0.20

129

#5

#16

1.043

1.556

0.625=
5/8

15.875

0.31

200

#6

#19

1.502

2.24

0.750=
3/4

19.05

0.44

284

#7

#22

2.044

3.049

0.875=
7/8

22.225

0.60

387

#8

#25

2.670

3.982

1.000=
8/8

25.4

0.79

509

#9

#29

3.400

5.071

1.128

28.65

1.00

645

#10

#32

4.303

6.418

1.270

32.26

1.27

819

#11

#36

5.313

7.924

1.410

35.81

1.56

1006

#12

#40

6.424

9.619

1.50

38.1

1.76

1140

#14

#43

7.650

11.41

1.693

43

2.25

1452

#18

#57

13.60

20.284

2.257

57.33

4.00

2581

Europeansizes:Metricbardesignationsrepresentthenominalbardiameterin
millimetres.BarsinEuropewillbespecifiedtocomplywiththestandardEN
10080.
Unitweightsforrebarorreinforcingbarlength11,75meters.Rebarweighttable
forreinforcingbarsfrom5,5mmto32mm.

1meter
1rebars
rebar
rebarweights weights11,75
size
(kg)
m(kg)
(mm)

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lengthfor1
tonnofsteel
rebars

5,5

0,187

2,19

5347

6,0

0,222

2,60

4504

8,0

0,395

4,64

2531`

10,0

0,617

7,25

1620

12,0

0,888

10,43

1126

14,0

1,210

14,21

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16,0

1,580

18,56

633

18,0

2,000

23,50

500

20,0

2,470

29,00

405

22,0

2,980

35,00

335

25,0

3,850

45,23

260

28,0

4,830

56,75

207

32,0

6,310

74,14

158

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Therearefourmainrulesforsteelreinforcedconcretebeams:
1.Tocounttheheightofthereinforcedconcretebeamdevidethegaplengthby
20.Forexample:thegapis4meters.Thminimumheightoftheconcretebeam
shouldbe4/20=0,2meter
2.Tocountthewidthoftheconcretebeam:Multiplytheheightby5anddevide
by7.Forexample:thebeamheightis0,2meter.0,2x5/7=0,14m.
3.Thebeamshouldbeenforsedwithatleast4steelroundbarsd1214intwo
levels.
4.Theconcreteshouldbeappliedallvolumeatoncewithoutbigwaitinggaps.
ShallowfoundationdepthFloatingslabfoundation
Dicslaimer:allinformationprovidedatthatpageareforprivateuseonlyand
shouldbeverifiedbythecertifiedengineerineachcaseofconstruction.

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