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Why is development length provided in an

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Jinal Doshi, Structural engineering student... (more)

13 upvotes by Aditya Kamath, Vishwajit Kadam, Sagar Dalal, (more)
Let me give you the most simple example to explain the concept the development. Take your
first finger and grab it in the palm of your other hand. Now pull the finger applying as much
force as you can. At a certain limit the finder will slip and the contact between the finder and
the palm will break. But suppose if my finger is too long or the grip between the finger and
the palm is immense such that if you pull your finger then the only way to get your other
hand free is breaking up your finger. That is the base concept of development length.
The bond between steel and concrete is somewhat similar. We cannot have a continuous bar
of steel throughout the structure. THere are always connections, joints and splices. If we do
not provide development length, then at the location of these critical areas the structure will
fail easily. But if we provide sufficient amount of length to give a continuity to the strength of
the structure then the strength will be same everywhere.

As shown in the picture above, I have chosen an arbitrary size of bar and displayed how the
grip between the two surface is gained. Now if you sum up the grip then you can see that the
bond strength increases from a zero value to a certain value X. Now we wish to increase the
value of X equal to the strength of the steel used in that structure. So whenever the structure
is loaded the only possibility of failure is by the rupture of steel and not anything else like
failure of bond. So that is why we provide the development length. The minimum amount of
length required by the bar to develop the full strength of the bond.
This development length depends on various parameters.
1. Grade of steel
2. Grade of concrete
3. Diameter of steel bar
4. Type of steel bar and so on.
I hope I gave you the right insight to the answer.
Written 19 Jun.
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2 upvotes by Vishwajit Kadam and Santosh Kulkarni.
The development length may be defined as the length of the bar required on either side of the
section to develop the required stress in steel at that section.
for any more informationDevelopment Length Hook Splice Of Reinforcements
Written 18 Jun.
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Vikas Goel
1 upvote by Santosh Kulkarni.
Development Length is the shortest length needed for reinforcing bar so that the stresses can
induced in the bar can increase from zero to the yield strength (or to the induced stress) of the
said bar. It is the usually provided the at the the the junction of the two Bars for the transfer
of stress the at that the section .
The development length is a function of the bar size, yield strength, concrete strength and
other factors such as coating of the bar.It is usually 12D where D is the nominal diameter of
the reinforcement. Also, the development length of a bar is dependent to whether the bar is in
tension or compression. Tension development lengths are larges than compression
development lengths.
Written 18 Jun. Asked to answer by Vishwajit Kadam.
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