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Durability Cover
Particular Environmental conditions are classified as Exposure Classes and are given below: Table 4.1 BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 (EC2)

Other exposure classes include freeze/thaw attack & chemical attack.

Definitions of compressive strength class & nominal cover

Compressive strength class is a classification comprising the type of concrete (normal-weight or lightweight), the minimum characteristic 150 mm diameter by 300 mm cylinder strength and the minimum characteristic 150 mm cube strength.

eg For C20/25, fck = 20 N/mm2 & fcu = 25N/mm2

Nominal cover is the depth of cover to reinforcement shown on RC drawings comprising the minimum cover plus an allowance in design for deviation, cdev, to accommodate for deviations during construction. An allowance of 10 mm is normally used for buildings. For concrete cast against prepared ground (including blinding), the nominal durability cover should be at least 40 mm & at least 65mm for concrete cast directly against soil.

RC Structural Design Tables Nominal Cover to reinforcement for the appropriate strength & exposure class are given below:
Table NA.2 NA to BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 (National Annex to EC2)

OPC

Use cdev= 10 mm

Fire Resistance Cover

Required Axis Distances to achieve specified Fire Resistance (from Table 5.2a of EC2 Part 1-2)

bmin & a

R60 Fire Resistance

Fire Resistance is unlikely to be critical.

In addition to durability & fire cover considerations, the nominal cover must be greater than bar +10 mm to ease placement in the formwork and to ensure adequate bond between the concrete and the steel.

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Cracking Control - Maximum Rebar Diameters & Spacings

Table 5.6 gives the max or the max spacing for hi bond rebars for specified stress ranges. (Based on tables 7.2N & 7.3N of EC2.)

Table 5.6 from the ISE Manual for the design of concrete building structures to Eurocode 2 Service stress, s = 435 (Gk + 0.3Qk /1.35Gk + 1.5Qk) (As req / As prov) N/mm2 As req is the area of tension reinforcement required at the section considered for the ultimate limit state. As prov is the area of reinforcement actually provided.
Eg: if the service stress is 280 N/mm2 (MPa) then either bars of size H12 or smaller can be used at any spacing or bars of any size can be used at a spacing of 150 mm or less.

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SHEAR TABLES Concise Eurocode EC2 Table 7.2

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DEFLECTION TABLES - All 3 from Concise Eurocode EC2