DEVELOPMENT AND SPLICES OF REINFORCEMENT ACCORDING ACI318M-08, CHAPTER 12

a- Tension Development Length Calculations According ACI 12.2:

fy 420 N/mm2
fc' 35 N/mm2
ψt 1.3 For Top bars (Min. 300mm concrete Cast below), ACI 12.2.4
1.0 For others, ACI 12.2.4
ψe 1.0 For uncoated and zinc-coated (galvanized) reinforcement,, ACI 12.2.4
λ 1.0 For normalweight concrete
Ld for Bars dia <= 20 mm :

Ld= ACI 12.2.2

= 43.9 d For Top bars (Min. 300mm concrete Cast below), ACI 12.2.4
= 33.8 d For others, ACI 12.2.4
Ld for Bars dia > 20 mm :

Ld= ACI 12.2.2

= 54.3 d For Top bars (Min. 300mm concrete Cast below), ACI 12.2.4
= 41.8 d For others, ACI 12.2.4
b- Compression Development Length Calculations According ACI 12.3:

= 17.0 d ACI 12.3.2

Ldc = max of

= 18.1 d ACI 12.3.2

= 18.1 d and not less than 200 mm, ACI 12.3.1
c- Tension Development of standard hooks length Calculations According ACI 12.5:

Ldh = = 17.0 d ACI 12.5.2

and shall not be less than the larger of 8db and 150 mm, ACI 12.5.1

d- Tension Splice Length Calculations According ACI 12.15:

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e- Comperssion Splice Length Calculations According ACI 12.16:

For fy <= 420 MPa= = 29.8 d ACI 12.16.1

For fy > 420 MPa= = 0.0 d ACI 12.16.1

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MINIMUM DEVELOPMENT AND SPLICE LENGTHS (mm)

TENSION
Top bars (Min. 300mm concrete Cast
Bar Size d Class B below)
(mm) Class A
Ld Hook Ldh Splice = L Splice =
d 1.3Ld Class A Class B Splice=
Ld Splice= Ld 1.3Ld
10 338 170 338 439 439 439 571
12 406 204 406 527 527 527 686
14 473 239 473 615 615 615 800
16 541 273 541 703 703 703 914
18 609 307 609 791 791 791 1028
20 676 341 676 879 879 879 1143
25 1044 426 1044 1357 1357 1357 1764
28 1169 477 1169 1520 1520 1520 1976
32 1336 545 1336 1737 1737 1737 2258
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COMPRESSION

Ldc SPLICE

200 298
217 358
253 417
289 477
325 537
361 596
452 746
506 835
578 954