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ABSTRACT According to ACI 440.1R-06, the presence of transverse reinforcement does not affect the bond
strength of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar to concrete. This conclusion was based on a limited number of data
(19 confined beam tests) available in literature at the time. In the present study, 177 beam bond test data, failed by
concrete splitting, was collected to investigate the effect of concrete confinement on the bond strength with FRP rebar.
Of these 177 beam-type specimens, 105 specimens had transverse reinforcement. It was observed that the presence of
transverse reinforcement increased the bond strength of FRP rebar to concrete by 10%-15%, which eventually decreases
the development length needed for attaining the tensile strength of FRP rebar. A linear regression was performed on
the collected data to develop an equation to determine the bond strength of FRP rebar to concrete in presence of
transverse reinforcement and the equation was compared with the ACI 440.1R-06 equation and the experimental
results. Based on the analysis, it was found that the proposed equation is in good agreement with the experimental
results and it yields a better estimate of bond strength than the ACI 440.1R-06 equation.
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is in good agreement with the actual test results and it height and spacing on bond strength of reinforcing bars. SL
gives less conservative estimate of bond strength than Report 93-1, University of Kansas Center for Research,
the equation proposed by ACI 440.1R-06 in presence of Lawrence, Kans., 68 pp.
transverse reinforcement. In short, the proposed Orangun, C. O., Jirsa, J. O., and Breen, J. E. 1975. The strength of
equation can provide a more cost effective design than anchor bars: a reevaluation of test data on development length
the equations reported in the current literature. and splices. Research Report 154-3F, Center for Highway
Research, The University of Texas Austin, Austin, Tex., 78 pp.
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