Design of anchor reinforcement for RC Pedestals."ANCHOR REINFORCEMENT (Metric)." --- ANCHOR REINFORCEMENT ANALYSIS

Program Description:"Anchor Reinforcement (Metric).xlsx" is a MS-Excel spreadsheet workbook for the analysis of anchor bolt reinforcement to suppliment tension/shear concrete breakout per ACI 318-08, Appendix D (Section D5.2.9 / D6.2.9). The spreadsheet is designed to find the embedment strength of determined reinforcement within certain concrete parameters. Tables and figures have been given adjacent to the required data cells in an attempt to self contain the calculations within the worksheet. The spreadsheet is protected with a password required.

Program Environment:Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Creation Date:May 20th, 2012

Design References:1. ACI 318-082. Strength Design of Anchorage to Concrete by Ronald A. Cook

This program is a workbook consisting of three (3) worksheets, described as follows:

Doc - This documentation sheetTension Reinf. - Anchor Reinforcement per ACI 318-08 Section D.5.2.9Shear Reinf. - Anchor Reinforcement per ACI 318-08 Section D.6.2.9

Revision 0.0 - Original Design

Program Assumptions and Limitations:

1. In TENSION REINF. spreadsheet, the edge distance is not in the program's parameters. User must be mindful that the maximum distance between the anchor and anchor reinforcement must be less than or equal to 0.5 x hef AND (Edge Dist. (ED) - bc). The latter is not restricted and must be checked by the user.2. In TENSION REINF. spreadsheet, if the edge distance is less than 1.5 x hef, containment steel such as stirrups must be used.3. The required strength is calculated from the applicable load combinations in Section 9.2.4. This program contains numerous comment boxes which contain a wide variety of information including explanations of input or output items, equations used, data tables, etc. (Note: presence of a comment box is denoted by a red triangle in the upper right-hand corner of a cell. Merely move the mouse pointer to the desired cell to view the contents of that particular "comment box".)

Program Theory and Operation: The top of the spreadsheet screen allows for input of required information in lightly yellow highlighted boxes. Information required includes the following:

TENSION REINF. Spreadsheet:Input:1. Req'd Anchor Reinf. Strength, N: The required anchor reinforcement strength must be equal or larger than the anchor bolt steel strength, Nsa, if anchor design includes earthquake forces for structures assigned with Seismic Design Category is C,D,E, or F. (ACI Section D3.3)2. Number of Vert. Reinf., Nr: Number of vertical steel reinforcement bars to resist vertical forces.3. Estimated Embedment, hef: User's current embedment design of anchor bolts (w/o tension breakout strength per ACI 318-08 Section D.5.2)4. Anchor Reinforcement Size: Size of steel rebar from 10mm to 43mm.5. Reinforcing Yield Strength, fy: in units of Mpa6. Concrete Comp. Strength, f 'c: in units of Mpa7. Lightweight Concrete: If the concrete is lightweight, then "Yes".8. Epoxy Coated Bars: If bars are epoxy coated, then "Yes".9. Ratio: As(required)/As(provided): Per Section 12.2.5, the development length may be shortened if the ratio is less than one. (N/A for Chapter 21 design)10. Seismic Design per Chapter 21: If anchors are located in structure assigned to Seismic Design Category C, D, E, or F. (Sect. D3.3), then "Yes".11. Center-to-Center Bar Spacing, bs: The minimum center-to-center bar spacing between parallel bars in a layer MUST BE >= 2*db and >= 25mm. For walls and slabs, maximum center-to-center bar spacing MUST BE = 25mm. For walls and slabs, maximum center-to-center bar spacing MUST BE