Yes / This paper evaluates the influence of mineral admixtures partially replacing cement, sea sand replacing quartz, sea water replacing fresh water on ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). The fluidity and mechanical properties were studied. Besides, the impermeability, chloride resistance and freeze-thaw resistance were investigated. Failure modes, scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis, mass loss, relative dynamic modulus of elasticity and mechanical properties of UHPCs after freeze-thaw cycles were conducted. The results showed the fluidity of UHPC paste gradually increases with the improvement of water-binder ratio. It is recommended that the water-binder ratio of UHPC be set at 0.19. The fluidity also increases with the improvement of the content of slag, fly ash and water reducer, but decreases with the improvement of silica fume content. The flexural and compressive strengths of UHPC enhance with the improvement of the content of silica fume, but reduce with the improvement of the content of fly ash and slag. The UHPCs made of quartz sand, river sand and sea sand, all, achieve a high strength. UHPCs prepared at standard curing conditions, with or without steel fibers, mixed by artificial seawater and made of sea sand, exhibited excellent impermeability and chloride resistance. The frost resistant grade of all UHPC specimens prepared by standard curing are greater than F500 exhibiting excellent freeze-thaw resistance and sustainability.

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Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is a class of cementitious materials that share similar characteristics including very large compressive strengths, tensile strength greater than conventional concrete and high durability. The material consists of finely graded cementitious particles and aggregates to develop a durable dense matrix. The addition of steel fibers increases ductility such that the material develops usable tensile strength. The durability and strength of UHPC makes it a desirable material for the production of highway bridge girders. However, UHPC's unique constitutive materials make it more expensive than conventional concrete. The cost and lack of appropriate design guidelines has limited its introduction into bridge products. The investigation presented in this thesis developed several optimization formulations to determine a suitable bridge girder shape for use with UHPC. The goal of this optimization was to develop a methodology of using UHPC in highway bridge designs that was cost competitive with conventional concrete solutions. Several surveys and field visits were performed to identify the important aspects of girder fabrication. Optimizations were formulated to develop optimized girder cross sections and full bridge design configurations that utilize UHPC. The results showed that for spans greater than 90 ft UHPC used in the proposed girder shape was more economical than conventional girders. The optimizations and surveys resulted in the development of a proposed method to utilize UHPC in highway bridges utilizing existing girder shapes and formwork. The proposed method consists of three simple calculations to transform an initial conventional design to an initial design using modified UHPC girders. / Master of Science

This thesis presents results of an experimental investigation to characterize single straight steel fiber pullout in Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC). Several parameters were explored including the distance of fibers to the edge of specimen, distance between fibers, and fiber volume in the matrix. The pullout load versus slip curve was recorded, from which the pullout work and maximum pullout load for each series of parameters were obtained. The curves were fitted to an existing fiber pullout model considering bond-fracture energy, Gd, bond frictional stress, 𝛕0, and slip hardening-softening coefficient, 𝜷. The representative load-slip curve characterizing the fiber pullout behavior will be implemented into a computational modeling protocol, for concrete structures, based on Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (LDPM). The parametric study showed that distances over 12.7 mm from the edge of the specimen have no significant effect on the maximum pullout load and work. Edge distances of 3.2 mm decreased the average pullout work by 26% and the maximum pullout load by 24% for mixes with 0% fiber volume. The distance between fibers did not have a significant effect on the pullout behavior within this study. Slight differences in pullout behavior between the 2% and 4% fiber volumes were observed including slight increase in the maximum pullout load when increasing fiber volume. The suggested fitted parameters for modeling with 2% and 4% fiber volumes are a bond-fracture energy value of zero, a bond friction coefficient of 2.6 N/mm² and 2.9 N/mm² and a slip-hardening coefficient of 0.21 and 0.18 respectively. / Master of Science

