vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
(OP)
Condition: wall vertical/horizontal rebar is interrupted due to a round penetration.
Does ACI-318 have an absolute requirement for the placement of 1/2 the interrupted vertical/horizontal rebar on either side of a wall penetration?
This condition does not appear to be covered with a detail or a general note in the provided drawings. Can I assume the EOR has taken this penetration into account and designed the wall so that it does need additional rebar around the opening?
Thanks,
The Inspector
Does ACI-318 have an absolute requirement for the placement of 1/2 the interrupted vertical/horizontal rebar on either side of a wall penetration?
This condition does not appear to be covered with a detail or a general note in the provided drawings. Can I assume the EOR has taken this penetration into account and designed the wall so that it does need additional rebar around the opening?
Thanks,
The Inspector






RE: vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
How large is the opening and where is it in the height of the wall?
Mike McCann
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RE: vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
RE: vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
So it's more efficient for a typical detail to be added and the bars put in every time than to engineer them away.
Is this some kind of financial issue? The bars shouldn't be that big of a deal.
RE: vertical/horizontal rebar interupted
Absent specific analysis and design, ACI 318 doesn't prescribe this. Convention and economy usually indicate that rebar, equivalent to the interrupted bars, be placed on the sides of openings. There would be limits for this, since excessively large holes would impair the function of some walls.
ACI 318 13.4 does specify that for slabs, interrupted bars can be placed on the sides of the opening, but the distribution isn't specified. I have not seen similar wording for walls.