ERRATA as of Dec.

15, 2014
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, Commentary Notation, page 25, revised as:

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;

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:

Calculation
option Axial force Vc

Compression 2 f chd (a)

Nu
Simplified 2 1 f chd (b)
Greater 500 Ag
Tension
of:
0 (c)

Nu d
3.3 f chd (d)
4 w

N
Tension or Lesser w 1.25 f c 0.2 u
Detailed 0.6 f wh
compression of: hd
c
Mu w
(e)
Vu 2

Equation shall not apply if (Mu/Vu w/2) is
negative.
(f'corrected to f'c inside the square root next to 1.25 .)

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 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]

Vu d p (a)
0.6 f c 700 bw d
Mu
Least of (a), (b),
and (c): (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:

1.33 f c Acp 25bw f yt
A,min ph
fy f yt fy

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1.33 f c Acp 1.75bw f yt
A,min
fy

f yt
ph
fy

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

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 APPENDIX B, Provision Number 22.5.1.2, third column, p. 513, 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:

2
Acp f pc
Tth < 0.083 f c 1
pcp 0.33 f c

Tth < 0.083

2
Acp f pc
Tth < 0.083 f c 1
pcp 0.33 f c

INDEX, see Beams, page 517, revised as:

-not participating, 18.14.3

UpdatedasofnoononDec.15,2014.

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