Optimizing Rebar Consumption and Cutting Waste in Column Reinforcement: Integrated Mechanical Couplers and a Special-Length-Priority Minimization Algorithm
The construction of reinforced concrete (RC) structures inevitably consumes an excessive number of rebars, leading to significant cutting waste and carbon emissions.Extensive research has been conducted to minimize this issue and its consequences; however, these methods consistently consume a substantial number of rebars.This includes a previous st