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Tension and shear supplementary reinforcement

Posted by Andrew Chanover 3 years ago
Tension and shear supplementary reinforcement

In Profis, tension or shear supplementary reinforcement can be selected but I can't find how to provide both at the same time. How do I do this?

Additionally, surface reinforcement limited to 16mm. I have longitudinal bars already in my beam which are 20mm diameter. Is it appropriate to use these or would I need to supply surface reinforcement as well?

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Posted by Ask HILTI Teamover 3 years ago

Thanks for your question, yes there is an option to enable supplementary reinforcement for tensile and shear cases prior to casting of the concrete structure. In the software, please select the Tension option then scroll down to the bottom of the page and below c/edge - c/top there is a tick box with a message 'Apply the same parameters for shear supplementary reinforcement' Just tick / untick as required. As for the limitation regarding the rebar diameter this is taken from EC2 Part 4 Detailing of supplementary reinforcement.


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Posted by Andrew Chanover 3 years ago
Thanks for the response. When I have that box ticked, I am still getting 0% utilisation of the steel in shear but 185 % for concrete edge breakout. BS EN 1992-4 says on clause 7.2.2.2 that when the design relies on supplementary reinforcement, that concrete edge failure need not be verified, so why is it still showing as 185%?

Posted by Ask HILTI Teamover 3 years ago

Thanks for the follow up enquiry. There are a few things you can check if are getting a 0% contribution under a shear condition. The reinforcement must be in the direction of the shear load, the anchors are too far away from the reinforcement or too far away from the edge.


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Posted by Andrew Chanover 3 years ago
I have all the settings the same for both tension and shear, the only difference when I toggle from shear to tension is that the stirrups encapsulate all anchors in the tension case( the legs are wider in the transverse direction). When I have shear selected, the reinforcement is engaged and edge breakout reduces to zero but as soon as I select tension, the utilisation of the reinforcement in shear drops to zero. I can't see why increasing the transverse spacing of the legs would make the reinforcement ineffective in shear( as there is no change to the face that would be breaking out,