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8.17 Surfaces - Design Internal Forces

To control the graphical display of the design internal forces, select Surfaces → Design Internal Forces in the Results navigator. Table 4.17 shows the design internal forces of surfaces in numerical form.

Image 8.46 Results navigator: Surfaces → Design Internal Forces
Image 8.47 Table 4.17 Surfaces - Design Internal Forces

The table shows the design internal forces sorted by surfaces. The results are listed in reference to the grid points of each surface.

Grid Point

The numbers of the grid points are listed by surface. For more information about grid points, see Chapter 8.13.

Grid Point Coordinates

Table columns B to D show the coordinates of grid points in the global coordinate system XYZ.

Moments / Axial Forces

The design moments and axial forces shown in this table are based on the approach described in DIN V ENV 1992-1-1, Appendix 2, A 2.8 and A 2.9. Thus, RFEM provides users without access to the design module RF-CONCRETE Surfaces with a tool required for the manual reinforced concrete design. As the RF-CONCRETE Surfaces add-on module uses the method by Baumann, the design internal forces from RFEM are not applied in this add-on module.

Note

The design moments and axial forces of Table 4.17 must not be combined! As explained in DIN V ENV 1992-1-1, Annex 2.8, the moments exclusively refer to plate reinforcements; the axial forces are based on the design of wall elements described in Annex 2.9.

The design internal forces have the following meanings:

Table 8.10 Design internal forces

mx,D+

Design moment in the direction of the local axis x on the positive side of the surface (i.e. side in direction of positive surface axis z)

mx+mxy 


for mx ≤ my and mx ≥ −│mxy
for mx > my and my ≥ −│mxy

0 for mx ≤ my and mx < −│mxy

mx+mxy2my 


for mx > my and my < −│mxy

my,D+

Design moment in the direction of the local axis y on the positive side of the surface (i.e. side in direction of positive surface axis z)

my+mxy 


for mx ≤ my and mx ≥ −│mxy
for mx > my and my ≥ −│mxy

my+mxy2mx 


for mx ≤ my and mx < −│mxy

0 for mx > my and mx < −│mxy

mc,D+

Design moment for concrete stress design on the positive side of the surface

-2mxy 


for mx ≤ my and mx ≥ −│mxy
for mx > my and my ≥ −│mxy

mx-mxy2mx 


for mx ≤ my and mx < −│mxy

my-mxy2my 


for mx > my and mx < −│mxy

mx,D−

Design moment in the direction of the axis x on the negative side of the surface

-mx+mxy 


for mx ≤ my and my ≤ │mxy
for mx > my and mx ≤ │mxy

-mx+mxy2my 


for mx ≤ my and my > │mxy

0 for mx > my and mx > │mxy

my,D−

Design moment in the direction of the axis y on the negative side of the surface

-my+mxy 


for mx ≤ my and my ≤ │mxy
for mx > my and mx ≤ │mxy

0 for mx ≤ my and my > │mxy

-my+mxy2mx 


for mx > my and mx > │mxy

mc,D−

Design moment for concrete stress design on the negative side of the surface

-2 mxy 


for mx ≤ my and my ≤ │mxy
for mx > my and mx ≤ │mxy

-my-mxy2my 


for mx ≤ my and my > │mxy

-mx-mxy2mx 


for mx > my and mx > │mxy

nx,D

Design force in direction of the local axis x

nx+nxy 


for nx ≤ ny and nx ≥ −│nxy
for nx > ny and ny ≥ −│nxy

0 for nx ≤ ny and nx < −│nxy

nx+nxy2ny 


for nx > ny and ny < −│nxy

ny,D

Design force in direction of the local axis y

ny+nxy 


for nx ≤ ny and nx ≥ −│nxy
for nx > ny and ny ≥ −│nxy

ny+nxy2nx 


for nx ≤ ny and nx < −│nxy

0 for nx > ny and ny < −│nxy

nc,D

Design force for concrete stress design

-2 nxy 


for nx ≤ ny and nx ≥ −│nxy
for nx > ny and ny ≥ −│nxy

-nx-nxy2nx 


for nx ≤ ny and nx < −│nxy

-ny-nxy2ny 


for nx > ny and ny < −│nxy

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