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Development Length and Lap Length

Development length refers to the length of rebar needed to transfer stresses to the concrete, while lap length refers to the length where two pieces of rebar overlap to transfer stresses between bars. For development length, a certain amount of bar length must be embedded in concrete to create bond strength and develop the required stress. For lap length, two pieces of rebar are overlapped when the bar is not long enough, such as splicing columns, to transfer tension forces from one bar to the other through bonds in the concrete.

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Development Length and Lap Length

Development length refers to the length of rebar needed to transfer stresses to the concrete, while lap length refers to the length where two pieces of rebar overlap to transfer stresses between bars. For development length, a certain amount of bar length must be embedded in concrete to create bond strength and develop the required stress. For lap length, two pieces of rebar are overlapped when the bar is not long enough, such as splicing columns, to transfer tension forces from one bar to the other through bonds in the concrete.

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Development length and Lap length

Reinforcement

Development length and Lap length  addresses the length of the bar needed to transfer the stresses
to the other bar whereas Development length addresses the length of the bar needed to transfer the
stresses to the concrete.

Development length

Usually at the end of the section where you have forces in the bar, you need to make sure that bar
pullout failure doesn’t happen. In order to resist forces in rebar it has to be embedded in concrete.

A development length is the amount of rebar length that is needed to be embedded or projected into
concrete to create a desired bond strength between the two materials and also to develop required
stress in steel at that section.

In the example below we require development length of 10db at the end of the section so that bond
between concrete and steel remain continuous. As there is no space at the end of the section bar is
bent. Notice that 90 degree configuration is used here more configurations can also be used. For
further detail refer to ACI or Indian Standard Development Length section.

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Development Length Example

Below is the example of typical Beam-column connection.


Reinforcement in the beam is extended into the column for some distance

{math}(L_d+10 d_a){/math}.

calculated tension or compression reinforcement at each section of a R-C member is developed on


each side  of that section by hooks or embeded length or mechanical devices.

If the restraining concrete section is comparatively thin can not withheld the position of highly
stressed bars then development is provided. Thus to avoid splitting of bars from concrete.

This extra embedment length provided is called as development length. Basic purpose is to provide
fixed support to the bars.

Hooks are not provided in compression reinforcement. Where there is no space for extra length,
hooks are provided for restraints.

Lap Length

Lap length is provided when you require tension reinforcement but the length of the bar is not
sufficient to continue through the entire member, for example columns. Now, columns are typically
100′ tall. Neither can we have a 100′ long bar, nor is it easy or possible to cage, so we tend to cut
bars to every 2 story. Now, at the location of discontinuity we want the tension forces to transfer from
one piece of bar to another. So for that we tend to provide second bar near to the one that is
discontinued and the amount of overlapping between the two bars is called a lap length.

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When the length of reinforcement bar has to be extended in reinforced concrete structural member
splicing is used to join two reinforcement bars to transfer the force from one bar to the joining bar.

The forces are transferred from one bar to the other through bonds in concrete. Force is first
transferred to the concrete through bond from one bar and then it is transferred to the other bar
forming the splice through bond between it and concrete. Thus concrete at the point of splicing is
subjected to high shear and splitting stresses which may cause cracks in concrete.

In India, the requirement of reinforcement bar splicing is covered in IS456 cl.25.2.5.

The code also specifies that the splicing of flexural members should not be at sections where the
bending moment is more than 50% of the moment of resistance, and not more than 50% of
reinforcement bars should be spliced at any given section. Development length and Lap length

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