Download or read book Effect of Deformation Porperties on Bond-slip Characteristics of Reinforcing Bars written by Ghassan Khaled Jumah and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of reinforced concrete is based on stress transfer between steel and concrete. In order for the steel to develop its full yield force in tension, there should be some bond between that steel and the surrounding concrete. With the deformed bars, used in reinforced concrete construction since many decades, the problem of bond was the topic for many research programs dedicated for the investigation of the factors influencing that bond, Some of these factors are : bar size, cover thickness, spacing between embedded bars, and deformation properties of the bar itself. The objective of our research work was to investigate the effect of rib geometry or rib deformation properties on the bond-slip characteristics of deformed reinforcing bars. For that purpose, plain round Grade 60 bars 20.6 mm (0.811 in.) in diameter were machined to simulate #6 bars. Fifty six of these test bars were tested in eccentric pullout tests. The specimen was a concrete block with a 10-in. length and a 12in.xl2in. cross section. The bar was embedded along the 10-in. length and was loaded in tension until failure of the specimen in a V-notch splitting mode, where the test was halted. Such a short embedment length (10 in.^ for the test bar was chosen in order to avoid yielding of the bar and to minimize the difference in tensile stresses between the loaded-end and the free-end of the bar. The load and the free-end slip of the bar was monitored during the test. Seven series of pullout specimens were prepared and tested, and replicates were included to check the reliability of the test setup and the obtained results. In series ONE and FOUR, the main variable was the rib face angle where five rib face angles were investigated, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 degrees. The concrete compressive strength in series ONE was 3000 psi while in series SIX, it was 6000 psi. The main variable in series TWO and FIVE was the rib spacing. Five values of rib spacings were investigated, 0.3 in. (0.37 db), 0.35 in. (0.43 dO, 0.4 in. (0.49 db), 0.45 in. (0.55 db), and 0.5 in. (0.62 db). The rib height was investigated in series THREE and SIX with two different concrete compressive strengths, 3000 and 6000 psi respectively. Four values of rib heights were investigated; 0.04 in. (0.05 db), 0.06 in. (0.074 db), 0.08 in. (0.1 db), and 0.1 in. (0.124 db). Based on the test results of the first six series, the values for the variables in the seventh series were decided upon. In this last series, the rib spacing was kept constant and equal to 0.4 in. (0.49 db), and four combinations of rib face angles and rib heights were tested. The first two combinations had a rib face of 45 degrees and two different rib heights, 0.06 in. (0.074 db) and 0.08 in. (0.1 db), while the other two had a rib face angle 60 degrees with two different rib heights, 0.06 in. (0.074db) and 0.08 in. (0.1 db).