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ISO 15673:2016 Guidelines for the simplified design of structural reinforced concrete for buildings, 2016
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
- 4.1 Symbols
- 4.2 Abbreviated terms
- 5 Design and construction procedure
- 5.1 Procedure
- 5.1.1 Step A
- 5.1.2 Step B
- 5.1.3 Step C
- 5.1.4 Step D
- 5.1.5 Step E
- 5.1.6 Step F
- 5.1.7 Step G
- 5.1.8 Step H
- 5.1.9 Step I
- 5.1.10 Step J
- 5.1.11 Step K
- 5.2 Design documentation
- 5.2.1 General
- 5.2.2 Calculation memoir
- 5.2.3 Geotechnical report
- 5.2.4 Structural drawings
- 5.2.5 Specifications
- 6 General guides
- 6.1 Limitations
- 6.1.1 Occupancy
- 6.1.2 Maximum number of stories
- 6.1.3 Maximum area per floor
- 6.1.4 Maximum story height
- 6.1.5 Maximum span length
- 6.1.6 Maximum difference in span length
- 6.1.7 Minimum number of spans
- 6.1.8 Maximum cantilever span
- 6.1.9 Maximum slope for slabs, girders, beams and joists
- 6.1.10 Maximum slope of the terrain
- 6.1.11 Distance between centre of mass and centre of rigidity
- 6.2 Limit states
- 6.3 Ultimate limit state design format
- 6.3.1 General
- 6.3.2 Required factored strength
- 6.3.3 Design strength
- 6.4 Serviceability limit state design format
- 7 Specific guides
- 7.1 Structural systems and layout
- 7.1.1 Description of the components of the structure
- 7.1.2 General programme
- 7.1.3 Structural layout
- 7.1.4 Feasibility under the guidelines
- 8 Actions (loads)
- 8.1 General
- 8.1.1 Load factors and load combinations
- 8.1.2 Mass of materials
- 8.1.3 Dead loads
- 8.1.4 Live loads
- 8.1.5 Specified snow load
- 8.1.6 Specified wind forces
- 8.1.7 Specified earthquake forces
- 8.1.8 Seismic design base shear
- 9 General reinforced concrete requirements
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Additional requirements
- 9.3 Materials for reinforced concrete
- 9.3.1 General
- 9.3.2 Cement
- 9.3.3 Aggregates
- 9.3.4 Water
- 9.3.5 Steel reinforcement
- 9.3.6 Admixtures
- 9.3.7 Storage of materials
- 9.3.8 Minimum and maximum reinforcement bar diameter
- 9.3.9 Concrete mixture specification
- 9.3.10 Concrete cover to reinforcement
- 9.3.11 Minimum reinforcement bend diameter
- 9.3.12 Standard hook dimensions
- 9.3.13 Bar spacing and maximum aggregate size
- 9.3.14 Maximum nominal coarse aggregate size
- 9.3.15 Minimum clear spacing between parallel bars in a layer
- 9.3.16 Minimum clear spacing between parallel layers of reinforcement
- 9.3.17 Minimum clear spacing between longitudinal bars in columns
- 9.3.18 Clear spacing between parallel lap splices
- 9.3.19 Maximum flexural reinforcement spacing in solid slabs
- 9.3.20 Maximum shrinkage and temperature reinforcement spacing in solid slabs
- 9.3.21 Maximum reinforcement spacing in structural concrete walls
- 9.3.22 Special details per element type
- 9.4 Development length, lap splicing and anchorage of reinforcement
- 9.4.1 Development length
- 9.4.2 Lap splice dimensions
- 9.4.3 Minimum standard hook anchorage distance
- 9.5 Limits for longitudinal reinforcement
- 9.5.1 General
- 9.5.2 Solid slabs and footings
- 9.5.3 Girders, beams and joists
- 9.5.4 Columns
- 9.5.5 Structural concrete walls
- 9.6 Minimum amounts of transverse reinforcement
- 9.6.1 General
- 9.6.2 Slabs
- 9.6.3 Girders, beams and joists
- 9.6.4 Columns
- 9.6.5 Structural concrete walls
- 9.7 Strength of members subjected to bending moments
- 9.7.1 General
- 9.7.2 Factored bending moment at section
