The steel-concrete bond is a fundamental property in reinforced concrete structures. Although there are several studies on the steelconcrete bond, few of them have evaluated the performance of reinforcing bars with diameters less than 10.0 mm, which includes 5.0, 6.3, and 8.0 mm diameters, which are normally used in reinforced-concrete elements. This study experimentally evaluates the bond between thin steel bars and concrete of 25MPa compression strength. Three types of methods of testing the bond-strength were performed: confined bar test, pull-out test and beam test. It was compared the adequacy of the tests to calculate the conformation coefficient of the bars. The results of the confined bars tests show that this test may be inadequate to determine the surface conformation coefficient of reinforcing bars thinner than 10 mm, especially for notched (CA-60) steel bars. The pull-out test resulted in better results in terms of evaluating the bond behavior. Regarding the specimens for the pull-out tests, a modified model with an anchorage length equal to 10 times the bar diameter is suggested. Therefore, the main contribution of this study, based on the results obtained and the methodology used, is to present a proposal for the evaluation of steel-concrete bond for thin rebars.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi apresentar uma metodologia para o cálculo da incerteza de medição do resultado do ensaio de resistência à compressão paralela às fibras. Pretendeu-se reunir subsídios que justifiquem a adoção do Procedimento de Cálculo de Incerteza de Medição como exigência normativa e parte integrante do relatório de ensaios de caracterização de madeiras. A motivação para a apresentação dessa proposta surgiu devido à dificuldade observada no atendimento a alguns requisitos técnicos da norma ABNT 2005 - NBR ISO/IEC 17025, em especial o requisito 5.9 sobre a "Garantia da Qualidade de Resultados de Ensaio e Calibração". A metodologia proposta consolida os procedimentos necessários para a obtenção da incerteza de medida individual da tensão de ruptura e o resultado da incerteza da média das tensões de ruptura. Essa metodologia atende aos requisitos de um Sistema de Gestão da Qualidade. Os valores de incerteza obtidos dos resultados individuais da tensão de ruptura foram pouco significativos, indicando elevada qualidade dos equipamentos e boa calibração dos mesmos. Já a incerteza de medição da média da tensão de ruptura foi considerável, indicando a importância de sua consideração na segurança das estruturas de madeira.
The bond strength between steel bars and concrete is one of the essential aspects of reinforced concrete structures and is generally affected by several factors. In this study, an experimental data set of 89 pull-out specimens was used to develop an artificial neural network (ANN). The data used in the modelling was arranged as 4 input parameters: bar surface, bar diameter ( ), concrete compressive strength ( c f ) and the anchorage length ( d L ). A comparative analysis was also conducted using the developed ANN model to establish the trend of the main influence variables on the bond capacity. The root mean squared error (RMSE) for the maximum applied load in the pull-out test, found on the testing data, was equal to 1.088 KN, and the R-squared was equal to 0.969, for the proposed ANN model. Moreover, the study concluded that the proposed could be used to predicts the bond strength of thin bars.
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