Bending shapes configuration entry

Configuration(s) Half floor: entry + Hollow core element: entry + Solid floor: entry + BubbleDeck: entry + Cobiax floor: entry + Brick floor: entry + Solid brick floor: entry + Suspended brick floor: entry

This description applies to bending shapes in the direction of span and transverse to it.

Bending shape type:

This is where you select a bending type. You can see the bending shapes from the figures in this tab.

Height 1(a) / 2(c):

[cm] Default value for the height a or c. Negative values are in principle not allowed unless the total + slab thickness (see next parameter) results in a positive value. If the bending shape extends downwards, you can do this with a negative angle w.

+ slab thickness:

If this check box is enabled then the slab thickness (or the wall thickness in the wall module) is added to the height. You can have the default setting for the height as e.g., -5.0 cm, ensuring that the bending height is always 5 cm less than the slab thickness.

Length 1(b) / 2(d):

[cm] Default value for the segment length b or d.

+ bar overlap:

If this check box is enabled, then the value entered for the overlap is added to the segment length. If the default setting for the length is 0.0 cm, then the length is the same as the bar overlap.

Angle (w):

[°] Default value for the angle (w). Permissible values: from -90° to +90° (exception: BS6 up to 180°). If this angle is negative, then the bending shape folds downwards.

Hook at end:

Angle (w):

[°] The angle for an end hook. This is always given with reference to the previous segment and the direction is always the same as the last bend. You can enter a negative value if the end hook is to be bent in the opposite direction to that of the last bend.
For acute angles (>90°) the program assumes the use of a bending pin (= 4x bar diameter).

Length (1):

[cm] Length of the end hook.