本指南提供了确定高相对肋面积钢筋的张力发展和接头长度的建议要求，这些钢筋在出版时未在美国进行商业生产。当此类要求适用于项目时，用户可将本指南中的信息纳入法律文件；但是，本指南不是ACI标准，不得在法律文件中引用。为了帮助用户将信息纳入法律文件，文件的相关部分采用强制性语言编写。 还提供了强制性语言部分的注释，以获取更多信息。评注条款以“R”开头，如“R1.1.1”，并以斜体显示。

This guide provides recommended requirements to determine tension development and splice lengths for high relative rib area bar reinforcement, which are not in commercial production in the U.S. at the time of publication. When such requirements are applicable for a project, the user may incorporate the information in this guide into a legal document; however, this guide is not an ACI standard and shall not be adopted by reference into legal documents. To assist the user to incorporate the information into a legal document, the relevant portion of the document is written in mandatory language. A commentary to the mandatory language portion is provided for additional information. Commentary provisions begin with an "R," such as "R1.1.1," and are shown in italics.