Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 83 INVESTIGATION THE PUNCHING SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB-COLUMN CONNECTION USING CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS Dr. Ali Hameed Naser Al-Mamoori College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, University of Karbala Email address: alihameedn@@yahoo.com Received 17 October 2014 Accepted 18 December 2014 ABSTRACT The region of a slab in the vicinity of a support could fail in shear by developing a failure surface in the form a truncated cone or pyramid. This type of failure, called "Punching Shear Failure", is usually the source of collapse of flat-plate and flat-slab structures. An experiment to be conducting to investigate the punching shear strength and failure behavior of self concrete (SCC) slabs using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars as internal strengthening in connection region for slab-column. Seven interior slab-column connections tested including same concrete compressive strength and ratio of the reinforcement. All slabs will be tested as a simply supported and subjected to punching loading by interior column. Test results show that the internal strengthening technique by using high tensile strength CFRP bars improves the bearing capacity of RC two-way slabs. Based on the experimental results, it is possible to increase punching shear capacity by using internally reinforced with CFRP bars concentrated in slab-column zone, this increase is about (33- 100%) compared with the unstrengthened (control) slab. The effectiveness of the CFRP bars is depended substantially on distributed or arrangement manner in slab-column region. Also, it is found that, the use of NSM CFRP bars is an effective technique to enhance shear capacity of SCC slab-column models and nearly provided the same efficiency of internal reinforcement. Even efficient to increase the punching shear load, the top reinforcement of CFRP bars will not change the brittle-type punching shear failure mode compared with bottom CFRP bars reinforcement. KEY WORDS: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) bars, Punching shear behavior, Slab-column connection, Self Compacting Concrete (SCC), and Near Surface Mounted (NSM) technique. 1- INTRODUCTION Slabs-columns or flat plates, are solid concrete slabs of uniform depths that transfer loads directly to the supporting columns without the aid of beams or capitals or drop panels (McCormac and Brown, 2014) (1). Flat plates are probably the most commonly used slab system today for multistory reinforced concrete hotels, motels, apartment houses, hospitals, and dormitories (Varghese, 2009) (2) . The greatest disadvantage of flat plate systems is the risk of brittle punching failure at the slab- column connection due to transfer of shear and unbalanced moments (Zaghlal, 2009). (3) Although, the punching shear capacity of reinforced concrete flat plates can be increased by various means, their applicability is often limited, e.g., traditional shear reinforcing by means of stirrups is Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 83 applicable only to slabs with the depth greater than 150 mm according to (ACI Committee 318- 11) (4) . Reinforcement using headed studs but this one need much time for construction, etc. ( Feretzakis) (5) . Recently a new technique using of straight fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars to improve punching shear resistance and performance of the slab-column connections by internal strengthening; because a high strength to specific weight ratios of FRP bars reduce the complicated and heavily reinforced in slab-column connection in comparison with conventional reinforcement to perform the same strength, constructed quickly because of their simple formwork and reinforcing bar arrangements to save in construction time and they give the most flexibility in the arrangement of columns and partitions; therefore, thinner concrete slabs can be obtained. In recent years, the design of modern reinforced concrete structures has become more advanced, the designed shapes of structures are becoming increasingly complicated and heavily reinforced, at the time, and there is a shortage of skilled labor especially at construction sites. Furthermore, there is a need to save in construction time and dead load for foundations and also to eliminate problems associated with vibration. Therefore, the newly born Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) as an innovative building material will offer new possibilities and prospects (Al-Shammary) (6) . Also, it has been used under trade names, such as the Non-Vibrated Concrete (NVC), Super Quality Concrete (SQC) (Al-Mishhadaniand Al-Rubaie, 2009) (7) . It is a new type of high performance concrete with the ability of flowing under its own weight and without the need of vibrations (Druta, 2003) (8) . Okamura and Ozawa employed the following methods to achieve self-compactability : (1) Limited aggregate content; (2) Low water/powder ratio and (3) The use of superplasticizer (Okamura and Ouchi, 2003) (9) . 