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# RC Plate Results

How to read the RC plate results table reporting controlling moments and required reinforcement for shells.

Click **Concrete Design > Concrete Design Output > RC Plate Results** to display a table of plate design results for the controlling load combination. The *RC Plate Results* table appears.

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Choose whether the table should display results for the selected entities or for all entities.

{% hint style="success" %}
Tip: Specify the force and moment locations to be at the nodes and/or the center of each shell by clicking Settings and Tools > Data Options.
{% endhint %}

The table reports top and bottom moments for the desired shells.

{% hint style="success" %}
Tip: Be sure to have a thorough understanding of the meaning of the "top" and "bottom" of a plate before interpreting the results in this table!
{% endhint %}

**Design H:** The plate thickness.

**fc:** The compressive strength of concrete.

**fy:** Yield strength of rebar.

**Bot Mux:** Controlling design moment on the x edge of the plate (about the local y axis) for sizing bottom rebar parallel to the plate local x axis.

**Bot Muy:** Controlling design moment on the y edge of the plate (about the local x axis) for sizing bottom rebar parallel to the plate local y axis.

**Top Mux:** Controlling design moment on the x edge of the plate (about the local y axis) for sizing top rebar parallel to the plate local x axis.

**Top Muy:** Controlling design moment on the y edge of the plate (about the local x axis) for sizing top rebar parallel to the plate local y axis.

**Bot Asx:** Area of steel required to resist Bot Mux.

**Bot Asy:** Area of steel required to resist Bot Muy.

**Top Asx:** Area of steel required to resist Top Mux.

**Top Asy:** Area of steel required to resist Top Muy.


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