Covers and Aggregate

Up to 2020 version

From 2021 version

Covers to bars and links: MasterKey Concrete allows you to assign different covers to the different structural elements in a frame. Namely Beams, Columns and Pad Foundations.

Beams and Pads can have different covers to each face. 

In Beams you can have different Top and Bottom covers in the X-X and Z-Z planes. This can be used to prevent bar clashing in 3_D frames. 

The Additional cover at supports option allows you to keep your main steel at full depth increase the cover in one direction.  

Spacer:  Minimum diameter of spacers when using multiple layers of steel. The program will calculate the diameter required and use the larger of your input and the required diameter. If Zero is input then no spacer is used and the bars are assumed to be touching/bundled.

Spacer cc:  Longitudinal spacing of spacer bars.