Research Article

Interface Bond Characterization between Fiber and Cementitious Matrix

Table 5

Summary of test results.

I.D. (mm)δ (mm)Initial stiffness (N/mm)Peak pull-out load (N)

0.4C3.00.0980.1503.9400.616
0.4C1.50.0880.1433.7000.460
0.4C1.00.0930.1372.3800.340
0.5C3.00.1100.2223.6130.603
0.5C1.50.1090.1502.7560.503
0.5C1.00.1000.1552.2410.309

0.4P7.50.2761.3162.2520.405
0.4P5.00.3100.9180.7770.306
0.4P3.750.2770.7350.8700.228
0.5P7.50.3231.7632.3460.374
0.5P5.00.3861.2880.7110.298
0.5P3.750.2790.7031.0960.199

0.4S150.2260.443845.1207.4
0.4S7.50.3020.465391.6171.85
0.5S150.2500.408510.0170.44
0.5S7.50.2840.552349.3135.76

Note: δ is the pull-out displacement; corresponds to the displacement at which full debonding is completed.