AS 3600-1994 Concrete structures
Standards Australia
Supersedes: AS 3600-1988 Concrete structures
Amended by: AS 3600-1994 AMDT 1 Concrete structures
The principal objective of the Standard is to provide users with nationally acceptable unified rules for the design and detailing of concrete structures and elements, with or without steel reinforcement or prestressing tendons, based on the principles of structural engineering mechanics. A secondary objective is to provide performance criteria against which the finished structure can be assessed for compliance with the relevant design requirements.
First published in part as AS CA2-1934. AS A26 first published 1934. MP 13 first published 1957. AS CA2-1934 and AS A26-1934 revised, amalgamated and designated AS CA2-1958. Third edition 1963. MP 13-1957 revised and redesignated AS CA35-1963. Second edition 1973. Fourth edition AS CA2-1973. AS CA2-1973 revised and redesignated AS 1480-1974. AS CA35-1973 revised and redesignated AS 1481-1974. AS CA2-1973 and AS CA35-1973 withdrawn 1976. Second edition AS 1481-1978. Second edition AS 1480-1982. AS 1480-1982 and AS 1481-1978 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 3600-1988. AS 1480-1982 and AS 1481-1978 withdrawn 1991. Second edition AS 3600-1994.
This Standard sets out minimum requirements for the design and construction of concrete structures and members which contain reinforcing steel, or tendons, or both. It also sets out minimum requirements for plain concrete members.
NOTE: This Standard will be referenced in the Building Code of Australia by way of BCA
Amendment 7 intended for publication in November 1994, thereby superseding the previous
edition, AS 3600 — 1988, which will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of publication of
this edition.
Users are advised that when BCA Amendment 7 is issued, it will not necessarily be gazetted in
each State/Territory at the time of printing.
Contents:
Section 1 Scope And General
Section 2 Design Requirements And Procedures
Section 3 Loads And Load Combinations For Stability, Strength And Serviceability
Section 4 Design For Durabilit
Section 5 Design For Fire Resistance
Section 6 Design Properties Of Materials
Section 7 Methods Of Structural Analysis
Section 8 Design Of Beams For Strength And Serviceability
Section 9 Design Of Slabs For Strength And Serviceability
Section 10 Design Of Columns For Strength And Serviceability
Section 11 Design Of Walls
Section 12 Design Of Non-Flexural Members, End Zones And Bearing Surfaces
Section 13 Stress Development And Splicing Of Reinforcement And Tendons
Section 14 Joints, Embedded Items, Fixings And Connections
Section 15 Plain Concrete Members
Section 16 Concrete Pavements, Floors And Residential Footings
Section 17 Liquid Retaining Structures Design Requirements 120
Section 18 Marine Structures
Section 19 Material And Construction Requirements
Section 20 Testing And Assessment For Compliance Of Concrete Specified By Compressive Strength
Section 21 Testing Of Members And Structures
Appendix A: Additional Requirements For Structures Subject To Earthquake Actions
Appendix B: Referenced Documents
Concrete Structures.