Nesta dissertação são apresentados um método de dosagem de concreto de elevado desempenho baseado na reologia da calda de cimento e os resultados de sua aplicação para alguns materiais brasileiros. O método baseia-se em dois modelos teóricos: modelo reológico que trata da viscosidade de uma suspensão de grãos polidispersados e fórmula empírica para previsão da resistência do concreto considerando a resistência da argamassa padrão. O método apresenta como vantagens a economia em mão de obra e materiais, uma vez que manipula somente caldas de cimento. Por outro lado, permite chegar a misturas de concreto auto-adensáveis quando frescos e de alta resistência quando endurecida. A aplicação do método aos materiais brasileiros é feita com algumas modificações em relação ao método original: corpos de prova de formato cúbico, cura térmica do concreto em água em ebulição, emprego de cimento Portland comum, etc. As principais conclusões resultantes desta aplicação são: precisão da fórmula de previsão da resistência do concreto, fixação do teor ótimo de superplastificante e de adição mineral, confirmação do teor ótimo de sílica ativa nos CEDs, eficácia da cura térmica em água em ebulição, eficiência do emprego de corpos de prova cúbico e diferente comportamento dos diversos materiais empregados. / In this dissertation are presented a mix method for high performance concrete base don rheology of cements pastes and on results of its application to some brazilian materials. The method is based on two theoretical models: a rheological model dealing with the viscosity of a polydispersed suspension and a empirical formula that allows the prediction of compressive strenght of standard mortar. The method presents as advantage the economy of manual work and materials since just handles binding pastes. Otherwise it allows to obtain self¬-densified mistures when concrete is fresh strength when concrete is hardened. The method application to Brazilian materials is done with some changes in relation to its originality: cubic specimen, thermal curing of concrete in boiling water, use of commom Portland cement, etc. The main conclusions drawn after this application are: accuracy of the prediction of concrete strength by the extended formula, determination of the best percentage of mineral and chemical addition, ratification of the best percentage of condensed silica fume in high performance concrete mixtures, effectiveness of the thermal curing of concrete en boiling water, effectiveness in the use of cubic casting mould and different behavior for several materials applied in this research.

Nesta dissertação são apresentados um método de dosagem de concreto de elevado desempenho baseado na reologia da calda de cimento e os resultados de sua aplicação para alguns materiais brasileiros. O método baseia-se em dois modelos teóricos: modelo reológico que trata da viscosidade de uma suspensão de grãos polidispersados e fórmula empírica para previsão da resistência do concreto considerando a resistência da argamassa padrão. O método apresenta como vantagens a economia em mão de obra e materiais, uma vez que manipula somente caldas de cimento. Por outro lado, permite chegar a misturas de concreto auto-adensáveis quando frescos e de alta resistência quando endurecida. A aplicação do método aos materiais brasileiros é feita com algumas modificações em relação ao método original: corpos de prova de formato cúbico, cura térmica do concreto em água em ebulição, emprego de cimento Portland comum, etc. As principais conclusões resultantes desta aplicação são: precisão da fórmula de previsão da resistência do concreto, fixação do teor ótimo de superplastificante e de adição mineral, confirmação do teor ótimo de sílica ativa nos CEDs, eficácia da cura térmica em água em ebulição, eficiência do emprego de corpos de prova cúbico e diferente comportamento dos diversos materiais empregados. / In this dissertation are presented a mix method for high performance concrete base don rheology of cements pastes and on results of its application to some brazilian materials. The method is based on two theoretical models: a rheological model dealing with the viscosity of a polydispersed suspension and a empirical formula that allows the prediction of compressive strenght of standard mortar. The method presents as advantage the economy of manual work and materials since just handles binding pastes. Otherwise it allows to obtain self¬-densified mistures when concrete is fresh strength when concrete is hardened. The method application to Brazilian materials is done with some changes in relation to its originality: cubic specimen, thermal curing of concrete in boiling water, use of commom Portland cement, etc. The main conclusions drawn after this application are: accuracy of the prediction of concrete strength by the extended formula, determination of the best percentage of mineral and chemical addition, ratification of the best percentage of condensed silica fume in high performance concrete mixtures, effectiveness of the thermal curing of concrete en boiling water, effectiveness in the use of cubic casting mould and different behavior for several materials applied in this research.

