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Bond Behavior Between Steel-Bars and 3D Printed Concrete (2022-08)

Effect of Concrete Rheological Property, Steel-Bar Diameter and Paste-Coating

10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128708

Wang Zhibin, Jia Lutao, Deng Zhicong,  Zhang Chao, Zhang Zedi, Chen Chun,  Pan Jinlong,  Zhang Yamei
Journal Article - Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 349

Abstract

Due to the unique layer by layer deposition process of extrusion-based 3D printed concrete (3DPC), the bonding of steel bars with 3DPC differs from that with traditional cast concrete. To understand the steel-printed concrete bond behavior, this paper mainly explored the effect of preparation technologies, concrete rheological properties, steel bar diameter and paste coating on steel bars on the bond behavior between ribbed steel bars and concrete. According to pull-out test and X-ray computed tomography test, the results showed that bond strengths between 3DPC and steel bars were obviously lower than those between steel bars and cast concrete. The rheological properties of fresh concrete show significant impact on the bond behavior of reinforced 3D printed samples. Lower yield stress and plastic viscosity can narrow the bond strength gap between printed samples and cast samples. The utilization of surface coated steel bar with fresh cement paste can effectively enhance the steel-3DPC bond strength. The variations in steel–concrete bond strengths can be explained via pore structure at steel–concrete interface. The results suggest that it is of great importance to control the quality of reinforced 3D printed concrete by optimizing the rheological properties of fresh concrete for 3D printing.

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BibTeX 
@article{wang_jia_deng_zhan.2022.BBBSBa3PC,
  author            = "Zhibin Wang and Lutao Jia and Zhicong Deng and Chao Zhang and Zedi Zhang and Chun Chen and Jinlong Pan and Yamei Zhang",
  title             = "Bond Behavior Between Steel-Bars and 3D Printed Concrete: Effect of Concrete Rheological Property, Steel-Bar Diameter and Paste-Coating",
  doi               = "10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128708",
  year              = "2022",
  journal           = "Construction and Building Materials",
  volume            = "349",
}
Formatted Citation

Z. Wang, “Bond Behavior Between Steel-Bars and 3D Printed Concrete: Effect of Concrete Rheological Property, Steel-Bar Diameter and Paste-Coating”, Construction and Building Materials, vol. 349, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128708.

Wang, Zhibin, Lutao Jia, Zhicong Deng, Chao Zhang, Zedi Zhang, Chun Chen, Jinlong Pan, and Yamei Zhang. “Bond Behavior Between Steel-Bars and 3D Printed Concrete: Effect of Concrete Rheological Property, Steel-Bar Diameter and Paste-Coating”. Construction and Building Materials 349 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.128708.