Pull-out of textile reinforcement in concrete

• Pull-out tests of TRC to gain better knowledge of the complex bond behaviour.
• Local-bond slip relationship evaluated from experimental data.
• 1D and 3D numerical models to simulate complex global bond behaviour.
• 3D models validated the simplified assumptions applied in the 1D model.

Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) has emerged as a promising novel alternative offering corrosion resistance and both thinner and light-weight structures. Although TRC has been extensively researched, the formalization of experimental methods and design standards is still in progress. The aim of this work was to extract local-bond behaviour from pull-out tests of basalt and carbon TRC and utilize these in both simple (1D) and advanced models (3D) to yield the global structural behaviour. The simulation results from the 1D and 3D models are able to simulate the complex behaviour of TRC with a reasonable level of correlation.