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    The document discusses lap splices and curtailment lengths for reinforcing bars. It provides general rules for lap splices including minimum lap lengths and considerations for tension and compression laps. The document also covers curtailment of reinforcing bars in beams and slabs.

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    The document discusses lap splices and curtailment lengths for reinforcing bars. It provides general rules for lap splices including minimum lap lengths and considerations for tension and compression laps. The document also covers curtailment of reinforcing bars in beams and slabs.

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    The document discusses lap splices and curtailment lengths for reinforcing bars. It provides general rules for lap splices including minimum lap lengths and considerations for tension and compression laps. The document also covers curtailment of reinforcing bars in beams and slabs.

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    LAP SPLICES AND

    CURTAILMENT LENGTHS
    Prepared by
    Chandrasekar M. K.

    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,


    Faculty of Engineering
    Laps splices

    • Laps are provided when the bars need to be extended

    • Market availability – 12m lengths of bars

    • Length restriction is due to transportation problem and


    manufacturing difficulties

    • Lap length is the length provided to overlap two rebars to safely transfer the
    forces from one rebar to the other
    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,
    Faculty of Engineering
    • Such extension can be effected either by
    lapping and binding by tying wires, or
    lapping and welding or
    by butt welding
    By mechanical couplers

    What will happen if lap length is not provided?


    • Load transfer mechanism will fail.
    • If insufficiently provided cracks can happen when rebars slip each other.

    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,


    Faculty of Engineering
    • General rules for lapping:

    1. Lap should preferably be staggered and be away from sections with high
    stresses;

    2. The minimum lap length should not be less than 15 times bar diameter or
    300mm for bars and 250mm for fabrics;

    3. Lap lengths for unequal size bars may be based on the smaller bar
    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,
    Faculty of Engineering
    The rules for tension laps are as follows:
    1. Lap length should not be less than tension anchorage length;
    2. If the lap is not at the top of the section and the cover is less than two
    bar diameters, the lap length is to be increased by 1.4;
    3. If the lap is at the corner of a section and the cover is less than two bar
    diameters, the lap length is to be increased by 1.4;
    4. If conditions 2 and 3 both apply, the lap length is to be doubled;

    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,


    Faculty of Engineering
    Compression laps
    For compression laps, the lap length should be at least 1.25 times the
    compression anchorage length.
    Basic Lap lengths in tension and compression (Lap length = KL* bar size)

    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,


    Faculty of Engineering
    Curtailment of bars
    • In design calculations for simply supported beams
    subjected to uniformly distributed loads, it can be noticed
    that the design moment and area of bending reinforcement
    is concentrated at the mid span of the beam
    • Hence the maximum bending moment takes place at
    midspan and decreases to zero on both supports,
    • Hence the area of bending reinforcement has to reduce
    with reduction of bending moment by “Curtailing” bars.

    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,


    Faculty of Engineering
    • For simply supported beams under uniformly distributed loads, at a
    distance of x = 0.146l from both supports, 50% of the main steel can be
    curtailed.
    • However, to develop adequate design stress in the reinforcement, these
    bars must be “Anchored” into the concrete at supports
    • At supports, these bars have to be extended beyond the point they are no
    longer required by a distance equal to the greater of:
    i) The effective depth of the member and
    ii) 12 times the bar size.
    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,
    Faculty of Engineering
    Simplified curtailment rules
    for slabs based on BS 8110

    Simply supported slabs

    Continuous slabs
    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,
    Faculty of Engineering
    Simplified curtailment rules
    for beams based on BS 8110

    Simply supported beam

    Continuous beam
    Department of Civil & Env. Eng.,
    Faculty of Engineering

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