What is the necessity of curtailment of tension reinforcement?

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What % is the Maximum area of tension reinforcement in Beam?
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Muhammad Shakeel
14-January-2015

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Date Posted: 2015/07/21

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by Rathish Turupula , Structural/supervisor , N S H Corporation

Curtailment is a theoretical point where some of the reinforcement is cut-off along the span of the beam where the bending moment reduces, given that the remaining reinforcement will be able to support the reduced bending moment.

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