The strain capacity of structures depends on the plastic hinge behaviour. There are different proposals in the scientific literature in order to improve this behaviour in reinforced concrete structures such as the following ones: proposals include the use of fiber reinforced concrete, very high performance concrete or replacing in the critical structure zone, the steel reinforcement with shape memory alloy and superelasticity bars (from this point forward SMA), among other solutions. However, the strain capacity of hinges is dependent on the compressed reinforcement buckling, which means a drastic diminishing in the bearing capacity and ductility. This phenomenon happens due to the cover spalling or degradation, or due to an insufficient transverse reinforcement arrangement. The design codes propose requirements related to the diameter of longitudinal bars and to the transverse reinforcement separation to assure the bearing capacity or to assure the hinge rotation without the compressed reinforcements buckle. Nevertheless, the aforementioned requirements are not valid in compressed elements made of new materials (fiber reinforced concrete, very high performance concrete or SMA bars). This doctoral thesis analyzes the compressed steel or NiTi - SMA bars behaviour in elements made of conventional, high strength or very high performance concrete, with or without fibres. Therefore, an experimental research has been carried out to study the local instability of the compressed bars (steel and NITI) in concrete elements. 32 columns subject to a bending-compression load have been analyzed. An analytic model has been proposed to analyze the buckling critical stress and length in the compressed bars in concrete elements. This model has been calibrated based on experimental tests. It has been performed an experimental and numerical research to analyze the behaviour of the NITI bars as isolated bars. It has been proposed an analytic model to calculate the relationship stress-strain of the compressed bars that includes the buckling effect. This model has been verified by both experimental and numerical results. Finally, it has been proposed an expression to calculate the maximum separation of the transverse reinforcement according to the required limited stress, for both steel and SMA bars. In order to define that stress, two criteria have been proposed: one of them is based on stresses and the other one on strains. With respect to the concrete without fibres case, the proposed expression has been compared with the current code. / La capacidad de deformación de las estructuras depende del comportamiento de las rótulas plásticas. Para mejorar dicho comportamiento en estructuras de hormigón armado, en la literatura técnica se propone utilizar hormigón con fibras de acero en su masa, hormigón de muy altas prestaciones o sustituir en la zona crítica de la estructura las armaduras de acero por barras de aleación con memoria de forma y superelasticidad (en adelante SMA) entre otras soluciones. Sin embargo, la capacidad de deformación de las rótulas está condicionada por el pandeo de la armadura comprimida, lo que supone una disminución drástica de la capacidad resistente y de la ductilidad. Este fenómeno se produce porque el recubrimiento del hormigón salta o se degrada, o por una insuficiente disposición de armadura transversal. En las normativas de diseño se proponen requisitos acerca del diámetro y de la separación de la armadura transversal para asegurar la capacidad resistente o la deformación de la rótula sin que las armaduras comprimidas pandeen. Sin embargo, dichas expresiones no son válidas en elementos comprimidos fabricados con nuevos materiales (hormigón con fibras en su masa, hormigones de muy altas prestaciones o barras de SMA). En esta tesis doctoral se analiza el comportamiento de barras comprimidas, de acero o de SMA en base NiTi, en elementos fabricados con hormigones convencionales, de alta resistencia o de muy altas prestaciones, con o sin fibras en su masa. A tal efecto, se ha ejecutado un programa experimental para estudiar la inestabilidad local de las barras comprimidas (acero y NiTi) en elementos de hormigón. Se han analizado un total de 32 soportes sometidos a una solicitación de flexo-compresión. Se ha propuesto un modelo analítico para determinar la tensión y la longitud crítica de pandeo de barras comprimidas en elementos de hormigón. Este modelo ha sido calibrado con los ensayos experimentales. Se ha realizado un estudio experimental y numérico para analizar el comportamiento de las barras de NiTi como barras aisladas. Se ha propuesto un modelo analítico para calcular la relación tensión - deformación de barras comprimidas que incluye el efecto del pandeo. Este modelo ha sido verificado tanto con los resultados experimentales como numéricos. Finalmente, se ha propuesto una expresión para el cálculo de la separación máxima de la armadura transversal en función de la tensión límite requerida, tanto para barras de acero como de SMA. Para la definición de dicha tensión se proponen dos criterios: uno basado en tensiones y otro en deformaciones. En el caso de hormigón sin fibras, la expresión propuesta se ha comparado con la normativa