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Local Bond Strength of Vitreous Enamel Coated Rebar to Concrete
Construction and Building Materials
  • Chenglin Wu, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Genda Chen, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jeffery S. Volz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Richard K. Brow, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Michael L. Koenigstein
Abstract

In this paper, the bond strength between vitreous enamel coated rebar and concrete is characterized through testing of 96 pullout cylinder specimens. Key parameters investigated include rebar diameter, coating condition, confinement condition, concrete cover-to-rebar diameter ratio, and concrete strength. The unconfined and confined cylinders fail in concrete splitting with crushing zones distributed at rib fronts and concrete splitting plus shearing off, respectively. The enamel coating reduces the crushing angle and increases the crushing length of concrete. within the test ranges of various parameters, the overall increase in bond strength of the enamel coated rebar in normal concrete is approximately 15%. Confinement or reduction of rebar size can increase the effect of enamel coating on the bond strength by 2-4%.

Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Second Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Vitreous Enamel Coated Rebar,
  • Rebar-To-Concrete Bond,
  • Normal Strength Concrete,
  • Pullout Test
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Oct 2012
Citation Information
Chenglin Wu, Genda Chen, Jeffery S. Volz, Richard K. Brow, et al.. "Local Bond Strength of Vitreous Enamel Coated Rebar to Concrete" Construction and Building Materials Vol. 35 (2012) p. 428 - 439 ISSN: 0950-0618; 1879-0526
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard-brow/76/