F. SURFACE DIMENSIONING

CHAPTER F 'SURFACE DIMENSIONING' 4 1. Parameters Here the maximum and minimum reinforcements that will be placed (distances, diameters) are defined and the combination with which the required reinforcements 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 Minimum Armament With this option the program calculates the minimum reinforcement for the whole surface, the same everywhere (top - bottom, X and Z direction). 4. 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. 5. Automatic Area Armament Calculation 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. 6. Showing Required Armament (As) 7. Show Mounted Armament (As) 8. Armament Adequacy Check Each of these three options shows in colour gradation in cm2/m respectively the Required, the Installed and, in adequacy option, the difference between Installed minus Required reinforcement. If this difference is 0 or positive, it is displayed in green, while if it is negative, the areas where the installed reinforcement is not sufficient are displayed in colour.