Please tell me the difference between nominal and clear
cover. Thanks.

Answer Posted / pvsnrao

Let us take, b = bredth of the beam
D = Overall depth of the beam.




Effective depth = overall depth-effective cover
effective cover = the distance from botttom of fibre of the
beam to the centre of reinforcement.
Clear cover = the distance from the bottom of fibre to
bottom level of the reinforcement

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