SteynvW
Civil/Environmental
- Feb 1, 2016
- 108
Hi All
Regarding the reinforcing detailing of a concrete moment connection.
Situation A is under gravity loads with the top of beam and the outside of the column in tension.
Now with lateral loading the situation reverses on one side of the building, does one lap the beam reinforcement as with B
or does one lap it to the tension face of the column for load reversal with additional bars continuing up to the edge of the column?
I have worked through the ACI352-R02 document, and there they take it to outermost edge of the columns as in B.
Just a side note as it will look funny, our jurisdiction requires the lap length to start after the hook, not as prescribed in the document referenced above.
Regarding the reinforcing detailing of a concrete moment connection.
Situation A is under gravity loads with the top of beam and the outside of the column in tension.
Now with lateral loading the situation reverses on one side of the building, does one lap the beam reinforcement as with B
or does one lap it to the tension face of the column for load reversal with additional bars continuing up to the edge of the column?
I have worked through the ACI352-R02 document, and there they take it to outermost edge of the columns as in B.
Just a side note as it will look funny, our jurisdiction requires the lap length to start after the hook, not as prescribed in the document referenced above.
