EK563
When a primary flexural crack forms and crosses the reinforcing steel, the concrete adjacent to the crack slips against the steel. Slip, or bond-slip, is defined as the relative movement […]
EK558
Tension stiffening in a flexural member is the additional stiffness provided by the tensile stress in the concrete between primary flexural cracks. The tensile force in the concrete is transferred […]
EK526
Bond refers to the interaction between reinforcing steel and the surrounding concrete that allows transfer of tensile stresses between the steel and concrete.