Tag: rebar
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Proper Rebar Placement in Construction Site
We need to be careful about Rebar placement in construction site. We need to know which direction bar will be at bottom & which direction bar will be on top at the same layer of reinforcement. Placement of rebar depends on tension/bending along the direction. For example, in Spread footing more tension developed in long…
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Why does required column reinforcement in the upper story appear higher than the lower story? And What are the solutions?
First we need to know about Unbalanced Moment. Unbalanced Moment: Gravity loads on columns consist of an axial load and moments about both axes where the column design moments are caused by unbalanced loading. Such moments are created when there is an imbalance in the loads on one side of the column versus the loads on the…