04/10/2019 Cover to Reinforcement (Columns: BS 8110)

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Cover to Reinforcement (Columns: BS 8110)

The nominal concrete cover is the distance between the surface of the reinforcement closest to the nearest
concrete surface (including links and surface reinforcement where relevant) and the nearest concrete surface.

You are required to set a minimum value for the nominal cover, cnom, u, for each column in the column
properties.
These values are then checked against the nominal limiting cover, cnom,lim  which depends on the diameter of
the reinforcement and maximum nominal aggregate size, hagg  (specified in Design Options >  Column >
General Parameters).
If cnom,u < cnom,lim then a warning is displayed in the calculations.

 
Parent topic
• Column Design to BS 8110
 
 
 

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