BEAM (Area) (mm2)

BAR DIAMETER d (mm)

Area (mm2)
8 12 16 20 25 32 40
1 51 114 202 315 491 805 1257
2 101 227 403 629 982 1609 2514
3 151 340 604 943 1473 2413 3770
4 202 453 805 1257 1964 3217 5027
5 252 566 1006 1571 2455 4022 6284
BAR No.
6 302 679 1207 1885 2946 4826 7540
7 352 792 1408 2200 3437 5630 8797
8 403 905 1609 2514 3927 6434 10054
9 453 1018 1810 2828 4418 7239 11310
10 503 1131 2011 3142 4909 8043 12567

SLAB (Area per one Meter) (mm2/m)

BAR size Bar Spacing (mm)
d (mm) 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 350
8 503 403 336 288 252 224 202 183 168 144
10 786 629 524 449 393 350 315 286 262 225
12 1131 905 754 647 566 503 453 412 377 324
16 2011 1609 1341 1149 1006 894 805 732 671 575
20 3142 2514 2095 1796 1571 1397 1257 1143 1048 898
25 4909 3927 3273 2805 2455 2182 1964 1785 1637 1403
32 8043 6434 5362 4596 4022 3575 3217 2925 2681 2298
40 12567 10054 8378 7181 6284 5586 5027 4570 4189 3591

SHEAR LINK (Asv/sv ratio, 2 Legs)

Link Size Spacing of links (mm)
(mm) 80 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300
8 1.257 1.006 0.805 0.671 0.575 0.503 0.447 0.403 0.366 0.336
10 1.964 1.571 1.257 1.048 0.898 0.786 0.699 0.629 0.572 0.524
12 2.828 2.262 1.81 1.508 1.293 1.131 1.006 0.905 0.823 0.754
16 5.027 4.022 3.217 2.681 2.298 2.011 1.788 1.609 1.463 1.341
 MINIMUM SUPPORT WIDTH (mm) (HK Concrete Code)
BEAM WALL COLUMN
BAR size (mm)
30 40 50 25 35
10 140 160 180 130 150
12 156 176 196 146 166
16 188 208 228 178 198
20 220 240 260 210 230
25 310 330 350 300 320
32 380 400 420 370 390
40 460 480 500 450 470

DETAILING (MIN. / MAX REINFORCEMENT) (%)

((HK Concrete Code)
CONDITION MIN MAX NOTE
CANTILEVER Tension Part 0.25 MIN. 10mm
One-way and Two-way 0.13 -
SLAB
Ductility 0.3 4 -
Tension (Rectangular) 0.13 -
BEAM Compression (Rectangular) 0.2 -
Ductility 0.3 2.5 -
Vertically Cast 6
COLUMN Horizontally Cast 0.8 8 MIN. 12mm
Laps 10

MIN. CONCRETE COVER & THICKNESS (mm)

4 Hours 2 Hours 1 Hour
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT
Cover Thickness Cover Thickness Cover Thickness
Ast > 1% 25 180 25 100 25 75
WALL
Ast < 1% 25 240 25 160 25 120
Simply Supported 55 170 35 125 20 100
SLABS
Continuous 45 170 25 125 20 100
COLUMNS (a) Fully Exposed 35 450 35 300 25 200
& (b) 50% Exposed 35 350 25 200 25 160
HANGERS (c) 1 face Exposed 25 240 25 160 25 120
Simply Supported 80 280 50 200 30 200
Beams
Continuous 60 280 40 200 30 200
Prestressed
Simply Supported 90 280 70 200 30 200
Beams
Stairs 55 170 35 125 20 95