REBARS

CE151P BUILDING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SCEGE

MAPUA UNIVERSITY
Reinforcing Bars
• Rebars are hot rolled from steels of the following different
yield strengths:
• 40,000 psi—referred to as grade 40 steel
• 60,000 psi—referred to as grade 60 steel
• The cost of both steel grades is approximately the same.
Grade 60 steel is 1 times stronger than grade 40. Therefore,
it is by far the most frequently used steel grade.
• Grade 40, which is more ductile, that is, more easily
bendable, is used where rebars need to be field bent. Grade
50 is also available but is rarely used.
Reinforcing Bars
• Steel is the best material for reinforcing concrete because
the properties of expansion for both steel and concrete are
considered to be approximately the same; that is, under
normal conditions, they will expand and contract at an
almost equal rate.
• Plain Bar
• Deformed Bar
Plain Bars
• Plain bars are round in cross section. They are used in
concrete for special purposes, such as dowels at expansion
joints, where bars must slide in a metal or paper sleeve, for
contraction joints in roads and runways, and for column
spirals.
Deformed Bars
• Deformed bars differ from the plain bars in that they have
either indentations in them or ridges on them, or both, in a
regular pattern.
Rebars
• Steel reinforcing bars or rebar is used in concrete
construction to provide tensile strength, complementing
concrete's excellent compressive properties.
• Rebar also helps maintain structural integrity as concrete
cracks from expansion and contraction cycles. The tensile
strength of rebar steel and the tensile rebar-concrete bond
strength are extremely important properties of rebar.
Bar Diameter
Standard Measure of Rebars
Bar Identification
Beam/ Girder Section
Beam/ Column Joint Section
Column Section
Foundation/ Column Section
RC Wall Section
Test for Rebars
• Tensile
• Bend
• Compression
• Fatigue
Tensile Test
Bend Test
Connecting Rebars
• Lap Splice
• Mechanical Splice
• Welded
Lap Splice
• A lap is when two pieces of rebar are overlapped to create a
continuous line of rebar. The length of the lap varies depend
on concrete strength, the rebar grade, size, and spacing.
Mechanical Splicing
• Splices are assembled with lock nuts and threaded
couplers, then the nuts are tightened to a specified torque.
Alternatively, the lock nuts can be omitted when the bars
can be torqued together. Special hardware permits use for
end anchorages in concrete or connection to structural steel
members. Bars may be flame or saw-cut.
Mechanical Splicing
• There are three basic categories of mechanical splices:
• "tension-compression," which can resist both tensile and
compressive forces,
• "compression only," also known as the "end-bearing"
mechanical splice, and
• "tension only"
Mechanical Splice
Welded
END OF LECTURE
• Thank you!

Credits to Dr. Jhan Paul D. Acevedo

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