@ARTICLE{Dybeł_Piotr_Assessment_2014, author={Dybeł, Piotr and Furtak, Kazimierz}, number={No 2}, journal={Archives of Civil Engineering}, pages={209-221}, howpublished={online}, year={2014}, publisher={WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES}, abstract={The paper presents the results of experimental investigations performed by the authors on the casting position factor. It was proved that at the height of reinforced concrete elements there are different bond conditions. Moreover, the bond depends on concrete mechanical properties, element height as well as concrete mix composition and consistency. The experiments also showed the advisability of determining the casting position factor separately for bars from normal concrete and those from high–performance concrete (HPC). The analysis of investigation results has shown that “good” bond conditions are a relative concept and depend on, among other things, element height. The higher the element the better the concrete to lower bars bond. Consequently, elements of considerable height (higher than 600 mm) demonstrate a bigger difference between concrete to upper bars bond and concrete to lower bars bond.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Assessment of the casting position factor in reinforcedconcrete elements in view of experimental studies}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/83946/mainfile.pdf}, keywords={Bonded Zone (BZ), casting position, anchorage length, high–performance concrete}, }