AS 3600:2018

(Incorporating Amendment Nos 1 and 2)

About standard

Concrete structures

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This Australian Standard® was prepared by Committee BD-002, Concrete Structures. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 22 June 2018.

Published: This Standard was published on 29 June 2018.

History:

First published in part as AS CA2—1934.
AS A26 first published 1934.
AS CA2 redated 1937.
MP 13 first published 1957.
AS CA2—1937 and AS A26—1934 revised, amalgamated and redesignated 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.
Second edition AS 1481—1978.
Second edition AS 1480—1982.
AS 1480—1982 and AS 1481—1978 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 3600—1988.
Fourth edition 2009.
Fifth edition 2018.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (November 2018).
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 2 (May 2021)

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Committee:

The following are represented on Committee BD-002:

Australian Building Codes Board
Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia—Cement
Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia—Concrete
Concrete Institute of Australia
Consult Australia
Engineers Australia
La Trobe University
Master Builders Australia
National Precast Concrete Association Australia
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
University of Sydney

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by Standards Australia Committee BD-002, Concrete Structures, to supersede AS 3600—2009.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (November 2018) and Amendment No. 2 (May 2021). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.
The principal objective of this Standard is to provide users with nationally acceptable unified rules for the design and detailing of concrete structures and members, with or without steel reinforcement or prestressing tendons, based on the principles of structural engineering mechanics. The secondary objective is to provide performance criteria against which the finished structure can be assessed for conformance with the relevant design requirements.
The following list indicates the major differences between this edition and the 2009 edition of AS 3600:

(a) Addition of the following new sections:

(i) Section 14 Design for Earthquakes Actions (formerly Appendix C).
(ii) Section 15 Diaphragms.
(iii) Section 16 Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete.
(iv) Section 18 Design for Fatigue.
(v) Appendix C Residual Tensile Strength Test for SFRC.

(b) Revision of the following requirements:

(i) Phi factors.
(ii) Maximum steel strength.
(iii) Shear in deep slabs.
(iv) Fire design, including—

(A) axis distances for fire design;
(B) continuous top reinforcement; and
(C) minimum slab thickness.

(v) Modification of models and calculations of—

(A) shrinkage;
(B) creep;
(C) deflections; and
(D) development lengths for higher strength steels.

(vi) Steel shrinkage in areas modelled by strut and tie.
(vii) Punching shear.
(viii) Ductility for pre-cast concrete connections.
(ix) Heating and re-bending bars.
(x) Crack control.

Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to figures and tables are deemed to be requirements of this Standard.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ are used in Standards to define the application of the appendices to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.