A. DETAILS OF BEAM REINFORCEMENT

CHAPTER A : 'DETAILS OF BEAM REINFORCEMENT' 13 • The next part of the Opening field contains the critical lengths, which you can modify and automatically update the plan as well as the Arming Mode. In the picture below you can see that the upper bars coming from the openings on either side enter the corresponding openings as opposed to the lower ones. This means that when calculating the bars placed in the support, the program will take into account the upper bars from both spans, but not the lower bars which will be calculated as one bar for each span. If you want the bottom bars from both openings to be taken into account, left-click on the yellow lines (the left one by activating the left opening and the right one by activating the right opening). In this way, the lines are extended and the program will take into account the bars from both spans and above and below. If you wish to take into account the bars from only one opening, select again the yellow and white lines , so that the form shown in the adjacent picture is obtained. • The Supports field refers to the width of the left and right supports respectively. You can change it, but it is still a modification concerning only the design and does not update the model and calculations. The command for Structural Armour Evaluation will be activated in a later version of the program. 2. Main Opening Armament