actual. / La capacitat de deformació de les estructures depén del comportament de les ròtules plàstiques. Per a millorar dit comportament en estructures de formigó armat, en la literatura tècnica es proposa utilitzar formigó amb fibres d'acer en la seua massa, formigó de molt altes prestacions o substituir en la zona crítica de l'estructura les armadures d'acer per barres d'aliatge amb memòria de forma i superelasticitat (d'ara endavant SMA) entre d'altres solucions. No obstant això, la capacitat de deformació de les ròtules està condicionada pel vinclament de l'armadura comprimida, la qual cosa suposa una disminució dràstica de la capacitat resistent i de la ductilitat. Este fenomen es produeix perquè el recobriment del formigó salta o es degrada, o per una insuficient disposició de l'armadura transversal. En les normatives de disseny es proposen requisits quant al diàmetre i a la separació de l'armadura transversal per assegurar la capacitat resistent o la deformació de la ròtula sense que les armadures comprimides vinclen. No obstant això, estes expressions no son vàlides en elements comprimits fabricats amb nous materiales (formigó amb fibres en la seua massa, formigons de molt altes prestacions o barres de SMA). En esta tesis doctoral s'analitza el comportament de barres comprimides, d'acer o de SMA compost per NiTi, en elements fabricats amb formigons convencionals, d'alta resistència o de molt altes prestacions, amb o sense fibres en la seua massa. A tal efecte, s'ha executat un programa experimental per estudiar la inestabilitat local de les barres comprimides (acer i NiTi) en elements de formigó. S'han analitzat un total de 32 soports somesos a una solicitació de flexo-compressió. S'ha proposat un model analític per determinar la tensió i longitud crítica de vinclament de barres comprimides en elements de formigó. Este model ha sigut calibrat amb els assajos experimentals. S'ha realitzat un estudi experimental i numéric per analitzar el comportament de les barres de NiTi com barres aïllades. S'ha proposat un model analític per calcular la relació tensió-deformació de barres comprimides que inclou l'efecte del vinclament. Este model ha sigut verificat tant amb els resultats experimentals com numérics. Finalment, s'ha proposat una expressió per al càlcul de la separació màxima de l'armadura transversal en funció de la tensió límit requerida., tant per a barres d'acer com de SMA. Per a la definició de dita tensió es proposen dos criteris: uno basat en tensions i l'altre en deformacions. En el cas del formigó amb fibres, l'expressió proposada s'ha comparat amb la normativa actual. / Pereiro Barceló, J. (2017). INESTABILIDAD DE BARRAS COMPRIMIDAS DE ACERO Y DE SMA EN ELEMENTOS DE HORMIGÓN FABRICADOS CON NUEVOS MATERIALES. RECOMENDACIONES DE DISEÑO [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90650

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ASTRACT: The very high strength, enhanced ductility and long-term durability of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) makes it an ideal material to be used for building structures in the future. The non-heat treated UHPC requires less quality control than heat treated UHPC, which makes it more relevant to be applied in South Africa. This research focuses on developing non-heat treated UHPC with locally available materials, with the exception of short, straight, high strength steel fibre. While UHPC mix design guidelines have been proposed, ingredient materials available locally, but which do not necessarily comply with recommended property ranges, may be compensated for by particular strategies. The local ingredient materials are compared based on their mineralogy, specific surface area, particle size and grading by researchers who successful developed non-heat treat UHPC. The majority of local materials were found not that ideal for UHPC. Under such circumstances, following the general UHPC mix design, it is difficult to reach the same designated strength as those achieved by the other researchers. One of the problems for non-heat treated UHPC is its large shrinkage caused by very low water to cement ratio. A new mix design philosophy is developed for UHPC by making use of steel fibre to improve its compressive strength. Instead of avoiding the large shrinkage, this method uses shrinkage to improve the bond between steel fibre and matrix through the mechanism of shrinkage induced clamping pressure. Subsequently, the mechanism of bridging effect of steel fibre is used to confine shrinkage evolvement in UHPC. Through such a mix design philosophy, the steel fibres are pre-stressed inside UHPC so that it both improves the compressive strength and ductility. A UHPC strength of 168 MPa is achieve in this research. After the UHPC has successfully been developed, factors that can affect UHPC strength are tested. It is found that the environmental temperature of UHPC, cement composition and specimen cover during the moulded period significantly influence UHPC strength by approximately 24%. It is also found that after two days of de-moulding, the UHPC exposed to the air, achieved similar strength as that cured in water, which is helpful for future industrial application.