2- OBJECTIVE OF RESEARCH This paper presents an experimental study on the effect of internal strengthening by straight carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars on the punching shear resistance and overall behavior of slab- column systems and a new strengthening technique named near surface mounted (NSM) in two directions of slab under static loads. The basic objective of the present work is to study the fresh and some mechanical properties of SCC which will use in casting slab-column connection monolithically . Also, to study the effect of the length, location, arrangement or distribution of straight carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars and focusing this reinforcement in critical region; by using the same ratio of CFRP bars. 3- EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM 3-1 Description of Specimens Seven flat plate slabs, are constructed for this study using self compacting concrete (SCC) for a square slab (1100×1100 mm) in size, with a total thickness of (60mm) and (120×120mm) square column with (150mm) height, cast monolithically at the centre of the slab. The slab portion of these models is reinforced with bottom reinforced of deformed steel bar of (6mm) diameter distributed across the section (100mm C/C) in two directions. All slabs of geometrically and steel reinforcement are similar. The slabs are simply supported along all edges and the distance from C/C of support is (950mm) and loaded through a central column. Figure (1) illustrates all details of geometry and reinforcement scheme of the tested models One control model (CS) without carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars as in Figure (1) for comparison with others modes. While others models containing same amount of CFRP bars of 6mm diameter are listed below in Table (1) and shown in Figure (2). Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 04 The specimen (SRUF1-NSM) is strengthening by using NSM technique which described according to the recommendation of (ACI 440.2R-08) (10) : ply wood strips with a size of 10mm width and 20mm depth were installed at the bottom of the wooden mould to provide two similar grooves in two directions before casting. The slabs were cured in air-conditioned laboratory for 28 days and then the ply wood strips were removed; the grooves were removed of any dirt by blowing. the grooves are then filled halfway with epoxy paste then CFRP bars is placed in the groove lightly pressed so induced the epoxy penetration around the bars then filled with more epoxy and the surface is leveled. The epoxy paste is allowed to cure for at least 7 days before the slabs are tested; Figure (3) show the mould and the SRUF1-NSM model. 3-2 Material Properties 3-2-1 Cement Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) (type I) was used in this study. The cement was produced by United Cement Company (UCC) commercially known as "Tasluja-Bazian". The Table (2) shows physical properties and chemical analysis of this cement, which comply with the Iraqi Standards (IQS) No.5:1984 (11) requirements. 3-2-2 Fine Aggregate Natural sand brought from Al-Ukhaider region was used in this study. The results conformed to the IQS No.5:1984 Zone 2 (12) showed that the physical and chemical properties and the grading are listed in Table (3) and Table (4); respectively. 3-2-3 Coarse Aggregate Rounded coarse aggregate of maximum aggregate size of 9.5 mm from Al-Nebai quarry are used. Table (5) show the grading of this aggregate, which conforms to the Iraqi Specification No.45/1984 (12) . The physical and chemical properties are illustrated in Table (6). 3-2-4 Mineral Admixture (Silica Fume) Silica fume used in this study was Egypt production under trade name (Sika Fume®-HR). The physical and chemical properties of silica fume used are shown in Table (7), it was conformed to the requirements of (ASTM C1240-05) (13) . 