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# Part VI: Structural Design

> Loads, foundations, and design of masonry, concrete, steel, timber, and ferrocement structures.

Part 6 covers structural design: general requirements, loads, foundations, and the design of masonry, concrete, steel, timber, and ferrocement structures.

## Chapters

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  <Card title="Chapter 1: General Design Requirements" icon="ruler" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-1-general-design-requirements">
    General requirements applicable to all structural design.
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  <Card title="Chapter 2: Loads" icon="weight-hanging" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-2-loads">
    Dead, live, wind, seismic, and other design loads.
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  <Card title="Chapter 3: Foundation" icon="trowel-bricks" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-3-foundation">
    Geotechnical investigation and foundation design.
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  <Card title="Chapter 4: Masonry Structures" icon="border-all" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-4-masonry-structures">
    Design requirements for masonry structures.
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  <Card title="Chapter 5: Concrete Material" icon="cubes" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-5-concrete-material">
    Material requirements for concrete.
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  <Card title="Chapter 6: Ultimate Strength Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures" icon="ruler-combined" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-6-ultimate-strength-design-of-reinforced-concrete-structures">
    Ultimate strength design provisions for reinforced concrete.
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  <Card title="Chapter 7: Working Stress Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures" icon="scale-balanced" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-7-working-stress-design-of-reinforced-concrete-structures">
    Working stress design provisions for reinforced concrete.
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  <Card title="Chapter 8: Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures" icon="draw-polygon" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-8-detailing-of-reinforced-concrete-structures">
    Reinforcement detailing requirements.
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  <Card title="Chapter 9: Prestressed Concrete Structures" icon="link" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-9-prestressed-concrete-structures">
    Design requirements for prestressed concrete structures.
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  <Card title="Chapter 10: Steel Structures" icon="industry" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-10-steel-structures">
    Working stress and load factor design of steel structures.
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  <Card title="Chapter 11: Timber Structures" icon="tree" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-11-timber-structures">
    Design requirements for timber structures.
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  <Card title="Chapter 12: Ferrocement Structures" icon="layer-group" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/chapter-12-ferrocement-structures">
    Materials, design, fabrication, and maintenance of ferrocement structures.
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## Appendices

<Card title="Appendices A-E" icon="file-lines" href="/bnbc2006/part-6-structural-design/appendices">
  SI/FPS unit conversion, soil sampling, column interaction diagrams, reinforcement volume fraction, and ferrocement steel meshes.
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