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Table 8 Test results for specimens under cyclic loadings at high stress and at large strain.

From: Mechanical Performance and Stress–Strain Relationships for Grouted Splices Under Tensile and Cyclic Loadings

Specimen no.

Ultimate load P u (kN)

f u/f us (%)

Av. bond strength τ u (MPa)

Relative residual deformation (%)

Failure mode

CH–

CL–

CH–

CL–

CH–

CL–

CH–

CL–

δ 20

δ 4

δ 8

CH–

CL–

H400D16

116

120

0.84

0.87

25.4

0.60

0.07

0.16

Bar fracture

Bar pull-out

H400D25

290

291

0.90

0.90

27.6

25.7

0.06

0.03

0.15

Bar pull-out

Bar pull-out

H400D32

482

478

1.02

1.02

27.4

25.9

0.07

0.03

0.07

Bar pull-out

Bar pull-out

H500D16

134

147

0.87

0.95

28.3

31.0

0.37

0.12

0.31

Bar pull-out

Bar pull-out

H500D25

306

319

0.85

0.89

29.1

30.3

0.16

0.03

0.16

Bar pull-out

Bar pull-out

H500D32

525

539

0.91

0.93

29.9

30.7

0.16

0.10

0.22

Bar pull-out

Bar pull-out

Mean value (coefficient of variation)

0.90 (0.074)

0.93 (0.056)

0.24 (0.88)

0.06 (0.57)

0.18 (0.45)

  1. Meanings of P u, f u, f us and τ u see Table 7.