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Multiple reinforcement layers within concrete body to handle concrete edge breakout

Posted by Patrik Dyresjöover 3 years ago
Multiple reinforcement layers within concrete body to handle concrete edge breakout

When you have a shear force acting close to the edge so that you need to add supplementary reinforcement the figure of EN 1992-4 (Figure 7.10) only show the anchorage length in a plan view and seem to be for a straight bar, so the anchorange length within the break-out body is quite obvious. But if you use a C-bar (see attachment), there is an additional anchorange length after the bending radius (Δl_1) - can this part also be included in the anchorange length? I haven't thought of that before, but it came up in a discussion at the office. The description of l_1 says "in the break-out body", and this part is within the body..

Next part of my question is if the break-out body has the same geometry when you have supplimentary reinforcement as when you have when you do the check without reinforcement, even if you put multiple layers of reinforcement? Or does this just not have any effect of the failure mode? In PROFIS it's only possible to place one layer of reinforcement.

Hope the questions/figure are clear enough :)

concrete edge breakout,anchorange length,reinforcement layers,break-out body

1 Reply
Posted by Ask HILTI Teamover 3 years ago

Thanks for your enquiry I've attached a link to a webinar (On ask Hilti) that we did regarding supplementary reinforcement for shear conditions. I think that you will find it useful regarding these questions https://ask.hilti.co.uk/videos/supplementary-reinforcement-in-shear/ncutjc