HIGHLIGHTS OF CHANGES IN THE

2015 NATIONAL STRUCTURAL

CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
VOLUME 1 CHAPTER 4:
STRUCTURAL CONCRETE

PART II

DADEC Engr. DANILO A. DOMINGO, F.ASEP, LM.PICE

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Section 409 Beams

Using the new procedure, the end regions

become less congested with reinforcement
cages and lowers production cost
A new relevant Sub-section 409.5.4.7 for solid
precast sections is added to the NSCP 7th
Edition.
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3D Model
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Section 409 Beams

Section 409.6.4 = Minimum Torsional

Reinforcement
Section 409.7.5 = Longitudinal Torsional
Reinforcement
Section 409.7.6.3 = Torsion
 OPEN STIRRUPS

TORSION
BARS

CLOSED STIRRUPS
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Section 409 Beams

Open Web Reinforcement for torsion and

shear in slender spandrel beams
-an alternative to closed stirrups
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Section 412
Diaphragms

Diaphragms typically are

horizontal or nearly
horizontal planar
elements that serve to
transfer lateral forces to
vertical elements of the
lateral-force-resisting
system.
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Section 412 Diaphragms

Typical Diaphragm
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Section 412 Diaphragms
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Section 412 Diaphragms
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Transverse Reinforcement for Column
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Transverse Reinforcement for Column
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Transverse Reinforcement for Column
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
TABLE 418.7.5.4
Transverse Reinforcement6 for Columns of Special Moment
Frames

where: Ash = total cross-sectional area of transverse reinforcement, mm2

s = spacing, m
bc = perpendicular to dimension, m
s = ratio of volume of spiral reinforcement to total volumn of core confined by the spiral
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Development Length of Bars in Tension

NSCP 2010 NSCP 2015

418.8.5

418.8.5.1
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Shear Wall

NSCP 2010 NSCP 2015

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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Shear Wall
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Shear Wall
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant

Structures
Special shear walls Subsection 418.10
(equivalent to ACI 318-14M-14 Section 18.10,
previously ACI 318M-11 Section 21.9), has been
extensively revised in view of the performance
of buildings in the Chile earthquake of 2010
and the Christchurch, New Zealand,
earthquakes of 2011, as wells as full-scale
reinforced concrete building tests.
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Section 418 Earthquake-Resistant Structures
Joint
418.8.2.4
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Highlights of Changes on Chapter 4:

Structural Concrete; NSCP 2015 7th Edition