J Shafaie - MSc. Student, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran,
A Hosseini - Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran
M. S. Marefat - Professor, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran

A reinforced concrete material is a composite material made up of two components with unequal mechanical behaviour and physical features. In general, the external load is already applied to concrete and the reinforcing bars receive its part of the load only from the surrounding concrete by bond. In composite structures, the bond between different components of reinforced concrete member has a primordial role and its negligence conducted to poor structural response. Therefore, for modeling of reinforced concrete structures one needs a simple and realistic bond-slip model. There are various finite element models for bond-slip relationship between reinforcement and concrete. In this paper, modeling of the transition region between steel and concrete as a cohesion layer in the finite element program (Ansys) is discussed. A 3D finite element model to represent this layer has been introduced. The layer involves modeling the ribs and effects of slip and bond stress of the bar. The accuracy of the models is assessed by comparison of the finite element numerical response with experimental data from pullout test.

pull-out test, finite element, bond-slip relationship