“…Among the test data on mechanical bar splices [ 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ], the majority focused on bar Grade 500 or smaller, with the exception of Lee et al [ 38 ], who investigated bar Grade 550 and 690. The evaluation of mechanical bar splices involved various loading protocols, including monotonic [ 34 , 40 , 43 , 45 ], code-specified cyclic [ 33 , 35 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 44 , 46 ], or researcher-defined protocols [ 36 , 37 , 38 ]. The most commonly used cyclic loading protocols for mechanical bar splices, categorized for basic, moderate, and violent seismic applications, are specified in ISO 15835 [ 2 , 3 ].…”