3-2-5 Superplasticizer The superplasticizer used in this study was a Glenium 51 (High Range Water-Reducing Concrete Admixture). It is conformed to (ASTM C494-05) (14) ; in order to achieve flowability with silica fume to produce SCC. Table (8) shows the typical properties of Glenium 51according to manufacturer. 3-2-6 Water Tap water was used for both mixing and curing of concrete in this work. 3-2-7 Steel Reinforcement Deformed steel bars (6) mm in diameter are used in this study. It was obtained from BRC Turkish production. Three specimens of each bar are tested under tension according to (ASTM A615/A615M-05a) (15) requirements. The results of testing steel reinforcement are summarized in Table (9). Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 04 3-2-8 Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Bars Aslan 201 CFRP bar of 6 mm nominal diameter is used for NSM technique. The certificate of analysis for the physical properties was provided by the manufacturer, (Hughes Brothers) (16) , as shown in Table (10). 3-2-9 Epoxy Adhesive The Epoxy Adhesive of Sikadur–30 is the most suitable adhesive material used with CFRP bar in NSM technique. The adhesive type consists of two compounds, compound A and compound B. The mix ratio was 3:1 as A:B. Its main properties as supplied by the manufacturer are shown in Table (11). 3-3 Mix Proportions The SCC mix proportions are designed according to The European Guidelines for Self Compacting Concrete 2005 (EFNARC, 2005) (17) .Mix design of SCC must satisfy the criteria on filling ability, passability and segregation resistance in addition to compressive strength which is equal 30 MPa. Therefore, trial mixes are prepared by accurate weighing and the proportions of materials are modified to obtain a satisfactory self-compactability by evaluating fresh concrete tests. The details of the selected mix is given in Table (12). 3-4 Mixing Procedures and Tests of Fresh Concrete In this study Emborg’s mixing procedure (Emborg, 2000) (18) is adopted in order to achieve the required workability and homogeneity of SCC mixes. Several test methods are implemented in this study in order to ensure that SCC mixes meet these requirements. The requisite test methods reported by (Schutter, 2005) (19) and (Kumar, 2006) (20) are Slump Flow and T50 cm Tests; L-Box Test and V-Funnel Test as shown in Figure (4), the fresh properties result of the mix are shown in Table (13). This table indicates that the results are within the limits. 3-5 Testing of Hardened Concrete 3-5-1 Compressive Strength Test: The compressive strength of concrete ( cf  ) was tested on 300×150 mm concrete cylinders according to (ASTM C39/C39M-05) (21) while, The compressive strength of concrete ( fu ) was tested on (150) mm concrete cylinders according to (BS 1881-part 116:2000) (22) 3-5-2 Splitting Tensile Strength Test: The splitting tensile strength ( spf ) is determined according to the procedure outlined in (ASTM C496/C 496M-04) (23) . 3-5-3 Flexural Strength Test: Concrete prisms of dimensions (100×100×400) mm are cast according to (ASTM C 78-02) (24) procedure and tested to finding flexural tensile strength ( rf ). 3-6 Casting and Curing of the Slab-Column Models According to (ASTM C 192/C 192M-05) (25) , all moulds were poured with SCC and cured as shown in Figure (5) 3-7 Testing Setup and Instrumentation The punching test of slab-column models are performed by subjecting to a central punch load over the central column 120×120 mm by applying to the top face of slabs by a hydraulic jack of the universal testing machine of 2000 kN under monotonic loads up to ultimate load, see Figure (6). Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 04 The corners of slabs are supported by means of eight steel members, two for each corner as a steel levers to prevent lifting of the corners during the loading to satisfy closely the boundary conditions. The slabs were instrumented with three vertical dial gauges of 50 mm and accuracy of (0.01) mm at mid-span, at mid one quarter and at mid one side to monitor the deflection as shown in Figure (7). The strain of concrete are measured by an ELE extensometer with accuracy of 0.002 mm. Many pairs of demec discs are used to monitor the strain concrete at selected levels of loading at several points on the tension face of slab; arrangement and distribution of these demec discs are shown in Figure (7). The load was applied to the slab at a rate of 250 N/sec by means of the hydraulic jacks. At each load