WELDED WIRE FABRIC AS FITMENTS FOR BEAMS AND COLUMNS

One of the most time consuming activities is the placing and fixing of individual stirrups in beams and columns. If bent on a site welded wire fabric is used instead of individual bars, considerable time savings, together with improved structural performance, can be achieved. This paper reviews the research undertaken to enable welded wire fabric to be used as fitments. The paper examines code requirements for design and detailing developed from this research, and compares a welded wire fabric solution with a typical reinforcing bar solution. As the amount of design aid material for welded wire fabric is limited several aids are proposed, based on the provisions of the draft concrete structures code. Finally the paper considers three case studies where bent fabric is being used. Two of these studies are on "prestige" projects where, because of high repetition, special engineered fabrics are used. The other case study illustrates that bent sheets of standard fabrics can be used successfully. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at the Concrete Institute of Australia 12th Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 1985.
• Corporate Authors:

  CONCRETE INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA

  PO BOX 848
  SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES  Australia  1585
• Authors:
  • Turner, M D
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Building codes; Columns; Design; Specifications; Welded wire fabrics
• Old TRIS Terms: Fitments
• ITRD Terms: 3472: Beam; 3434: Bridge pier; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 4794: Reinforced concrete; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater); 3460: Stirrup (reinforcement); 3852: Welding; 4520: Wire
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462542
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 28 1987 12:00AM