Lightweight Concrete

[Rjakiel]

I am looking for any reference or available information on the allowable bond stress used to design the embedment of steel wire, rod or bar into lightweight foam concrete and/or procedures used to design the embedment of steel wire, rod or bar into lightweight concrete. My particular interest is lightweight foam concrete (no aggregate) with compressive strengths between 40 and 100 psi. Does anyone know of a publication or source of information for this topic?

 

[Ron]

Bond strength is related to compressive strength, similar to shear strength and tensile strength. Why would you want to use steel to reinforce this material?