Currently, the number of construction cases using large-diameter and high-strength steel and high-strength concrete is increasing due to the trend of large buildings. In the case of reinforcing bars that serve as the framework of a structure, the continuous state is the best in terms of structural stability. However, for convenience, it is transported and assembled to a predetermined standard. In this study, a coupler was developed applying SCM440 material with excellent mechanical properties, not S35C and S45C materials, generally used as coupler materials. To this end, high-frequency carburizing and heat treatment was applied to the element parts taking into account the taper angle and stress results, reflecting the results of low- and high-cycle fatigue tests and structural analysis for the applied material. Finally, in the case of a reinforced coupler fastened with hydraulic SD500 reinforcement bars with diameter D25, a reliability test was carried out using the mechanical joint inspection method of reinforced concrete reinforcement bars. Results were obtained that satisfied the characteristic performance values.

As per ISO376 : 2011, creep uncertainty can be measured directly or indirectly. In this regard, this paper seeks to provide a comparison between direct and indirect creeps computed from hysteresis. All computations for direct and indirect creeps were done using equations from ISO376 : 2011. Five force measuring devices were experimentally examined for this purpose. Results showed that the behaviors of direct and indirect creeps were quite different. The relative creep that was directly measured was constant. On the other hand, the relative creep that was indirectly estimated varied with the applying force. Therefore, the directly measured creep cannot be replaced by the indirect one. This paper proposes a method to use a representative value for indirect creep, as the maximum of the creep. For the force measuring devices that had good hysteresis characteristics, the directly and indirectly measured creeps were comparable. However, for the force measuring devices with poor hysteresis characteristics, the indirectly estimated creep was much higher than the directly measured creep. Therefore, it is highly recommended to measure the creep directly for the force measuring devices characterized by poor hysteresis.