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Advances in Concrete Construction
  Volume 1, Number 1, March 2013 , pages 103-119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2013.1.1.103
 

Bond and ductility: a theoretical study on the impact of construction details – part 1: basic considerations
Daia Zwicky

 
Abstract
    The applicability of limit analysis methods in design and assessment of concrete structures generally requires a certain plastic deformation capacity. The latter is primarily provided by the ductility of the reinforcement, being additionally affected by the bond properties between reinforcing steel and concrete since they provoke strain localization in the reinforcement at cracks. The bond strength of reinforcing bars is not only governed by concrete quality, but also by construction details such as bar ribbing, bar spacing or concrete cover thickness. For new concrete structures, a potentially unfavorable impact on bond strength can easily be anticipated through appropriate code rules on construction details. In existing structures, these requirements may not be necessarily satisfied, consequently requiring additional considerations. This two-part paper investigates in a theoretical study the impacts of the most frequently encountered construction details which may not satisfy design code requirements on bond strength, steel strain localization and plastic deformation capacity of cracked structural concrete. The first part introduces basic considerations on bond, strain localization and plastic deformation capacity as well as the fundamentals of the Tension Chord Model underlying the further investigations. It also analyzes the impacts of the hardening behavior of reinforcing steel and concrete quality. The second part discusses the impacts of construction details (bar ribbing, bar spacing, and concrete cover thickness) and of additional structure-specific features such as bar diameter and crack spacing.
 
Key Words
    analytical approach; assessment; anchorage; bond; codes; constitutive models; detailing; plasticity; reinforcing bars
 
Address
Daia Zwicky: University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, CH-1705 Fribourg, Switzerland
 
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