This work evaluates the influence of steel fibers on the bond between reinforcement and concrete
and the behavior of beams subjected to bending stress in the Ultimate Limit State, through an
innovative test to compare with RILEM RC6 (1983) standard test. Some of the theoretical models
that are willing to represent the bond behavior are prescribed by CEB-FIP (2010), ACI 408R (2003) and NBR 6118 (2014) and by the authors' proposed models: Orangun et al. (1977), Harajli (2009), Shen et al. (2016). In the experimental program will be analyzed steel bars with diameters of 8 mm, 10 mm and 12.5 mm in specimens molded with compressive strength concrete of 30 MPa, varying the length of development in lb; 0.75.lb and 0.5 lb (lb is anchorage length determined by NBR 6118, 2014). The steel fibers used with volumes ranging of 0; 39.25; 78.50 and 117.75kg/m³. There will be 27 beams for the proposed test and 12 cube for the standard Pull-Out Test. The beams were tested at 28 days after concreting, the experimental results were presented and compared with the normative predictions. In the standard test for Vf = 0.5%, increase of tension ≈ 4%, for Vf = 1.0%, increase of tension ≈ 11% and Vf = 1, 5%, increase of tension ≈ 15%. In the proposed test, since there was also variation of length development, the best results were for samples with Vf of 1.5% and with 0.5.lb presented higher tension and load of equivalent rupture. In relation to the theoretical analysis, it was concluded that the prescriptions of Orangun et al. (1977) and ACI 408R (2003) presented results closer to the experimental results, exp/teo ≈ 1, and presented a security level of 75% in the evaluation of security level and dispersion. Therefore, it is feasible to state that lengths developments of smaller CRFA exhibit behavior and performance similar to the lengths developments of reinforced concrete and that the work proposed is efficient for the study of the influence of steel fibers in the bond between reinforcement and concrete.
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