- 9.7.3 Minimum design bending moment strength
- 9.7.4 Design moment strength for rectangular sections with tension reinforcement only
- 9.7.5 Use of compression reinforcement in girders, beams, and joists
- 9.7.6 T-beam effect
- 9.8 Strength of members subjected to shear stresses
- 9.8.1 General
- 9.8.2 Factored shear
- 9.8.3 Design shear strength
- 9.8.4 Beam-action shear
- 9.8.5 Two-way action shear (punching shear) in solid slabs and footings
- 10 Floor systems
- 10.1 Types of floor systems
- 10.1.1 General
- 10.1.2 Slab-on-girder system
- 10.1.3 Description of the basic system
- 10.1.4 Joist systems
- 10.2 Criteria for the selection of the floor system
- 10.3 Guides for structural integrity
- 10.3.1 General
- 10.3.2 Perimeter girders in slab-and-girder and joist systems
- 10.3.3 Other beams and girders
- 10.3.4 Joists
- 10.4 One-way and two-way slabs and load path
- 10.4.1 General
- 10.4.2 One-way behaviour
- 10.4.3 Two-way behaviour
- 10.4.4 Floor system load path
- 10.5 Minimum depth for elements of the floor system
- 10.5.1 General
- 10.5.2 Solid one-way slabs supported by girders, beams, joists, or structural walls
- 10.5.3 Girders, beams and one-way joists supporting the slab
- 10.5.4 Two-way slabs supported by girders, beams, or structural concrete walls
- 10.6 Initial trial dimensions for the floor system
- 11 Solid slabs supported on girders, beams, joists or structural concrete walls
- 11.1 General
- 11.2 Design load definition
- 11.2.1 Loads to be included
- 11.2.2 Dead load and live load
- 11.2.3 Factored design loads
- 11.3 Details of reinforcement
- 11.3.1 General
- 11.3.2 Shrinkage and temperature reinforcement
- 11.3.3 Positive flexural reinforcement
- 11.3.4 Negative flexural reinforcement
- 11.3.5 Shear reinforcement
- 11.3.6 Corner reinforcement
- 11.4 Top thin solid slab that spans between joists
- 11.4.1 Dimensional guidelines
- 11.4.2 Factored bending moment
- 11.4.3 Reinforcement
- 11.4.4 Shear strength verification
- 11.4.5 Calculation of the reactions on the joists
- 11.5 Cantilevers of slabs supported on girders, beams or walls
- 11.5.1 Dimensional guidelines
- 11.5.2 Factored negative bending moment
- 11.5.3 Reinforcement
- 11.5.4 Shear verification
- 11.5.5 Calculation of reactions on the supports
- 11.6 One-way one-span solid slabs spanning between girders, beams, or structural concrete walls
- 11.6.1 Dimensional guidelines
- 11.6.2 Factored bending moment
- 11.6.3 Longitudinal flexural reinforcement
- 11.6.4 Shear verification
- 11.6.5 Calculation of the reactions on the supports
- 11.7 One-way solid slabs supported on girders, beams, or walls, with two or more spans
- 11.7.1 Dimensional guidelines
- 11.7.2 Factored bending moment
- 11.7.3 Longitudinal flexural reinforcement
- 11.7.4 Shear verification
- 11.7.5 Calculation of reactions on the supports
- 11.8 Two-way solid slabs spanning between girders, beams, or structural concrete walls
- 11.8.1 Dimensional guides
- 11.8.2 Factored flexural moment
- 11.8.3 Longitudinal flexural reinforcement
- 11.8.4 Shear verification
- 11.8.5 Calculation of the reactions on the supports
- 12 Girders, beams and joists
- 12.1 General
- 12.2 Design load definition
- 12.2.1 Loads to be included
- 12.2.2 Factored design loads
- 12.3 Details of reinforcement
- 12.3.1 General
- 12.3.2 Transverse reinforcement
- 12.3.3 Positive flexural reinforcement
- 12.3.4 Negative flexural reinforcement
- 12.3.5 Joists and beams supported on girders
- 13 Columns
