ERRATA as of June 4, 2015

ACI 318-14
318-14Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary
1st printing
Reported by ACI Committee 318
KEYWORDS, page 3, term revised as:
contract construction documents
NOTES FROM THE PUBLISHER, page 3, first paragraph, fifth sentence revised as:
Reference to this commentary shall not be made in contract construction documents.
Chapter 2, Definitions, revised as:
concrete, plainstructural concrete with no reinforcement or with reinforcement less than the minimum
amount of reinforcement specified for reinforced concrete.
concrete, reinforcedstructural concrete reinforced with at least the minimum amounts of
nonprestressed reinforcement, or prestressed reinforcement, or both, as specified in required by this Code.

concrete, prestressedreinforced concrete in which internal stresses have been introduced by

prestressed reinforcement to reduce potential tensile stresses in concrete resulting from service
loads., and for two-way slabs, with at least the minimum amount of prestressed reinforcement.
concrete, precaststructural concrete element cast elsewhere than its final position in the structure.

Chapter 2, Commentary Definitions, revised as:

concrete, plainThe presence of reinforcement, (nonprestressed or prestressed,) does not exclude the
member from being classified as plain concrete, provided all requirements of Chapter 14 are satisfied.
concrete, prestressedThe term prestressed concrete includes members with unbonded tendons or
bonded prestressing reinforcement. Classes of prestressed flexural members are defined in 24.5.2.1.
Prestressed two-way slabs require a minimum level of compressive stress in the concrete due to effective
prestress in accordance with 8.6.2.1. Although the behavior of a prestressed members with unbonded
tendons may vary from that of members with continuously bonded prestressed reinforcement, bonded and
unbonded prestressed concrete are combined with conventionally reinforced nonprestressed concrete under
the generic term reinforced concrete. Provisions common to both prestressed and conventionally
reinforced nonprestressed concrete are integrated to avoid overlapping and conflicting provisions.
Chapter 2, Commentary Definitions,Added:
concrete, nonprestressed Nonprestressed concrete usually contains no prestressed reinforcement.
Prestressed two-way slabs require a minimum level of compressive stress in the concrete due to effective
prestress in accordance with 8.6.2.1. Two-way slabs with less than this minimum level of precompression
are required to be designed as nonprestressed concrete.
Chapter 2, Commentary Notation, page 25, revised as:
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Tburst =
tensile force in general zone acting ahead of the anchorage device caused by spreading of
the anchorage force, in.lb

Fig. R7.6.4.2, page 88, revised as (added the word average before and stress after the word
compression in annotation):

R8.1, page 93, first paragraph, reference revised as:

The design methods given in this chapter PTI DC10.5DC20.8;

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R8.4.1.2, page 97, references revised as:

The equivalent frame method of analysis has been shown PTI DC10.5DC20.8;
PTI DC10.5DC20.8 provides guidance for prestressed concrete slab systems.

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Fig. R11.5.3.1, page 166, revised as:

(References to Section 14.4 changed to Section 11.5.2 and reference to Eq. (14-1) changed to Eq.
(11.5.3.1)).

Table 11.5.4.6, Equation (e), page 168, revised as:

Vc

Compression

2 f chd

Tension

Greater
of:

Simplified

Nu
2 1
f chd
500 Ag

(b)

(c)

3.3 f chd

Detailed

Tension or
compression

Lesser
of:

(a)

Nu d
4 w

(d)

N
w 1.25 f c 0.2 u

wh
0.6 f
hd
c

Mu w

Vu
2

Equation shall not apply if (Mu/Vu w/2) is

negative.

(e)

(f'corrected to f'c inside the square root next to 1.25 .)

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Calculation
option
Axial force

17.3.3, p. 233, revise as:

(c) Anchor governed by concrete breakout, side-face
blowout, bond, pullout, or pryout strength
Condition A
Condition B
(i) Shear loads.......................... 0.75..........................0.70
(ii) Tension loads

Fig. R21.2.2b, page 343, revised so that the value of the Compression controlled segment of
the line labeled Other is 0.65.

TABLE 22.5.8.2, Eq. (a), page 355, revised as:

Vc
[1]

Least of (a), (b),

and (c):
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Vu d p

0.6 f c 700
bw d
Mu

(a)

(0.6 f c 700)bw d

(b)

5 f cbw d

(c)

(Subscript p added to d inside parenthesis.)

COMMENTARY REFERENCES, page 495, Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), reference added:

DC20.8-04: Design of Post-Tensioned Slabs Using Unbonded Tendons

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 9.6.4.3 (a) and (b), second column, second equation, p. 510,
revised as:

A,min

1.33 f c Acp
fy

25bw

f yt

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A,min

1.33 f c Acp
fy

1.75bw
f yt

ph
f yt
fy

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 12.5.3.4, p. 511

Add to first column:
Vu 0.66 Acv

f c'

Add to second column:

Vu 2.1Acv

f c'

Add to third column:

Vu 8 Acv

f c'

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 14.5.2.1a, p. 511, add parenthesis to letter a:

14.5.2.1(a)

APPENDIX B,Provision Number 18.10.44, p. 512, revised as:

8Acvv f c 8Acv f c

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 22.5.1.2, p. 513,

first column revised as:

Vu (Vc 0.66 f cbw d )

Vu (Vc 0.66 f cbw d )

Second column revised as:

Vu (Vc 2.2 f cbw d )

Vu (Vc 2.2 f cbw d )
third column, revised as:
Vu (Vc 8 f cbw d )

Vu (Vc 8 f cbw d )

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 22.7.4.1(a)(b), first column, p. 515, delete repeated part of
equation in next line:
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2
Acp
f pc
1
pcp
0.33
f c

Tth < 0.083 f c

Tth < 0.083

2
Acp
f pc
1
pcp
0.33 f c

Tth < 0.083 f c

APPENDIX B, Provision Number 22.7.4.1(a)(c), first column, p. 515, add missing part to the
equation:

2
Acp
Nu
1
pcp
A
f c
0.33
g

f c

2
Acp
Nu
1
pcp
0.33 Ag f c

Tth < 0.083 f c

INDEX, see Beams, page 517, revised as:

-not participating, 18.14.3

Updated as of June 4, 2015 @ 1 p.m.

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