beugelwapening – BuildSoft Support https://support.buildsoft.eu BuildSoft Support Wed, 13 May 2026 15:14:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.11 How to interpret the reinforcement of a beam or column https://support.buildsoft.eu/knowledge-base/how-to-interpret-the-reinforcement-of-a-beam-or-column/ https://support.buildsoft.eu/knowledge-base/how-to-interpret-the-reinforcement-of-a-beam-or-column/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:50:50 +0000 http://buildsoftsupport.com/?post_type=ht_kb&p=750 General
  • Ay – Representation of the longitudinal reinforcement parallel to the local axis y’. Therefore, in most cases, this is the lower and upper reinforcement.
  • Az – Representation of the longitudinal reinforcement parallel to the local axis z’. Therefore, in most cases, the lateral reinforcement.
  • Awz – Representation of the transversal reinforcement parallel to the local axis z’. Therefore, in most cases, the cross-section of vertical bracket slots of stirrups per length unit ofthe beam.
  • Awy – Representation of the transversal reinforcement parallel to the local axis y’. Therefore, in most cases, the cross-section of horizontal bracket slots of stirrups per length unit
    of the beam.
Important

  • When translating theoretical longitudonal reinforcement amounts to practical amounts, the bars you use to meet the Ay calculated by Diamonds, may not be used a second time to meet the Az amounts calculated by Diamonds.
    For example: Diamonds calculates a longitudal reinforcement of Ay =600m² at the bottom of a beam. And a web reinforcement Az =200mm² on each side (left and right) of the beam.

    For the bottom reinforcement you decide to go with 3 bars ⌀16 (= 603mm²). Those 3 bars are for Ay, they may not be used again to meet the amounts for Az !
    For the web reinforcement you decide to go with 2 bars ⌀12 (= 226m²) on each side. Thus 4 bars in total. Those bars are for Az, they may not be used again to meet the amounts for Ay!

  • If you rotate the local coordinate system x’y’z’, the direction of the reinforcement will change too!

Circular column

For a circular column, the reinforcement zones are similar: the column is split into 4 quarters.

  • Ay
  • Az
  • Awz
  • Awy 
]]> https://support.buildsoft.eu/knowledge-base/how-to-interpret-the-reinforcement-of-a-beam-or-column/feed/ 0 What does the hastag # symbol mean https://support.buildsoft.eu/knowledge-base/what-does-the-hastag-symbol-mean/ https://support.buildsoft.eu/knowledge-base/what-does-the-hastag-symbol-mean/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:45:39 +0000 http://buildsoftsupport.com/?post_type=ht_kb&p=522 The hastag symbol (or ‘#’) means that the shear reinforcement should be installed inclined (45°).  However, in practice this is usally executed by combining vertical stirrups with lateral reinforcement. The 1071mm²/m in the image below is the amount for the vertical stirrups. The same amount should be placed as lateral reinforcement.

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