Bond between Reinforcement and Self-Compacting Steel-Fibre-Reinforced Concrete
Paper in proceeding, 2012

In this study, pull-out tests of specimens with short embedment length and varying fibre content were carried out. The results showed no effect from the fibres on the bond-slip behaviour before peak load when normalized with respect to the compressive strength. After peak, the fibre reinforcement provided extra confinement, changing the failure mode from splitting to pull-out failure. The test results were used to calibrate a frictional bond model in non-linear finite element analyses. The model proved to yield results in good agreement with the experimental results regarding failure modes, load-slip relation and splitting strains on the surfaces of the pull-out specimens. The tests and analyses in combination confirmed that the fibre reinforcement neither disturbed nor improved the bond properties at the interface layer between reinforcement steel and concrete; i.e. the fibres only provided confinement to the surrounding structure.

reinforcement

finite element analyses

pull-out tests

steel fibres

bond

self-compacting concrete

Author

Anette M Jansson

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Ingemar Lövgren

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Karin Lundgren

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Kent Gylltoft

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering

Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Bond in Concrete 2012: Bond, Anchorage, Detailing

Vol. 1 323-329

Areas of Advance

Building Futures (2010-2018)

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Building Technologies

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