Determination of the Fracture Energy of Concrete: A comparison of the three-point bend test on notched beam and the wedge-splitting test
Editor: Hassanzadeh, Manouchehr
Sveriges Provnings- och Forskningsinstitut - Byggnadsteknik
Author: Hansen, Ernst Jan De Place
Department of Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark
Author: Aassved Hansen, Einar
SINTEF
Author: Stang, Henrik
Department of Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Abstract:
In a NORDTEST project two methods for determination of the fracture energy of concrete are compared; the Three-Point Bend Test (TPBT) and the Wedge Splitting Test (WST). The methods involve notched beams and notched, grooved cubes, respectively. The two methods are compared in relation to handling and precision (repeatability, reproducability). Concrete with a water/cement ratio of 0.43 including fly ash as well as silica fume is investigated. The results show that WST is significantly faster to work with compared to TPBT, although the sawing procedure is more time consuming. Only when using laboratory prepared specimens cast in moulds with a negative groove time can be saved. With the experimental setup used in the majority of the testing, the GF determined according to the TPBT method is generally higher than the GF determined according to the WST method. The results however seem to indicate that care should be taken in designing the supports in the beam test (TPBT) in order to minimize the resistance to axial movements.
Original language English
Number of pages 53
State Published - 1998
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Author(s): David Darwin, Shawn Barham, Rozalija Kozul, and Shuguang Luan
Published By:ACI Materials Journal
Published Year:9/1/2001
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Abstract: The effects of water-cementitious materials ratio, age, and aggregate type on the compressive strength, flexural strength, and fracture energy of concretes with compressive strengths ranging from 20 to 99 MPa (2900 to 14,400 psi) are studied. Concrete mixtures contain either basalt or crushed limestone aggregate with maximum sizes of 12 or 19 mm (1/2 or 3/4 in.). Mixtures are tested at ages ranging from 5 to 180 days and have water-cementitious (w/cm) ratios ranging from 0.24 to 0.50. High-strength concrete containing the higher-strength, basalt coarse aggregate attains higher compressive and flexural strengths than high-strength concrete containing limestone. The compressive and flexural strengths of medium and normal-strength concretes (fc¢ up to approximately 60 MPa [9000 psi]) are affected little by aggregate type. Concrete containing basalt yields significantly higher fracture energy than concrete containing limestone, with fracture energy governed principally by aggregate properties, independent of compressive strength, w/cm ratio, and age. Overall, as compressive strength increases, the energy stored in the material at the peak tensile load increases while the ability of the material to dissipate energy remains approximately constant. The result is increasingly brittle behavior as compressive strength increases.
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Published Year:Published February 2017
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hi. I need following paper from AISC Engineering Journal.I would appreciate to share this & other articles available from AISC Engineering Journal.Thanck u.
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ACI 446.1R-91: Fracture Mechanics of Concrete: Concepts, Models and Determination of Material Properties (Reapproved 1999)
Title: Fracture mechanics of concrete : concepts, models and determination of material properties
Author: ACI Committee 446, on Fracture Mechanics
Subjects: Concrete -- Fracture; Fracture mechanics
Description: ACI 446.1R-91
Cover title
Cover title -- Why fracture mechanics? -- Essential results from linear elastic fracture mechanics -- Nonlinear fracture models with softening zone -- Special nonlinear fracture models based on adaptation of LEFM -- Size effect and brittleness of structures -- Experimental or analytical determination of material fracture parameters -- Factors influencing fracture parameters -- Effect of reinforcement -- Crack systems
Publisher: Detroit, Mich : American Concrete Institute
Date: 1992
Format: 146 p. : ill
Language: English
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446.1R-91: Fracture Mechanics of Concrete: Concepts, Models and Determination of Material Properties (Reapproved 1999)
Title: Fracture mechanics of concrete : concepts, models and determination of material properties
Author: ACI Committee 446, on Fracture Mechanics
Subjects: Concrete -- Fracture; Fracture mechanics
Description: ACI 446.1R-91
Cover title
Cover title -- Why fracture mechanics? -- Essential results from linear elastic fracture mechanics -- Nonlinear fracture models with softening zone -- Special nonlinear fracture models based on adaptation of LEFM -- Size effect and brittleness of structures -- Experimental or analytical determination of material fracture parameters -- Factors influencing fracture parameters -- Effect of reinforcement -- Crack systems
Publisher: Detroit, Mich : American Concrete Institute
Date: 1992
Format: 146 p. : ill
Language: English
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