| | For decades, the scientific and professional literature emphasizes the
importance of proper design and construction of concrete cover to reinforcement, which
should ensure the safe transmission of bondforces, the protection of the steel against
corrosion and an adequate fire resistance. Nevertheless, in engineering practice in the
region often is insufficient attention paid to this subject. Eurocode 2, in comparison to the
Code on technical standards for concrete and reinforced concrete from the 1987th
(Regulations), sets more stringent criteria for the nominal cover and therefore, their
instant application in our country is recommended. In order to make the adoption of
concrete cover during design easier and faster, in the paper is this procedure shown
through tables and diagrams and numerical examples, with comparison of values obtained
according to Eurocode and current Regulations. The review is given to the relationship
between Structural Class, Exposure Class, type of element, concrete Strength Class and
the concrete cover thickness. |
