An Experimental Study on Development Length of Untensioned Prestressing Strand

인장을 가하지 않은 PS강연선의 정착길이에 대한 실험적 연구

The nature of bond of untensioned prestressed strand in concrete differs from that of plain or deformed reinforcing bar as well as tensioned prestressed strand. There is a very limited amount of published research information regarding bonding of this type reinforcing. In order to use and design untensioned strand as reinforcing, relationships defining the load transfer characteristics of the strand are necessary. A program based upon pullout tests was designed to develop data relating the critical parameters for determining load transfer behavior of the untensioned strand. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of bond and development length between untensioned strand and concrete. The test variables include diameter of strands (9.3mm, 12.7mm) and development lengths. The maximum bond stress at the 9.3mm and 12.7mm strands decreases with the increase of the rate of development length. The untensioned prestressed strands displayed bond performance when secure development length more than 80$\%$ according to the development of deformed bars equation.