TxDOT – Standard and Criteria for Reinforcement Couplers
TxDOT
– Standard and Criteria for Reinforcement Couplers
TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR MECHANICAL
COUPLERS FOR REINFORCING STEEL under DMS-4510
TEXAS DOT |
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Type of Test Required |
Why ! (Purpose of the test) |
What is the Criteria ? |
Static tensile strength test |
Tensile strength of the Rebar joint (Rebar to Coupler Splice) joint |
>1.25Fy |
Slip Test |
Used to make sure that the plastic movement
(slip) between the reinforcement bars with in the Mechanical Splice, when
Loaded in tension |
<=0.010 inch after applying 0.5fy loading |
Fatigue Loading |
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Low Cycle Fatigue Test |
The purpose of this test is to evaluate the
performance of the splice reinforcement following significant inelastic
stress reversal fatigue cycle which would stimulate a seismic event, This includes a series of elastic stress
reversal cycle followed by increasing inelastic stress
reversal cycle out to 5 times the yield point strain of
the reinforcement being tested. In other words the purpose of fatigue testing of
mechanical splices for steel reinforcement bars is to determine the fatigue
strength of the mechanical splice. The fatigue performance of a mechanically spliced
bar will normally be lower than that of the un-spliced bar. |
80,000
Cycles of alternating tension and compression
load of 210 MPa. |
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