BOND BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCEMENT STEELS IN LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE

VERBUND VON BEWEHRUNGSSTAEHLEN BEI STAHLLEICHTBETON

PULL-OUT TESTS ON REINFORCEMENT BARS EMBEDDED IN LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE ARE DESCRIBED. THE TESTS WERE MADE TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE REINFORCEMENT BARS IN THE CROSS SECTION OF THE CONCRETE, OF THEIR SHAPE AND OF THE TRANSVERSE REINFORCEMENT ON THE BOND BEHAVIOUR OF MULTI-RIB STEEL IN LIGHT-WEIGHT CONCRETE.