Beams were designed to include two reinforcing bars in tension, spliced at the center of the span. The splice length was selected so that the bars would fail in bond, splitting the concrete cover in the splice region, before reaching the yield point. The
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Thesis (M.E.)--American University of Beirut. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1993.;"Advisor: Bilal Hamad, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Members of Committee: Muhammad Harajli, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Isam Kay