interval (5 kN), the cracks width was measured by crack meter (Elecometer 900) with an accuracy of 0.02 mm; and crack propagation were marked. All instruments used in testing are shown in Figure (8) 4- Experimental Results and Discussion 4-1 Mechanical Properties of Each Slab-Column Models The mechanical properties for each slab-column model are listed in Table (14) from experimental work except the modulus of elasticity which is calculated according (ACI318-11) (26) from Equation (1). cc fE  4700 (1) It appears in Table (14) that, the proportion between cube and cylinder compressive strength ( 'ccu ff ) for SCC is about 1.215. From experimental result of hardened test of SCC, The compressive cylinder and cube strength are ranged between (31.4-32-2) and (37.9-39.1), respectively. Also, the splitting tensile strength and flexural strength are ranged between (2.37-2.44) and (3.49-3.54), respectively. 4-2 Cracking Behavior The first crack appears around the sides of the column on the tension face of the slab without CFRP bars about (28%) in control slab (CS) of the ultimate failure load . On the other hand, the first crack of all tested slabs strengthening internally with CFRP bars appears in the tension face of the slab about (24.1-26.7%) of the ultimate failure load. While, the first crack of model which strengthened by CFRP bars NSM technique appears at 20.7% of the ultimate failure load in the tension face of the slab around the sides of the column a crossing through the NSM bars. Table (15), listed the first loads at tension and compression face of slab-column models, an increase in comparison with CS model and the percentage of the ultimate failure load. As the load is increased after the formation of the first crack, more cracks begin to appear and move towards the edge of the slab. In the compression face of the tested slabs, there are cracks that appear away from the edge of the column. Except the slab (CS), cracks are found round the edge of the column only. The test results show that using CFRP bars in control slab (CS) increases the first cracking load in tension face between (14.3-90.5%) over the control slab without CFRP bars due to the increase in flexural capacity. The mechanism of development of cracks is almost the same for all models. The cracking pattern at failure for tension and compression face of each model is shown in Figure (9). In slab-column models the use of CFRP bars reinforced, increased the size of the shear failure surface compared with control model CS. The maximum crack width was monitored throughout the test to recording the width of crack with increasing load (at each 5 kN) starting from first crack until near failure of the slab-column models. The width of first crack of slab-column models in tension face ranged between (0.03-0.08) mm. Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 08 While, the width of crack in compression face increase quickly after appearing and ranged between (0.07-0.11) mm as shown in Table (15). In general, slabs with CFRP bars have maximum crack width smaller than the control slab (CS) during the same stage of loading as shown in Figure (10). At failure, the maximum crack width are (2.8, 2.26, 2.6, 2.21, 2.5, 2.48 and 2.16) mm for (CS, SRUF1-NSM, SRUT, SRUF1, SROF, SRDF and SRUF2), respectively. The results show that, the maximum crack width decreases about (29.6%) in SRUF2 model in comparison with CS model due to concentrated CFRP bars reinforcement in the immediate column region with flexural steel reinforcement, its restraining effect will increase and that reflects the decrease in the crack width. 4-3 Load-Deflection Curves The recorded ultimate loads, deflections and failure mode for all slab-column models are presented in Table (16). As the load on a test model was increased, the load-deflection behavior was noticed to have three distinguished stages: the elastic stage is an initial straight portion of the load-deflection curve, elastic-plastic stage is a nonlinear portion with distinct change in slope with increasing deflections and plastic stage is also a nonlinear portion but has characteristics in which a slight increase in load results in a larger deflection. The structural behavior of tested slab-column models are referred to here by their experimental load versus deflection as shown in Figure (11) The initial change of slope of the load-deflection curves for all series started between (10.5-20) kN. This change in slope indicated the first cracking load. Beyond