Strip footing reinforcement (75)

Strip footing reinforcement (75) creates reinforcement for a concrete strip footing.

Bars created

Longitudinal bars for the top and bottom surfaces and sides of the footing
Stirrups

Use for


Situation	More information
Straight strip footings that have rectangular cross sections
	Main bars entirely inside the footing, no side bars, stirrup laps at stirrup corners.
	Main bars protruding from the footing, two bars on both sides, stirrup laps in the middle of the top surface.

Do not use for

Footings that have:

Irregular cross sections
Skew or cut corners

Before you start

Create the concrete strip footing.
Calculate the required area of reinforcement.

Selection order

Select the concrete strip footing.

Picture tab

Use the Picture tab to define the concrete cover thickness and stirrup offset.

Cover thickness


	Description
1	Cover thickness (strip ends)
2	Stirrup offset
3	Cover thickness (top and bottom)

Main bars tab

Use the Main bars tab to define the properties of top, bottom, left and right bars.

Bond length of main bars

Bond lengths define how far main bars extend into adjacent structures at the ends of strip footings. Use the Bond length 1 boxes for the first end of the footing (with the yellow handle), and the Bond length 2 boxes for the second end of the footing (with the magenta handle).

You can define bond lengths separately for:

Top bars
Bottom bars
Bars on the left side of the footing
Bars on the right side of the footing

Stirrups tab

Use the Stirrups tab to define stirrup properties and spacing type.

Bend type

Select the location of the stirrup laps in the strip footing.


	Option
At mid
At corner
U-shaped
U-shaped Enter the overlap length in the Transverse picture for the first two options.
Double stirrup bars
Straight transverse bar

Stirrup dimensions


	Description
1	Cover thickness (sides)
2	Outer distance between the main bars and outer side bars
3	Overlap length of the double stirrup
4	Overlap length of the double U-bars

Bending direction


	Option
1
2
3
4

End shape of double stirrup bars

If you selected double stirrup bars, you can select the end shapes for bars from the list.


Option	Examples
135-degree Default
90-degree
Overlapped If you select overlapped, you can enter the overlap length.

Attributes tab

Use the Attributes tab to define the numbering properties of bars and stirrups.


Option	Description
Prefix	Prefix for the part position number.
Start number	Start number for the part position number.
Name	Tekla Structures uses the name in drawings and reports.
Class	Use Class to group reinforcement. For example, you can display reinforcement of different classes in different colors.