%0 Journal Article
%T An Experimental Study on Bond Strength of Reinforcing Steel in Self-Consolidating Concrete
%A Trevor J. Looney
%A Mahdi Arezoumandi
%A Jeffery S. Volz
%A John J. Myers
%J International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
%@ 2234-1315
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.1007/s40069-012-0017-9
%X An experimental investigation was conducted to compare the bond strength of reinforcing steel in self-consolidating concrete (SCC) with conventional concrete (CC). This study investigated two different compressive strengths of SCC as well as CC. The experimental program consisted of 24 pull-out specimens as well as 12 full-scale beams (three for each concrete type and strength). The pull-out specimens were based on RILEM recommendations, and the beam specimens were tested under a simply supported four-point loading condition. The CC test results served as a control and were used to evaluate the results from the SCC pull-out and beam specimen tests. Furthermore, a comparison was performed between results of this study and a bond database of CC specimens. These comparisons indicate that SCC beams possess comparable or slightly greater bond strength than CC beams.
%K self-consolidating concrete
%K conventional concrete
%K bond strength
%K experimental study
%U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40069-012-0017-9