3.3   Corrosion degree and bond stress
It is apparent that (Fig. 14) for corrosion degrees less than 5% the bond stress correlated well. However, as the degree of corrosion increased there was no observable correlation at all. This contrasts with the relationship between the observed crack width and bond stress, which gives a reasonable correlation, even as crack widths increase to 2 and 2.5 mm. A possible explanation for this variation is that in the initial stages of corrosion virtually all the dissolved iron ions react to form expansive corrosion products. This reaction impacts on both the bond stress and the formation of cracks. However, once cracks have been formed it is possible for the iron ions to be transported along the crack and out of the concrete. As the bond has already been effectively lost at the crack any iron ions dissolving at the crack and being directly transported out of the concrete will cause an increase in the degree of corrosion, but not affect the surface crack width. The location, orientation and chemistry within the crack will control the relationship between bond stress and degree of corrosion, which will vary from specimen to specimen. Hence the large variations in corrosion degree and bond stress for high levels of corrosion.
 
Fig. 14 Bond stress versus corrosion degree, 12 mm bars, unconfined specimen
Significantly larger crack widths were observed for the unconfined specimens, compared to the confined specimens with similar levels of corrosion and mass lost. The largest observed crack for unconfined specimens was 2.5 mm compared to 1.4 mm for the confined specimens. This is as expected and is a direct result of the confinement which limits the degree of cracking.
3.4   Effect of confinement
The unconfined specimens for both 16 and 12 mm bars did not display the initial increase in bond strength observed for the confined bars. Indeed the unconfined specimens with cracks all displayed a reduced bond stress compared to the control specimens. This is in agreement with other authors [16, 24] findings for cracked specimens. In cracked corroded specimens Fang observed a substantial reduction in bond strength for deformed bars without stirrups, while Rodriguez observed bond strengths of highly corroded cracked specimens without stirrups were close to zero, while highly corroded cracked specimens with stirrups retained bond strengths of between 3 and 4 MPa. In uncorroded specimens Chana noted an increase in bond strength due to stirrups of between 10 and 20% [14]. However Rodriguez and Fang observed no variation due to the presence of confinement in uncorroded bars.
The data is perhaps unexpected as it could be anticipated that the corrosion products would lead to an increase in bond due to the increase in internal pressures, caused by the corrosion products increasing the confinement and mechanical interlocking around the bar, coupled with increased roughness of the bar resulting in a greater friction between the bar and the surrounding concrete. However, these pressures would then relieved by the subsequent cracking of the concrete, which would contribute to the decrease in the bond strength as crack widths increase. A possible hypothesis is that due to the level of cover, three times bar diameter, the effect of confinement by the stirrups is reduced, such that it has little impact on the bond stress in uncracked concrete. However, once cracking has taken place the confinement does have a beneficial effect on the bond.
It may also be that the compressive strength of the concrete combined with the cover will have an effect on the bond stresses for uncorroded specimens. The data presented here has a cover of three times bar diameter and a strength of 40 MPa, other research ranges from 1.5 to four times cover with compressive strengths from 40 to 77 MPa.
3.5   Comparison of 12 and 16 mm rebar
The maximum bond stress for 16 mm unconfined bars was measured at 8.06 MPa and for the 12 mm bars it was 8.43 MPa. These both corresponded to the control specimens with no corrosion. The unconfined specimens for both the 12 and 16 mm bars showed no increase in bond stress due to corrosion. For the confined specimens the maximum bond stress for the control specimens were 7.29 MPa for the 12 mm bars and 6.34 MPa for the 16 mm bars. The maximum bond stress for both sets of confined specimens corresponded to point of the initial cracking. The maximum bond stresses were observed at a mean crack width of 0.01 mm for the 12 mm bars and 0.28 mm for the 16 mm bars. The corresponding bond stresses were, 8.45 and 7.20 MPa. Overall the 12 mm bars displayed higher bond stresses compared to the 16 mm bars at all crack widths. This is attributed to a different failure mode. The 16 mm specimens demonstrate splitting failure while the 12 mm bars bond failure. 钢筋对裂缝宽度的影响英文文献和中文翻译(5):http://www.youerw.com/fanyi/lunwen_31904.html