Criteria: Rebar Minimum Cover - tab

The Rebar Minimum Cover lets you define the top and bottom cover distance to non-prestressed longitudinal reinforcement.

For two-way design criteria, the distance defined is relative to the outer layer of reinforcement.
For one-way and beam design criteria, the distance defined is relative to the reinforcement parallel to the support line.

Note: The Rebar Minimum Cover inputs are unique inputs based on the criteria selected (Two-way, One-way, Beam) in the upper right pane of the Criteria window. The Rebar Minimum Cover criteria is not available in ADAPT-SOG.

Rebar Minimum Cover Options

Option	Description
Two-way Slab Non-Prestressed reinforcement
Top Bar	Allows you to define the clear cover to the outer most bar in the top fiber of concrete. The inner layer CGS is then automatically calculated based on the clear cover and the preferred bar size used for top bars.
Bottom Bar	Allows you to define the clear cover to the outer most bar in the bottom fiber of concrete. The inner layer CGS is then automatically calculated based on the clear cover and the preferred bar size used for bottom bars.
One-way Slab Non-Prestressed reinforcement
Minimum bar cover to the top fiber	Allows you to define the clear cover to the non-prestressed reinforcement in the top fiber of concrete.
Minimum bar cover to the bottom fiber	Allows you to define the clear cover to the non-prestressed reinforcement in the bottom fiber of concrete.