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MATERIAL psi MPa ACI 318-05
f'c 5000 34.5 DEV'T & SPLICE LENGTH
NOTES:
1. DEVELOPMENT LENGTH OF INDIVIDUAL BARS WITHIN A BUNDLE, IN TENSION OR COMPRESSION, SHALL BE THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL BARS,
INCREASED 20% FOR THREE-BUNDLED AND 33% FOR FOUR-BUNDLED BARS.
2. FOR COLUMNS AT ANY LEVEL, NO MORE THAN ALTERNATE BARS SHOULD BE SPLICED, NOTMORE THAN 33% OF THE BARS SHALL BE SPLICED WITHIN
THE REQUIRED LAP LENGTH, MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT SPLICED SHALL BE 600mm.
3. TOP BARS ARE HORIZONTAL BARS WITH MORE THAN 300mm DEPTH OF CONCRETE CAST BELOW REINFORCEMENT.
4. LAP SPLICE SHALL BE "CLASS B" TENSION LAP SPLICE IF MORE THAN ONE HALF OF THE BARS WERE SPLICED AT ANY SECTION, WHILE "CLASS A"
TENSION LAP SPLICE IF HALF OR FEWER THAN HALF OF BARS WERE SPLICED.