ACI CODE-440.11-22 PDF

ACI CODE-440.11-22 PDF

This Code was developed by an ANSI-approved consensus process and addresses structural systems, members, and connections, including cast-in-place, precast, nonprestressed, and composite construction. The “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars” (“Code”) provides minimum requirements for the materials, design, and detailing of structural concrete buildings and, where applicable, nonbuilding structures reinforced with GFRP bars that conform to the requirements of ASTM D7957-22. Among the subjects covered are: design and construction for strength, serviceability, and durability; load combinations, load factors, and strength reduction factors; structural analysis methods; deflection limits; development and splicing of reinforcement; construction document information; field inspection and testing; and methods to evaluate the strength of existing structures.

This Code can be used for the design of GFRPreinforced concrete members that are part of a structure that also includes members that are not reinforced with GFRP. Steel reinforcement may be present in GFRP-reinforced concrete members designed using this Code, but the steel

reinforcement should not be considered as part of the reinforcement for that member for the purposes of strength or serviceability calculations.

This Code is a dependent code on ACI 318-19. This chapter includes a number of provisions that explain where this Code applies and how it is to be interpreted.