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Mechanical behaviour of grouted sleeve splice under uniaxial tensile loading

Lu, Z; Huang, J; Li, Y; Dai, S; Peng, Z; Liu, X; Zhang, M; (2019) Mechanical behaviour of grouted sleeve splice under uniaxial tensile loading. Engineering Structures , 186 pp. 421-435. 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.02.033. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents an experimental and analytical study on mechanical behaviour of two kinds of new low-cost grouted sleeves processed by seamless steel pipe, i.e., grouted sleeve with wedge and grouted sleeve with wedge and thread, under uniaxial tension. In total, twenty-two rebar splice specimens with various embedded lengths, spliced bar diameters and wedge lengths are prepared and tested. The test results indicate that the performance of both grouted splices meets the requirements of ACI318 and JGJ107. The required embedded length of rebar in the splice is found to be around 6–6.4 times the spliced bar diameter due to confinement effect. The tensile capacity of the splice increases with increasing diameter of the anchorage segment of the spliced bar, and length and slope of the wedge at both ends of the sleeve. Because of the good performance of wedges threads do not significantly improve the tensile capacity of the sleeve but improve the bond strength and bearing capacity in non-wedge segment of the sleeve. The tensile capacity of the specimen is slightly lower than that of steel bar and the reduction coefficient of bearing capacity is estimated. An analytical model is proposed to predict the tensile capacity of grouted sleeves considering the effects of confinement and reduction of tensile capacity of the splices, the predictions of which are in good agreement with experimental data.

Type: Article
Title: Mechanical behaviour of grouted sleeve splice under uniaxial tensile loading
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.02.033
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.02.033
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Grouted sleeve; Confinement; Embedded length; Bond strength; Analytical model
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068114
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