CLEAR COVER

Posted June 17th, 2013 by arrehman
Project:www.sefindia.org
Component:User interface
Category:support request
Priority:critical
Assigned:arrehman
Status:active
Description

DEAR SEFIANS,

KINDLY CONFIRM THAT WHAT THE MEAN OF CLEAR COVER IN COLUMNS ACCORDINGLY TO THE CODE. IS IT INCLUDING DIA OF TIE?????
EG; CLEAR COVER =40MM (INCLUDING DIA OF TIE OR NOT)

ITS URGENT PLEASE REVERT SOON.

Updates

#1 submitted by bharath kumar on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 14:28

Dear Sir,

We have three types of covers 1.clear cover 2.effective cover 3.nominal cover

clear cover-distance from surface of main rebar to concrete face.

effective cover-distance from centre of the main bar to concrete face

nominal cover-distance from including links(stirrups) to concrete face