that, all models behave in a rather certain manner. Generally, the use of CFRP bars reinforcement internally to improve punching shear capacity of slab-column region is successfully due to enhanced strength above the punching shear capacity and increased stiffness as shown in Figure (11) and as a result in Table (16) that showed the increased ranged between (25.3-100%) for different distribution of same amount of CFRP bars. For the slab-column model CS, which is slab without CFRP bars, the experimental ultimate load capacity for this slab is 37.5 kN. An increasing in the ultimate load of SRUF2 is 100%. whereas, the ultimate load of SRUF1 and SRUF1-NSM is higher than that of the reinforced concrete slab- column model CS by 81.3% and 80%, respectively. It is evident from this result and according to Figure (11) that distribution of flexural CFRP bars reinforcement the slab-column models (SRUF2, SRUF1 and SRUF1-NSM) had higher punching shear capacities, higher loads at first cracking in tension and compression face as mentioned previously, and higher postcracking stiffnesses. Also, it was noted that the SRUF1-NSM model which is strengthening by using NSM technique in two directions gave approximately the same efficiency to internal CFRP bars used in SRUF1model. In slab-column model SROF, the contribution of the compressive reinforcement of CFRP bars to the punching shear capacity was 33.3% which is small comparison with other distribution manner of CFRP bars but reduce the central deflection at failure. SRDF model gave improving in punching shear capacity more than SROF by only 8% due to the small region that distributed the CFRP bars through it. Replacing the CFRP bars with steel bars in SRUT model reduced the punching strength with about 44.7% because CFRP bars have high tensile strength is 2704 MPa compared with steel reinforcement. Also, SRUT model gave lower central deflection at failure by 15.7% due to lower modulus of the CFRP bars 163000 MPa compared with 200000 MPa for steel reinforcement. The deflected shape for slab-column models at failure is different along sides lateral from diagonal of slabs as shown in Figure (12). Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 00 4-4 Concrete Strain The strains in the concrete at tension face of the tested slab-column models were measured by using a demic gauge along half one principal and diagonal axes of symmetry. Figure (7) shows the positions of demic points. From the Figure (13), it can be seen that the concrete strain is small at the elastic stage as loading is applied, then it increases after the first crack when loading is continued. In the distribution of strains, the increase of strains started from the center of the slab toward the punching shear cracks, in principal and diagonal axes of tension surface of slab. At failure, the maximum concrete strain is observed around the sides of the column on the tension face of the slab especially toward the diagonal of slabs which is the strains was more than that in the principal directions as shown in Figure (14), Figure (15) and Figure (16). The presence of CFRP bars at the bottom tension zone surface of slab-column region increasing the tension strength and some tensile stresses were carried by CFRP bars, and this was reflected to reduce the strains in the bottom tension surface. 5-Conclusion Based on the observed behavior and test results, the following conclusions are reached regarding the reinforced concrete slab-column models which improved punching shear resistance by using CFRP bars: 1- The majority beneficial of using SCC in casting slab-column model to ensure that adequate strength and durability are achieved due to capable of flowing through narrow column and extremely congested reinforcement, and provides a void-free surface. Insufficient compaction will lead to the inclusion of voids, which not only leads to a reduction in compressive strength but strongly influence the natural physical and chemical protection of embedded steel reinforcement afford by concrete. 2- The internally strengthened reinforced concrete slab-column model with CFRP bars show a significant increase in ultimate loads and the capacity of the slabs, this increase is about (33-100%) compared with the unstrengthened (control) slab. 3- The effectiveness of the CFRP bars is depended substantially on distributed or arrangement manner in slab-column region. 4-The concentration of the flexural steel reinforcement in the column vicinity, also increased the punching shear capacity. 