Max reinforcement
Max reinforcement
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Does the allowable maximum area of reinforcement apply to splice location of beams and columns? For example, if the code says max rebar area is 4%, and I use 3.9% as my design reinforcement and i would splice 1/2 of the total rebars on a certain location, that would result to a total rebar area of 5.85% at the splice location. Is this allowable?






RE: Max reinforcement
One other thing you may want to consider is the use of mechanical splices (couplers), which will alleviate congestion. In addition, if you use ACI Type II couplers, then the splice can occur "anywhere", including locations of flexural yielding
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And it's fairly foolproof. They can't have their cake and eat it too, it's either cheap, or slender, rarely can it be both.