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Figure 3.14 CSP index ...................................................................................................... 58Figure 3.15 Composite splitting tensile specimen casting process ................................... 61Figure 3.16 Composite splitting tensile specimen casting process ................................... 62Figure 3.17 Several steps of the splitting tensile test ........................................................ 64Figure 3.18 Set up of the slant-shear test .......................................................................... 66Figure 3.19 Preparation of the pull off specimen ............................................................. 67Figure 3.20 Pull-off specimen........................................................................................... 68Figure 4.1 Weight of composite samples, cast in wetting conditions, subjected to 300freeze-thaw cycles ................................................................................................. 71Figure 4.2 Fundamental transverse frequency of composite samples, cast in wettingconditions, subjected to 300 freeze-thaw cycles ................................................... 72Figure 4.3 Relative Dynamic Modulus of composite samples, cast in wetting conditions,subjected to 300 freeze-thaw cycles ..................................................................... 72Figure 4.4 Weight of NSC samples subjected to 300 freeze-thaw cycles ........................ 73Figure 4.5 Transversal frequency of NSC samples subjected to 300 freeze-thaw cycles 73Figure 4.6 Relative Dynamic Modulus of NSC samples subjected to 300 freeze-thawcycles..................................................................................................................... 74Figure 4.7 Representative failure modes of composite specimens for the splitting tensiletest ......................................................................................................................... 79Figure 4.8 Failure modes per case study in the splitting tensile test under wettingconditions .............................................................................................................. 80Figure 4.9 Bond strength per case study obtained in the splitting tensile test .................. 81Figure 4.10 COV per case study obtained in the splitting tensile test .............................. 81Figure 4.11 Failure modes for the slant-shear test ............................................................ 86Figure 4.12 Bond strength per case study obtained in the slant-shear test with an interfaceangle of 60° at 8 days ............................................................................................ 88Figure 4.13 Bond strength per case study obtained in the slant-shear test with an interfaceangle of 70° at 8 days ............................................................................................ 88Figure 4.14 Evolution of the bond strength per case study obtained in the slant-shear test............................................................................................................................... 89Figure 4.15 Failure modes in the pull-off test ................................................................... 93Figure 4.16 Tensile strength per case study obtained in pull-off test at 10-11 days ......... 93Figure 8.1 Concrete retarder information [1]. Euclid Chemical (2012) ......................... 119Figure 8.2 Concrete retarder information [2]. Euclid Chemical (2012) ......................... 120vii