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As 3600
Concrete structures
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.
This Standard was published on 29 June 2018.
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Australian Standard®
Concrete structures
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AS 3600:2018 2
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). 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:
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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.
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AS 3600:2018 4
CONTENTS
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SECTION 15 DIAPHRAGMS
15.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................... 207
15.2 DESIGN ACTIONS ................................................................................................. 207
15.3 CAST IN-PLACE TOPPINGS................................................................................. 208
15.4 DIAPHRAGM REINFORCEMENT ........................................................................ 208
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APPENDICES
A REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ............................................................................... 252
B TESTING OF MEMBERS AND STRUCTURES.................................................... 254
D RESIDUAL TENSILE STRENGTH TEST FOR SFRC .......................................... 260