5- Even efficient to increase the punching shear load, the top reinforcement of CFRP bars will not change the brittle-type punching shear failure mode compared with bottom reinforcement. This means, the punching shear capacity of slab-column model was controlled by bottom flexural reinforcement rather than top reinforcement. 6- NSM technique by CFRP bars in two direction of slab is very effective and nearly provided the same efficiency of internal reinforcement. 7- the use of CFRP bars reinforcement in strengthening the slab-column region, results in a higher punching shear strength, a greater postcracking stiffness, a more uniform distribution of the strains in addition to reduce it, and smaller crack widths at full service loading compared with unstrengthening slab. Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 04 6- References [1] McCormac, J.C. and Brown, R.H., 2014 " Design of Reinforced Concrete", 9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 742PP. [2] Varghese, P.C., 2009 "Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design", 2nd Edition Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Anna University. 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USA. http://www.efnarc.org/ http://www.efnarc.orgممكن Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 04 Table (1): Models identification Symbols Refer to CS Control slab without CFRP bars as in Figure1 SRUF1 Slab reinforced with CFRP bars with the same level of slab steel reinforcement, arrangement 1 SRUT Slab reinforced with steel bars with the same level of slab steel reinforcement SRUF1-NSM Slab reinforced with CFRP bars by NSM technique SROF Slab reinforced with CFRP bars over the level of slab steel reinforcement SRDF Slab reinforced with doubly layer of CFRP bars, one layer over the level of slab steel reinforcement and the other with the same level. SRUF2 Slab reinforced with CFRP bars with the same level of slab steel reinforcement, arrangement 2 Table (2): Chemical analysis and physical properties of the cement Chemical Analysis Compound Composition Chemical Composition Percentage by Weight Limits of IOS No.5:1984 (7) Lime Oxide CaO 61.23 - Silica Dioxide SiO2 20.898 - Alumina Oxide Al2O3 5.66 - Iron Oxide Fe2O3 3.38 - Magnesia Oxide MgO 2.76  5.0% Sulfate Trioxide SO3 2.34  2.5% if C3A <5%  2.8% if C3A >5% Loss on Ignition L.O.I 1.29  4.0% Insoluble Residue I.R 0.70  1.5% Lime Saturation Factor L.S.F 0.77 0.66-1.02 Main Compounds (Bogue’s Equation) Percentage by Weight of Cement Tricalcium Silicate (C3S) 40.31 Dicalcium Silicate (C2S) 31.11 Tricalcium Aluminate (C3A) 9.49 Tetracalcium Alumino ferrite (C4AF) 10.43 Physical Properties Physical Properties Test Results Limits of IOS No.5:1984 (7) Specific Gravity 3.15 - Fineness: Specific Surface, Blaine . (cm 2 /g) 3160  2300 Setting Time (Initial) ( min.) 128  45 Setting Time(Final) ( min.) 245  600 Table (3): Physical and chemical properties of fine aggregate Properties Test Results Limits of IOS No.45:1984(8) Specific Gravity 2.62 - Sulfate Content SO3 0.37%  0.5% Absorption 0.88% - Material finer than 75 µm (Sieve No. 200) (%weight) 3.54%  5% Fineness Modulus 2.581 - Table (4): Grading of fine aggregate Sieve Size (mm) Passing % Limits of IOS No. 45:1984 for Zone 2 (8) 10 100 100 4.75 93.8 90-100 2.36 83.1 75-100 1.18 75.1 55-90 0.60 58 35-59 0.30 29 8-30 0.15 2.9 0-10 Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 03 Table (5): Grading of coarse aggregate Sieve Size(mm) Passing % Limits of IOS No. 45/1984 (8) 14 100 100 10 100 85-100 5 18 0-25 2.36 0 0-5 Table (6): Physical and chemical properties of coarse aggregate Properties Test Results Limits of IOS No.45/1984 Specific Gravity 2.6 - Sulfate Content SO3 0.08%  0.1% Absorption 0.68% - Clay Content 0.06%  2% Table (7): Physical and chemical properties of silica fume Physical state Fine powder. Color Grey Odor Characteristic. pH value at 20°C Non Melting Point o C 160°C Ignition point o C 365°C. Density at 20°C 0.65 ± 0.1 kg/lit. Thermal Conductivity Low Bulk Density 300 kg/m 3 Table (8): Typical properties of Glenium 51 from the manufacture company catalogue Main Action Concrete Superplasticizer Color Light brown pH. Value 6.6 Form Viscous liquid Subsidiary Effect Hardening Relative Density 1.1 at 20C Viscosity 128  30 cps at 20C Transport Not classified as dangerous Labeling No hazard table required Table (9): Test results properties of steel bars Φ (mm) Area As (mm 2 ) Perimeter (mm) Weight (Kg/m) Pattern Yield