Concrete Detailing - Tekla User Assistance

Option

At corner

Examples

Pile cap reinforcement (76)

Creates reinforcement for a concrete pile cap.

Bars created

• Bars in two directions for the top and bottom surfaces of the pile cap

• Lacer bars

Use for

Situation More information

Bottom bars concentrated over the piles, top bars under the column. Two lacer bars.

Bars evenly distributed on the bottom and top surfaces. No lacer bars.

Rectangular footings with or without cut corners, footings that are skewed on one or both sides

Bars on the top, bottom, or both surfaces of the footing

Pad footing and pile cap shapes (page 395)

Reinforcement 394 Reinforcement for foundations

Situation

Straight or bent bar ends

More information

Before you start

• Create the concrete pile cap.

• Calculate the required area of reinforcement.

Defining properties

Use the following tabs in the Pilecap reinforcement (76) dialog box to define the properties of the objects that this component creates:

Tab

Picture

Primary top bars

Secondary top bars

Primary bottom bars

Secondary bottom bars

Contents

Concrete cover thickness, primary bar direction

Grade, size, hooks, bend lengths, distribution (by number or spacing), and arrangement/location of the top and bottom bars in two directions

Lacer bars Option to create lacer bars, grade, size, number, spacing, location, type, orientation, and laps of lacer bars

Attributes Numbering properties, name, and class of the top, bottom, and lacer bars

See also

Bar distribution

(page 396)

Lacer bars for pad footings and pile caps (page 397)

Picking order

1. Concrete pile cap

2. Piles and/or columns

3. Click the middle mouse button to finish.

Reinforcement 395 Reinforcement for foundations