A New Perspective on the Tensile Strength of Lap Splices in Reinforced Concrete Members

10.4231/R7GB2275

Brian Richter , Santiago Pujol

09/18/2017

Three series of tests were conducted on specimens with lap lengths varying from 20 to 85 bar diameters. The results indicate that increasing the length of a lap splice beyond 45 bar diameters was an inefficient way to increase the strength of...

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