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Section 8.6.2.3 Support Two Way Minimum Reinforcement

For span segment strips, these criteria are only applied to the first cross section at a support if the span ratio is less than L/6.

See "Minimum Reinforcement" above for details regarding which slab/beam face (top or bottom) that the reinforcement will have the reinforcement added.

Acf is calculated as the maximum of the cross-section area and the cross-section depth times the span length. This will not always exactly match the code requirement

User defined reinforcement on the appropriate face and bonded post-tensioning that is on the appropriate side of the centroid is counted toward the requirement. Vector components are taken of reinforcement and bonded post-tensioning that is not orthogonal to the cross section.

Only bonded tendons that meet the 8.7.5.3(a) 1.5h requirement are utilized. Reinforcing bar locations are not checked (all reinforcing bars are counted toward this provision). It is recommended that reinforcing bars designed by RAM Concept be detailed to satisfy this provision.

The number of bars ("4 bars or wires") is not checked per 8.7.5.3(b).

No check is made to ensure that the structure is post-tensioned.