strength fy (MPa) Ultimate strength fu (MPa) Yield strain Ultimate strain 6 28.3 18.86 0.230 C * 556 767 0.0027 0.049 (C* deformation pattern C consists of diagonal ribs inclined at an angle 60 degree with respect to the axis of the bar), Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 03 Table (10): Aslan 201 CFRP rebar physical properties Item Standards Result Test method Barcol Hardness ≥50 54.0 ASTM D2583 Tensile Strength, MPa (Average-3.0 Sigma per ASTM D7205) ≥2068 2704 ASTM D7205 Modulus of Elasticity, GPa (Average Value) ≥124 163 ASTM D7205 Ultimate Strain 0.017 0.017 ASTM D7205 Table (11): Technical properties of bonding materials Properties Sikadur - 30 Tensile strength (MPa) 26 - 31 Mpa Full cure, days 7(at +35 o C) Compressive E-modulus GPa 9.6 Gpa (According to ASTM D695) Shear Strength 18 MPa Table (12): Mix proportion Cement kg/m 3 Sand kg/m 3 Gravel kg/m 3 Sika Fume% Wt. of Cement Water kg/m 3 SP% Wt. of Cement w/c Ratio w/p Ratio c f  (28day) MPa 385 800 800 5% 194 0.8% 0.530 0.504 31.98 Table (13): Results of workability tests of the SCC Method Result Property Limitations (13) Slump Flow (D) mm 780 Filling ability 650 – 800 (T50 cm) sec. 3.4 2 – 5 V-Funnel (Tv) sec. 9.1 Filling ability 6 – 12 Time increase, (Tv 5 min.) sec. 2.2 Segregation resistance + 0-3 L-Box (BR) - 0.88 Passing ability 0.8 – 1.0 Table (14): Mechanical properties of slab-column models Model Symbol c f  MPa cu f MPa sp f MPa r f MPa c E GPa CS 32.0 39 2.42 3.53 26.6 SRUF1 31.5 38.4 2.37 3.52 26.4 SRUT 31.4 37.9 2.41 3.49 26.3 SRUF1-NSM 31.9 38.6 2.44 3.50 26.5 SROF 31.7 38.1 2.40 3.54 26.5 SRDF 31.5 38.4 2.38 3.51 26.4 SRUF2 32.2 39.1 2.42 3.50 26.7 Average 31.7 38.5 2.41 3.51 26.49 Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Table (15): Cracking and ultimate loads Model Symbol 1st Crack in Tension Face Increase in PRT, % 1st Crack in Compression Face Increase in PRC, % Ultimate Load PU (kN) PRT/PU% PRC/PU% Load PRT (kN) Width mm Load PRC (kN) Width mm CS 10.5 0.08 --------- 23 0.11 --------- 37.5 28.0 61.3 SRUF1 17 0.04 61.9 50 0.09 117.4 68.0 25.0 73.5 SRUT 12 0.06 14.3 38 0.07 65.2 47.0 25.5 80.9 SRUF1- NSM 14 0.05 33.3 50 0.09 117.4 67.5 20.7 74.1 SROF 12.5 0.06 19 45 0.07 95.7 50.0 25 90.0 SRDF 13 0.04 23.8 40 0.07 73.9 54.0 24.1 74.1 SRUF2 20 0.03 90.5 65 0.08 182.6 75.0 26.7 86.7 Table (16): Test result of slab-column models Model Symbol Ultimate Deflection (mm) Ultimate Load (kN) Increase in Ultimate Load Over CS,% Failure Mode Central Mid of Side Quarter CS 17.23 12.35 9.85 37.5 --------- Punching shear SRUF1 21.23 16.85 13.82 68 81.3 Punching shear SRUT 18.35 11.88 10.14 47 25.3 Punching shear SRUF1-NSM 22.1 15.01 10.35 67.5 80 Punching shear SROF 18.8 16.19 11.6 50 33.3 Punching shear SRDF 18.25 15.89 12.56 54 44 Punching shear SRUF2 22.23 16.85 13.73 75 100 Punching shear Figure (1): Details reinforcement of the slab-column model (all dimentions are in mm) Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Figure (2): Details of the slab-column models Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Figure (3): The mould and the SRUF1-NSM model Figure (4): Tests of fresh self compacting concrete V-Funnel L-Box Slump Flow Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 48 Tying of steel and moulds preparation Casting process Figure (6): Apparatus of the testing of slab-column models Curing process and paint Figure (5): Casting and curing conditions Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 40 Figure (7): Configuration of demec points for strain and dial gauge for deflection Figure (8): Instruments that used in testing Figure (9): Cracks pattern at failure for all models Demec Point Dial Gauge Dial gauge ELE extensometer and demec discs Elecometer 900 Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Figure (9): Continued Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Figure (9): Continued Figure (10): Maximum crack width-load curves for slab-column models Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 44 Figure (11): Load versus mid span deflection for all slab-column models Figure (12): Deflected shape at failure for all slab-column models Figure (13): Tensile strain versus distance along lateral sides of CS-Model Al-Qadisiya Journal For Engineering Sciences, Vol. 8……No. 1 ….2015 43 Figure (14): Tensile strain versus distance along lateral sides of all models Figure (15): Tensile strain versus distance along diagonal axis of all models Figure (16): Tensile strain versus distance for SRUF2 model