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(75 mm) diameter and 5.9 in (150 mm) long with a bond interface inclined 30° to thelongitudinal direction.Climaco and Regan (2001) obtained similar results between prisms <strong>of</strong> 5.9x5.9x39.4 in(150x150x1000 mm) and 4x4x12 in (102x102x305 mm) showing that there is not anysignificant effect due to the variation <strong>of</strong> the sample dimensions. However, the inclination<strong>of</strong> the bond interface does; Austin et al. (1999) emph<strong>as</strong>ized that this bond strengthmethod h<strong>as</strong> a serious shortcoming in its dependency on the angle <strong>of</strong> the interface.Namely, the standard tests, such <strong>as</strong> BS EN 1265:1999 and ASTM C882 fix the jointangle with an inclination <strong>of</strong> 30° from the vertical excluding the likelihood <strong>of</strong> attaining abond failure on a different plane.The slant shear test is sensitive to the degree <strong>of</strong> roughness <strong>of</strong> the substrate (Abu-Tair etal. 1996). In contr<strong>as</strong>t, Robins and Austin (1995) showed that the pull <strong>of</strong>f is more sensitiveto the roughness <strong>of</strong> the substrate than the slant shear test. According to Robins and Austin(1995), this might be explained due the fact that the tensile bond strength is sensitive tothe existence <strong>of</strong> surface defects which cause the reduction in the effective bond area andstress concentration at the tips <strong>of</strong> microcracks, which accelerate their extension.Robins and Austin (1995), and Santos and Julio (2011), developed finite element modelsto study how the stiffness mismatch between the overlay and subtract <strong>material</strong>s affect thedistribution <strong>of</strong> stresses along the interface. Both showed that there is an incre<strong>as</strong>e in bothnormal and shear at the ends <strong>of</strong> the bond plane, with the maximum stresses taking placeat the side with le<strong>as</strong>t overlay <strong>material</strong> depth.3.1.3 Pull Off TestThe pull <strong>of</strong>f tests consists <strong>of</strong> applying a direct tensile force to a core advanced through theoverlay <strong>material</strong> and into the underlying <strong>concrete</strong> until failure takes place (Issa et al.2008). Sprinkel (1997) stated that the pull <strong>of</strong>f test, <strong>as</strong> well called direct tensile method, isthe best technique to <strong>as</strong>sess the bond strength in the field. The pull <strong>of</strong>f h<strong>as</strong> been widelyused in research applications due to its potential correlation to in situ results and the fact41

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