- 13.1 General
- 13.2 Design load definition
- 13.2.1 Loads to be included
- 13.2.2 Dead load and live load
- 13.2.3 Factored design loads
- 13.3 Dimensional guidelines
- 13.3.1 General
- 13.3.2 Limiting section dimensions
- 13.3.3 Distance between lateral supports
- 13.3.4 Column built monolithically with wall
- 13.4 Details of reinforcement
- 13.4.1 General
- 13.4.2 Longitudinal reinforcement
- 13.4.3 Transverse reinforcement
- 13.5 Flexural design guidelines
- 13.5.1 Factored loads
- 13.5.2 Initial trial cross-section dimensions and longitudinal reinforcement
- 13.6 Shear design guidelines
- 13.6.1 Factored shear
- 13.6.2 Shear strength verification
- 13.6.3 Biaxial shear strength verification
- 13.7 Strength of members subjected to axial loads with or without flexure
- 13.7.1 General
- 13.7.2 Combined factored axial load and factored bending moment
- 13.7.3 Design strength for axial compression
- 13.7.4 Balanced strength for axial compression with flexure
- 14 Structural concrete walls
- 14.1 General
- 14.2 Design load definition
- 14.2.1 Loads to be included
- 14.2.2 Dead load and live load
- 14.2.3 Lateral design load
- 14.2.4 Factored design load
- 14.3 Dimensional guidelines
- 14.3.1 General
- 14.3.2 Limiting dimensions
- 14.4 Details of reinforcement
- 14.4.1 General
- 14.4.2 Number of curtains of reinforcement
- 14.4.3 Vertical reinforcement
- 14.4.4 Horizontal reinforcement
- 14.4.5 Structural concrete wall reinforcement in seismic zones
- 14.5 Flexural design guidelines
- 14.5.1 Required factored loads
- 14.5.2 Initial trial vertical reinforcement
- 14.5.3 Required factored moment strength verification
- 14.6 Shear guides
- 14.6.1 Factored shear
- 14.6.2 Shear strength verification
- 14.7 Calculation of reactions at the foundation
- 14.7.1 Load reaction
- 14.7.2 Moment reaction
- 15 Foundations
- 15.1 Dimensioning of the foundation elements
- 15.2 Footings
- 15.2.1 Footings supporting circular or regular polygon-shaped columns or pedestals
- 15.2.2 Moment in footings
- 15.2.3 Shear in footings
- 15.2.4 Development of reinforcement in footings
- 15.2.5 Minimum footing depth
- 15.2.6 Transfer of forces at base of column, wall or reinforced pedestal
- 15.2.7 Sloped or stepped footings
- 15.3 Foundation mats
- 15.4 Footings on piles
- 15.4.1 General
- 15.4.2 Anchorage of reinforcement
- 15.4.3 Maximum axial stresses
- 15.4.4 Minimum reinforcement ratios and lengths
- 15.5 Foundation beams
- 15.5.1 Dimensional guidelines
- 15.5.2 Longitudinal reinforcement
- 15.5.3 Transverse reinforcement
- 15.6 Retaining walls
- 15.6.1 Lateral earth pressure
- 15.6.2 Types of retaining walls
- 15.6.3 Types of retaining wall failures
- 15.6.4 Static pressures on retaining walls
- 15.6.5 Seismic pressures on retaining walls
- 15.6.6 General requirements for retaining walls
- 15.6.7 Details of reinforcement
- 16 Lateral load resisting system
- 16.1 General
- 16.2 Specified lateral forces
- 16.2.1 General
- 16.2.2 Lateral forces included
- 16.3 Lateral force resisting structural system
- 16.3.1 General
- 16.4 Minimum amount of structural concrete walls
- 16.4.1 General
- 16.4.2 Wall area guideline for shear strength
- 16.4.3 Wall dimensions guideline for lateral stiffness
- 16.5 Special reinforcement details for seismic zones
- 16.5.1 General
- 16.5.2 Girders of frames
- 16.5.3 Columns
- 16.5.4 Joints
- 16.5.5 Walls
- 17 Nonstructural walls
- Annex A (informative) Equivalent formulae for material factors [Go to Page]