10B. DIMENSIONING PART 2/4

CHAPTER 10B 'DIMENSIONING' 117 1. Parameters This defines the basic reinforcement, which will be used as a foundation, which will be placed in both directions, both above and below. The maximum and minimum reinforcement to be placed in the automatic dimensioning mode (distances, diameters) are also defined and the combination with which the required reinforcement will be calculated is also selected. 2. Show Required Armament (Combinations) With this option we can see the required reinforcement in cm2/m per direction (X or Z) and per reinforcement layer (Top - Bottom) from any load, combination or envelope, in order to decide with which combination we will reinforce our plate. This choice is the same as the one in the results section ( see use 9. Results ). 3. Calculation of the final required armament This option is required whenever you wish to use the surface sizing tool. Essentially it calculates the reinforcement required by regulations and compares it to the reinforcement required by the intensives. 4. Show Minimum Required by Regulation With this option the program displays the minimum required reinforcement for the whole surface. 5. Basic Armament Adequacy Check against Minimum With this option the user can check if the basic reinforcement set covers the minimum required by the regulation. If the value is non-zero and positive, then the basic reinforcement does not meet the minimum required. 6. Arming areas Here we graphically define one or more reinforcement areas, i.e. areas where there is a requirement for reinforcement thickening. We have two options: α. Place additional reinforcement beyond the minimum calculated in the previous step. β. To place a total final reinforcement, ignoring the minimum. 7. Calculation - Updating Area Armaments With this option, the program calculates automatically and only for the reinforcement areas that we defined in the previous step, the reinforcement to be placed, so that there is sufficiency, i.e. it is greater than the required one. In addition to the automatic calculation, we can also manually meet the requirement by selecting the appropriate reinforcement ourselves. 8. Show Final Required Armament (As) 9. Show Mounted Armament (As) 10. Armament Adequacy Check