Worked Examples
Interactive Development-Length Tool
Use the simulation below to reproduce the straight-tension examples. It implements the general metric equation and shows the factor and confinement calculations explicitly.
- Required length
- 722 mm
- Available length
- 900 mm
- Length check
- PASS
- Length utilization
- 80%
- Confinement ratio used
- 2.50
Moment capacity and bar-cutoff interpretation
- Full reinforcement φMn
- 328.2 kN·m (φ=0.90)
- Continuing reinforcement φMn
- 174.8 kN·m (φ=0.90)
- Reference maximum Mu
- 225.0 kN·m
- Full-section capacity check
- PASS
- Theoretical cutoff from support
- 1.58 m
- Minimum continuation screen
- 500 mm
- Cutoff extension check
- PASS
- Development check
- PASS
Reference beam for this interpretation panel: b=300 mm, d=500 mm, L=6.0 m, wu=50 kN/m. The blue curve uses the exact simply-supported uniform-load moment equation. Capacity is calculated from strain compatibility with the ACI tension/transition-controlled strength-reduction factor; the capacity intersection does not waive development, support anchorage, continuing-bar, or shear-at-cutoff provisions.
Example 1: General Tension Development with the Confinement Cap
Problem: A uncoated bottom bar has and is embedded in normal-weight concrete with . Clear cover is , clear spacing to the adjacent developed bar is , and . Determine the required straight tension development length.
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 4 Steps CompletedExample 2: Explicit K_tr and an Epoxy-Coated Bar
Problem: Four epoxy-coated bottom bars are developed in normal-weight concrete with and . For the bar being checked, . Two transverse-reinforcement legs cross the potential splitting plane within each spacing. There are developed bars along that splitting plane. The coating condition requires . Determine and .
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 4 Steps CompletedExample 3: Top-Bar and Epoxy Product Cap
Problem: A top bar has more than of fresh concrete cast below it. It is epoxy coated under a condition that gives . Use , , normal-weight concrete, and a confinement ratio capped at . Determine .
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 4: Simplified NSCP Table Check for a 25 mm Bar
Problem: A bottom, uncoated bar in normal-weight concrete has and . Its clear spacing and cover satisfy the favorable simplified-table conditions. Determine the simplified development length.
Step-by-Step Solution
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Problem: Determine the compression development length of a deformed bar with in normal-weight concrete with . No qualifying confinement reduction is taken.
Step-by-Step Solution
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Problem: A uncoated bar in normal-weight concrete has and . It terminates in a standard hook. The applicable cover conditions permit , but no hook-confinement reduction is taken, so . Determine .
Step-by-Step Solution
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Problem: A footing dowel carries compression. From Example 5, , but the detail provides only of straight embedment before the bar bends into a hook. Is the dowel adequately developed in compression?
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 8: Class B Tension Lap Splice
Problem: A permitted tension lap splice has a development length . The provided reinforcement is less than twice that required by analysis and all bars are spliced at the same location. Determine the required splice length.
Step-by-Step Solution
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Problem: Two bars with are lap-spliced in compression. Use the basic NSCP expression for bars not requiring a higher-strength-steel provision and assume no special low-strength-concrete or confinement modifier. Determine .
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 10: Bundled-Bar Development Increase
Problem: A straight bar has an individual required development length of before the bundled-bar modifier. Determine the required length when that bar is part of (a) a three-bar bundle and (b) a four-bar bundle.
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 11: Available Footing-Bar Anchorage from the Critical Section
Problem: A square footing supports a square column. Bottom bars have edge cover and a calculated tension development length of . Check straight anchorage from the column face to the bar end.
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 4 Steps CompletedExample 12: Headed-Bar Eligibility and Development
Problem: A normal-weight concrete member uses a headed Grade 420 bar with , no epoxy coating, clear cover, clear spacing, and net head bearing area at least . Check the ACI 318M-14 teaching eligibility represented by this topic and calculate .
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 13: Flexural Bar Cutoff, Continuation, and Development
Problem: A beam calculation shows that a selected pair of bars is no longer required for flexure at a theoretical point from the support. Let , , the required straight development from the governing critical section be , the available development be , and the bars physically terminate beyond the theoretical cutoff. Screen the cutoff detail.
Step-by-Step Solution
0 of 3 Steps CompletedExample 14: Mechanical or Welded Splice Selection
Problem: A large bar cannot be lap-spliced under the applicable provision and the construction joint leaves insufficient length for an ordinary lap. Should the designer invent an equivalent lap multiplier for a coupler or field weld?
Step-by-Step Solution
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Straight tension development, hooked tension development, straight compression development, and lap-splice length are different checks. A numerical length from one provision is not interchangeable with another merely because the same bar diameter is involved.