Abstract The aim of this thesis is to assess the time-dependent behavior of a new kind of composite railway bridge deck composed by two precambered and prestressed beams. The method used until now to design these bridge decks is a simple classical computation method with a variable modular ratio. They have been placed only with simply supported spans up to 26 m. It is now considered to apply this construction method for the building of continuous bridges (with larger spans) by connecting simply supported decks on their supports. It is known that this kind of construction will induce an additional and strong time-dependent redistribution of internal forces within the structure. It was felt that an in-depth understanding of the influence of the concrete time-dependent effects in this kind of composite structures is needed before proceeding with the design of statically indeterminate bridges. Two cross-section analysis programs applying the principle of superposition were developed: the first used the age adjusted effective modulus method and the second the step-by-step method. However, it is known that the delayed behavior of concrete does not fully comply with the principle of superposition. It appears that after a period of compression creep, creep recovery is significantly less than predicted by the superposition principle. In the construction phases of this bridge deck, the concrete fibers belonging to the bottom side of prestressed beams undergo a stress/strain history of significant unloading when the permanent loads are applied step-by-step. Moreover, these methods assume that the relative humidity remains constant. Finally, a lot of bridge decks are heated in order to transfer the prestressing as soon as possible. To evaluate more finely the time-dependent effects of concrete in such composite (and rather complex) structures with variable loading history, several steps have been carried out: -Analysis of the influence of the heat treatment applied in the workshop and the level of applied stress on the creep and the shrinkage of the concrete. -Analysis of the recovery phenomenon of the concrete resulting in the selection of the two-function method with the recovery function proposed by Yue and Taerwe. -Development of a cross-section analysis program applying the two-function method to take into account more finely the recovery phenomenon, what resulted in a optimization of the phases of construction of the bridge decks by decreasing the minimum age of concrete before prestressing from 40 hours to 20 hours. -Development of a structural analysis program with beam finite elements and applying the two-function method,what has resulted in an optimization of the phases of construction of continuous bridges composed by the junction of two bridge decks. -Proposition of a modelling based on the understanding of the physico-chemical phenomenona which are at the origin of the delayed effects and coupled to a local analysis of the evolution of the degree of hydration and the internal relative humidity in order to take into account the changes of the boundaries conditions in terms of heat and moisture exchanges occurring along the construction history of the bridge decks in the evaluation of their long-term behavior. For each component of the delayed strains (the thermal strain, the autogenous shrinkage, the desiccation shrinkage, the desiccation creep, the basic creep), a modelling has been proposed. -Development of a cross-section analysis program based on the numerically stable algorithm with increasing time steps for integral-type aging creep proposed by Bažant and including the different components of the delayed effects according to the proposed modelling. The results seem to be very promising since it was possible to reproduce in a more realistic way the evolutions of the measured strains of the composite railway bridge deck instrumented in June 2000 and situated near Brussels South Station. /Résumé L’objectif de cette thèse est de prédire le comportement à long terme de structure mixte type pont-bac composée de poutres préfléchies, précontraintes et construites par phases. A l’heure actuelle, ils sont dimensionnés à l’état limite de service par une méthode traditionnelle pseudo-élastique avec un coefficient d’équivalence acier-béton variable. Il est envisagé d’étendre ce type de construction à la réalisation de viaducs hyperstatiques permettant de franchir de plus grandes portées en établissant une continuité entre deux travées au droit de leur support commun. Il est connu que ce type de construction induit une importante redistribution des efforts internes dans la structure. Il est donc indispensable d’évaluer très finement l’influence des effets différés du béton sur ce type de construction. Deux programmes généraux d’analyse de section basés sur la méthode du module effectif ajusté et la méthode pas-à-pas ont tout d’abord été développés. Ces méthodes appliquent le principe de superposition. Des limitations propres à ces méthodes ont été relevées pour des historiques où le béton subit plusieurs déchargements significatifs par rapport à son état de contrainte initial juste après le transfert de la précontrainte. Ces méthodes ont aussi l’inconvénient de supposer une humidité relative constante. Enfin,pour pouvoir être mis en précontrainte le plus