BC M-02 FLASHCARD 02

Depth of a concrete section measured from the compression face to the centroid of the tension reinforcement

• Effective Depth of Section

• Concrete Cover

• RC Beam

• Strirrup

Required to protect steel reinforcement from fire and corrosion

• Effective Depth of Section

• Concrete Cover

• RC Beam

• Strirrup

Designed to act together with longitudinal and web reinforcement in resisting applied forces

• Effective Depth of Section

• Concrete Cover

• RC Beam

• Strirrup

Beam width

• 1/3 to 1/2 of beam depth

• 1/8 to 1/2 of beam depth

• 1/4 to 1/2 of beam depth

• 1/5 to 1/2 of beam depth

Any of the U-shaped or closed-loop bars placed perpendicular to the longitudinal reinforcement of a concrete beam to resist the vertical component or diagonal tension

• Stirrup

• Hook

• Longitudinal Reinforcement

• Web Reinforcement

Bend or curve given to the end of a tension bar to develop an equivalent embedment length

• Stirrup

• Hook

• Longitudinal Reinforcement

• Web Reinforcement

Reinforcement essentially parallel to the horizontal surface of a slab or to the long axis of a concrete beam or column

• Stirrup

• Hook

• Longitudinal Reinforcement

• Web Reinforcement

Reinforcement consisting of bent bars or stirrups, placed in a concrete beam to resist diagonal tension

• Stirrup

• Hook

• Longitudinal Reinforcement

• Web Reinforcement

Any of the longitudinal bars serving as tension reinforcement in the section of a concrete beam or slab subject to positive moment

• Top Bar

• Bottom Bar

• Bent Bar

• Truss Bar

Longitudinal bar bent to an angle of 30 degrees or more with the axis of concrete beam, perpendicular to, and intersecting the cracking that could occur from diagonal tension

• Top Bar

• Bottom Bar

• Bent Bar

• Truss Bar