Analytical Approach to Modeling the Effect of Transverse Reinforcements on the Bond Strength of Deformed Bars
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 145, Issue 6
Abstract
The bond strength of deformed bars has been widely concerned owing to its importance in calculating development and/or splice lengths. Many database-independent analytical models were proposed to evaluate bond strength of deformed bars for their wider application. In these models, however, the effects of transverse reinforcements which greatly affect bond strength were not fully considered. Therefore, an analytical approach is presented in this study to model such effects on the bond strength between deformed bars and concrete. The proposed model is established by considering rebar-concrete surface characteristics and confinement around the rebar. The bond strength and bond failure mode of deformed bars can be predicted using the proposed model when geometrical and material properties of concrete cover, bar diameter, and layout of transverse reinforcements are known. Furthermore, the proposed model is verified by the tested data with respect to various levels of confinement. The results show that the proposed model is more appropriate for predicting bond strengths of specimens confined with transverse reinforcements by making a comprehensive comparison with the selected empirical models.
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Acknowledgments
The financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China with Grant No. 2016YFC0701106, the National Natural Science Foundation with Grant No. 51508069, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No. DUT17RC(4)17 is greatly acknowledged.
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Volume 145 • Issue 6 • June 2019
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Received: Aug 10, 2017
Accepted: Sep 27, 2018
Published online: Apr 12, 2019
Published in print: Jun 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Sep 12, 2019
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