tôt possible, les ponts-bacs sont chauffés. Les caractéristiques de retrait et de fluage s’écartent de celles déterminées en laboratoire sur des éprouvettes conservées à 20°C. Pour lever les limitations des méthodes classiques et évaluer plus finement l’état de contrainte et de déformation à long terme dans ce type de structure, plusieurs étapes ont été effectuées : -Analyse de l’influence d’un traitement thermique appliqué dans les mêmes conditions que celles effectuées chez le préfabricant ainsi que du niveau de contrainte appliqué sur les déformations différées du béton. -Analyse de l’influence de l’application de déchargements à des âges divers sur les éprouvettes de béton permettant de mettre en évidence le fait que la méthode dite aux deux fonctions avec la fonction de recouvrance proposée par Yue et Taerwe reproduit la plupart des résultats expérimentaux de manière très satisfaisante. -Développement d’un programme d’analyse en section suivant la méthode pas-à-pas étendu à la méthode aux deux fonctions afin de mieux tenir compte de la recouvrance, ce qui a permis d’optimiser les phases de préfabrication des ponts-bacs en changeant l’instant de mise en précontrainte. Les simulations ont montré que si le béton du pont-bac est chauffé, la mise en précontrainte peut s’effectuer à 20 heures d’âge du béton. -Développement d’un programme d’analyse de structure au moyen d’éléments finis de type poutre et dont l’algorithme de résolution applique la méthode aux deux fonctions, ce qui a permis d’optimiser les phases de construction de viaducs hyperstatiques constitués par la jonction de deux ponts-bacs. -Proposition d’une modélisation fondée sur la compréhension des phénomènes physico-chimiques à l’origine des effets différés et couplée à une étude locale de l’évolution du degré d’hydratation et de la teneur en eau permettant de tenir compte des changements de conditions aux limites en terme d’échange de chaleur et d’humidité qui ont lieu au cours de l’histoire des ponts-bacs dans l’évaluation de leur comportement à long terme. Pour chaque composante des déformations différées (le retrait thermique, le retrait endogène, le retrait et le fluage de dessiccation, le fluage fondamental), une modélisation a été proposée. -Développement d’un programme d’analyse de section basé sur une approche incrémentale avec l’algorithme récursif et exponentiel proposé par Bažant et dans lequel les composantes des effets différés ont été intégrées suivant la modélisation proposée. Les résultats sont encourageants car ils ont permis de reproduire de manière beaucoup plus réaliste les évolutions des déformations mesurées dans le pont-bac instrumenté à Bruxelles.

A premissa básica para se ter concreto armado é a existência de aderência entre o concreto e o aço. Vários fatores influenciam o comportamento da aderência, o que torna o fenômeno complexo. Em contraste como nível de informações sobre o comportamento da aderência, não existem resultados suficientes quanto à aderência em concreto de alto desempenho (CAD) e o efeito da adição repetida no comportamento da ligação aço-concreto. Neste contexto, o objetivo principal deste trabalho foi analisar a aderência em CAD sob ação repetida. Foram realizados ensaio das quatro barras e arrancamento e desenvolvido método de instrumentação interna de barras. Foram analisadas duas séries de ensaios de arrancamento, que diferiam no grau de confinamento máximo da amplitude. Outro ponto que teve especial atenção foi a distribuição de tensões de aderência. Verificou-se que o comportamento da aderência em CAD é qualitativamente o mesmo de concretos usuais. Entretanto, devido à natureza frágil do CAD, mesmo em concreto confinado, a pintura dos modelos foi por fendilhamento. Quanto à distribuição de tensões de aderência, a aplicação de um carregamento repetido prévio não afeta a distribuição de tensões, alterando somente a ordem de grandeza das tensões alcançadas durante o andamento do ensaio. / The basic premise for having reinforced concrete is the existence of bond between concrete and steel. Various factors influence the behaviour of the bond, which makes the phenomenon complex. In contrast with the level of information about the behaviour of the bond, there are insufficient results concerning bond in High Performance Concrete (HPC) and the effect of repeated action on the behaviour of the steel-concrete ligation. In this context, the main objective of this work was to analyse the bond in HPC under repeated action. Controlled tests were carried out, four bars and pullout and a method of internal instrumentation of the bars was developed. Two series of pull-out test were analysed, which differed in the degree of bar confinement. In reference to repeated action, the number of cycles and the level of maximum load of amplitude were analysed. Another aspect which had special attention was the distribution of bond stress. It was verified that the behaviour of the bond in HPC is qualitatively the same as normal concrete. However, due to the brittle nature of HPC, even in confined concrete, the failures of the models were by splitting. In reference to the distribution of bond stress, the application of a previously repeated load does not affect the distribution of stress, altering only the order of magnitude of the reached stress during the testing.