Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary

CHAPTER 9—STRENGTH AND SERVICEABILITY REQUIREMENTS............................................. 115
9.1—General........................................................................................................................................................................115
9.2—Required strength ........................................................................................................................................................115
9.3—Design strength ...........................................................................................................................................................117
9.4—Design strength for reinforcement ...............................................................................................................................121
9.5—Control of deflections ...................................................................................................................................................121
CHAPTER 10—FLEXURE AND AXIAL LOADS ................................................................................. 129
10.1—Scope ........................................................................................................................................................................129
10.2—Design assumptions ..................................................................................................................................................129
10.3—General principles and requirements.........................................................................................................................131
10.4—Distance between lateral supports of flexural members ............................................................................................134
10.5—Minimum reinforcement of flexural members ............................................................................................................134
10.6—Distribution of flexural reinforcement in beams and one-way slabs ..........................................................................135
10.7—Deep beams ..............................................................................................................................................................137
10.8—Design dimensions for compression members..........................................................................................................138
10.9—Limits for reinforcement of compression members....................................................................................................138
10.10—Slenderness effects in compression members ........................................................................................................140
10.11—Axially loaded members supporting slab system.....................................................................................................148
10.12—Transmission of column loads through floor system ...............................................................................................148
10.13—Composite compression members ..........................................................................................................................149
10.14—Bearing strength ......................................................................................................................................................152