Con se ee Sx cai de iii Anal Coir fe Ca Sc fr Oot Eng JOINT-LOAD SHEAR TRANSFER TESTING OF STEEL FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS ON GROUND Hatch A. Cameron 5. Deschones* Departrat of Cal Engineering, Universtyof New Brunswick, Canada * Varn ne, Fredo, N. Canass [ABSTRACT. Providing edeqote shor load transfer aross cracked jot an import design ction ‘tat afecs lngterm sartcosily requterarts of ground supported sabe and pavemers. Load ttnsfer acon Se! fre enforced concrete (SFRC} ont s vestigated fer 150 rm ick sib sips tan ona plytrenesubgroce.Bahaweur Is compared wih pin concee ols and pain concrete {ans rertecad th 19m arate sc! dowel bar Rents neste tha he SFRC [ahaa oad ‘nator ofleciveoss of abou 0% als comparaie i's dowel jr. Jt oad Vans of he pan ‘arse ni ated nae a ow at 45% and wa alec bythe crack wih oping Long was ‘Ronolones and eye load tosing ie rqued o lain s more reasic evuaton oft ellctveness “der epated onde, ‘itera that nod to be considered for etcive design of concle pavements and sobs on ground ‘elude: (1) sab behness and subgrade suppor. (2) ype and spacng of ans, and () lead ansier (Sooss fra ond each (Bach et at 2003, Otero au as concrete quality. ering, wari, ‘oor feah and moature cnt! ae ol coraered here. Empran efn placed or dling vb ‘Nekneos ar Jopends ore Boxe engi f concrete, lave aifass of ho sab ond subgrade Stopor magic and ype of ada. and design if equtemors. Arlt nearest, wih he ‘ecto Feng tens sracees i pain urvenorced) conte sob fo abowabe value eal 0 {hevtnsle tenure evongn Svea by an appromata say Tacos In err to rede the Ieiheod of ‘acing nth sis (Westergaaré 1028), ints ate wed to help conto racking. Reconmendatons fr jt spacng te enptical. and spacing ‘ppcaly Inreses wil Sab Piseans{Eamy 2001) or he amount ste! ores uses (Nowoeon 1988). Dati sioe can aso be used contol racking, rt ad Vanter rts to aly neler an ‘pie load across ten the lad apples che side of te jm. nadeaust shear a ‘enefor across 8 crached rt (se than bout 75% capac) resus in front dsplacement and (goal dlenratono oat shown oF. ect ong term servoeabiy equrementsrelted {Plo pertormance (McG 1905) Jon oad vans con also act th tuexness of st needed for {he cue of bang oon 0399 or sera ont‘Shear oad vanser depends on he type oon wae ypcalplin concrete or pain cone reinforced ‘wr dowels, Gels provide mechanical resitanes to sear fad tale, we ran cone flies on Soyromte ries to tanto shear Herc, te feiveness ef pln conceo oss rvancod by he ‘iy ofeack at he ji The cack wi nly dopends On Jot spacing. sororirg cf conc ‘esutog fom both shintagn and terporatire aac, ogee wn stan fom Westman Undoraide of he a, When tnt Roe roforced correo ts usd the ot onsite este Dro tho cached on lo alt the rack wid Fue 1. Inadequate oad ante and itera ettomen a joint “Tie papar dass the nil pee ofan experimertal stay 1 clamine to aby of se! Sire ‘inered conte (SFRO) dubs on round to Wanted ares 9 cracked fet. Monotone oad ansor nats ao cave out on 160 mm ck lab eps cast ona polstrano subjrade fra racked Jontbetween 1 to 2mm in wh. Tyee paso apecmen ae loaded oar for comparison purposes, ‘ne wih incon jan onthe hava api conerte jt reinercad wih a 19 rm darter Stain sto! done nd ast Te anorad conctete (90 Kym} or. Recut Idea at eft inn ister afoctwoess fest! fe vane concrete conparate to he dows ant The Janta vans efeclveness oh pin cont ont wes supesngy righ lou nt a elec ‘othe the doweled or SFRC spocmens Tis erpaszee he enpertanco of caring ul more reasie {ign ypm cyl acing orsrto erate the sagrsatsn ant oss Vater capaohty fhe es Sherent per oe sues 2. JOINT EFFECTIVENESS OF ELASTIC BEAMS. ‘Anata of fexble bears ¢ sab sips based on an elastic subgrade assumption using @ Wier {Sindaton, where te aos modeled by 9 sores of discrete spings Using is approach analyze & ‘sain boa subjected 6 ogee P (Sct 1981) gues the folowing expressions fr detec (2, shear force (Vand moment (M, mane Ba, =-Re™ cosas sind) ocr-002Pew 2 sind were the distance measured fom the jot edpe, 1 the relsv sins factor given by i, an [82 teh strode stose vl,» and ote with anc ticks of ear, equa faer’™ i ‘he atte modus ofthe beam, and = bh! /12 the moment of eri fhe beam cross-sacon Fg. 2 uses Equatons {1 and i oped the detacon pote and variation of banding moment fr 3 bow loaded at jt having shear vaslrellecivenass of (ranging between 1 fo fal shea oad \anater Or no shear load ansfr across the i). Behaviours compared wi he response olen ‘crack ana iste beam oad byt ad (shown Byte sed he). oh load tansler efetvaness «is evalste by comparing datlecton on either sie of leaded ont ies shonnin Fa 2) where“ ecuats fhe dalocion onthe aded sida and, sth doecton en tho ‘cade ste Assuming ta Sfeions sre propa the el ead ape to ouch seo Py “a ee - Pa-Sy+P() 2a, This ests in a it fcony gan ty a= 79/4 Atamatey, he een acer can te represented sing (I a:)= 4 en, a show nF, 3. The cavespondg sow sts ccraeacted int (i) eatimaed byte rao of shear force anstoed eres tho jit (cP /2) to he rotatnlntdiglacoment (A, ~A,). Tis ves Displacement Fowe 3. dont tatvonas for 0% and 10% oad vans. 3 TESTING DETALS “Testing wos carad out on six erackes jot specimens made wi eter pin conta, sin concrete ‘ere wi a mast te! wa ar (19 rn mar by 350mm ng) contd at mi-hol, and ‘Sou Sve raniorcad concrete (SFR). Specimen wore ear toa To it up at tbo ends eet I) ot ‘event rom uit sores cated Table Y and Show i Fig Alls sp specmons od 0 ‘oneapcton of 300 mm fe) by 150 mm (MX, anda lath of wiher 1.2m fais oF 26. (Genes tt. Spacers were ceat co 2 palsyrone sograde and subjected 12 8 marlon lad uy {Sturn oreo evoust th eteciveneeso he tbe ores alt ype. eat mix conc nas wed och et pecinens all popes ove in Tale 1 onmethe apne’ sng (J) and tear tengh (,) Fw Sage td te esl serge fod (aya ao repo n Tt or fe SFRC mx Shloam sht wh a ines of Som wor sed osm te sade Ging mei cect ef subade rete sail 100 Each spacman had 5 mm deep sw ir oma a he conte, beloe being leaded intron to flvelgp a cack at hen etwoen 1 and 2mm in wh aba Fig 4) Averge crack welts a en ih {Taue2Vrical lon wos inn api on one ide the ant and deacons measured om bth dee ot the etn oder to determine or innd ransterelisency wang Eaton acr-a894pit retain for serio I specmens caiel ia eioatamee Figure 4, Jntoodanstc testo cack jot Tate 1, Test Daa Text] Specinen Nala Pars Spe Conds TP cone eae Pan conzeofatwin dows | SFR “FH 2RIMPo Hs Rae 8% 7 | -Pim cone ~ | fai amra | Eisen Tom {Phan concajimwn covet | oat econ assure | SERS Fi “f= 32AMPa J=33MPa Raye 25% + 20 ign? (0.3% by volume) of ramix ZC 6.0 ste! res with hock nds (60 en ong ‘nd 0.8 pm donee. Tate 2 cn crack wis. Ser (up Sere 6 vi Pian Dowel —[SFRC——[ Pan Dowel —[SFRC Gackwah [TA sd POT mm 22 mem? — Pa me a neaoT eG) TK WTA Wa Go 7 Ble es4. TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Fg. 5 shows the loxddelomaton respons forthe Jaded sido of tho joint for all ix specimens. ‘itaencesn havin: brine the sone Beara (ee to up) andthe seres beams (estan from uf) ave ated may toe end esr condone, Preventing uit ncxeases the length of ‘lum i cot! wi the sugporing payne sirade. ad ths heases to estnce of siross ‘line respons a dosaved fig Nepatve moments sso develop nthe Beas restared fn Uh {toe Fg 2) suing Top cracking for there (er i) spocmers near fare Aah De wes I beams can be considered as long fexble beams having a cheractersic length AL. of 38, the ‘matwematcal expressions developed ort nina and serine bears are appcabo fr vals of 1 greater than about &. Honea, massed doictons of he 26m ang sais ab sips are oar than predicted using Eaton. Note tht an apd iad leva of 10 KN corespends tothe desig oad ‘aps fora contnvous ia ip based ona ell otro wo apainst racing (ung eos sacion ‘dmonsont and prepares ofthe specimens estou Bs st) Displacement of Loaded Joint (i) Fou 5, Lond. dlormaion reponse fr loaded si of int Jot ams instr eficency is shown i Fi. 6 for beams fee to upland in Fig. 7 for he beams ‘esraied rom iit These wo fgres ary demonstate comparable bhavcur between the coweted Sel SPR jams, when nave 9 ntcoad vanlr efecteress between 90 95%. The caesponding Shear sions of ee jorts estou 40 Mme an agrees wo! wih an expec val of 80 KN thing Equation &. Th pin concrete jr clearly exhib a ower rt efcncy Int ranged betwean {5x or the spocmon alowsd te slit) own to abou 48% (or he epecmenreeainew agarst up), Ths Carespona © measured jaetstiners valves of 18 KN and'¢ tne resposivay, compared ‘ath valves of 30 eUmum and Km usr Eavaton & Lowe ot eflcency aso suited greler ‘Sepaceers an he onda sig of fn os chsered i. othe aa oneal jon spears Forth pan concent spaces vesraned against Up development oop cracking ort oe ‘ont unloaded se ote jr cause af nadeqate ont oad Vans Ths tod ansirefiency of cr19.6