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Section 7.8 Minimum Reinforcement in Slabs

7.8.1 and 7.8.3 are implemented.

The gross area of concrete after taking into account the "ignore top depth" and the "ignore bottom depth" is used to determine the reinforcement specified in 7.8.1.

The specified bar size is used to determine the required reinforcement for satisfying the maximum spacing in 7.8.3. The number of bars is not rounded up to the next whole number in this calculation, but will be rounded up to the next whole number in the reinforcement summary. User defined bars are counted toward satisfying the maximum spacing requirements. Bars at an angle to the cross section consider the sum of their vector components divided by the gross area of one bar as the total number of provided bars for spacing calculations.

In one-way slabs, a maximum spacing of 5h is utilized in accordance with 7.8.3.

In "critical" span locations in two-way slabs, a maximum spacing of 2h is utilized in accordance with 13.10.4. For cantilever span (as determined by the declaration of supports in the design strip segment), the "critical" span locations are those within L/3 of the support. For a regular span (as determined by the declaration of supports in the design strip segment), the "critical" span locations are those within L/6 of a support or midspan location. For determining if the section is within the band defined by bb for the negative minimum reinforcement, the distance of 1.5 times the section height is compared with the distance to the nearest support face.

In other span locations in two-way slabs, a maximum spacing of 5h is utilized.

For the "elevated slab" and "mat foundation" minimum reinforcement patterns, an inflection point ratio of 0.2113 is assumed.

Post-tensioning is ignored.