Notation Flashcards
shear span, distance between concentrated load and face of supports
a
Area that part of a cross section | center of gravity
A
Area of concrete section resisting shear transfer
Ac
Cross sectional area of member measured to the outside edges
Ach
Cross sectional area at one end of a strut
Acs
Area ot that part cross section | centroid
Act
Gross area of concrete section
Ag
Total area of longitudinal reinforcement to resist torsion
Al
Minimum area of longitudinal reinforcement to resist torsion
Almin
Total area occupied by the duct, sheating
Apd
Area of prestressed reinforcement in tension zone
Aps
Total area of prestressing reinforcement
Apt
Area of non-prestressed longitudinal tension reinforcement
As
Area of compression reinforcement
A’s
Total cross sectional area of transverse reinforcement including crossties
Ash
Minimum area of flexural reinforcement
Asmin
Total area of non-prestressed longitudinal reinforcement bars or steel bars
Ast
Area of steel shape, pipe, tubing
Asx
Total area of longitudinal reinforcement to resist torsion
At
Total cross sectional area of all transverse reinforcement within spacing s
Atr
Area of non-prestressed reinforcement within spacing s
Av
Width of compression face
b
Cross sectional dimension of member core
bc
Effective flange width
bf
Web width or diameter of circular section
bw
Distance from extreme compression fiber to neutral axis
c
Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of longitudinal tension reinforcement
d
Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of longitudinal compression reinforcement
d’
Nominal diameter of wire,bar or prestressing strand
db
Distance from extreme compression fiber to centroid of prestressed reinforcement
dp
Diameter of pile
dpile
Distance from extreme tension fiber to centroid of tension reinforcement
ds
Dead loads or related internal moments and forces
Effect of service dead load
D
Effect of horizontal and vertical earthquake
E
Modulus of elasticity of concrete
-beam
-slab
-prestressing
Ec
Ecb
Ecs
Ep
Modulus of elasticity of reinforcement and structural steel
Es
Specified compressive strength of comcrete
f’c
Compressive strength of concrete at time of initial prestress
fci’