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Document:
SP118
Date:
January 1, 1990
Author(s):
Editors: Victor C. Li and Zdenek P. Bazant
Publication:
Symposium Papers
Volume:
118
Abstract:
SP-118 This Special Publication of 13 papers presents advances in fracture mechanics involving characterization, resistance measurements, computation tools, and material toughness. The document is divided into two sections. One section deals with the application of fracture mechanics to cementitious materials. The other section covers the application of fracture mechanics to concrete structures.
DOI:
10.14359/14151
SP118-04
J. C. Chern, C. H. Young, and K. C. Wu
Conventional concrete and mortar are both major construction materials because of their advantages in durability, economy, and comparably good mechanical properties. However, brittleness and low tensile strength are weak constitutions of these materials. Therefore, they provide less resistance to the propagation of cracks. Fibers can resist against the propagation of cracks due to the contribution of traction, resulting from the fibers-matrix bond mechanism, on the crack face. Some exact mathematical formulations to express thestress intensity factor and the crack opening displacement are proposed in this research to interpret the fracture behavior of fiber reinforced cementitious composites. Using these formulations, two fracture criteria can be performed to evaluate the tendency of crack propagation of this composite material. These two criteria are stress intensity factor and crack tip opening displacement. To achieve a more reasonable solution, the couple effect between the crack opening displacement and the fiber bridging traction is also considered. From the numerical results shown in this study, it is concluded that the fiber reinforced concrete provides higher resistance against the propagation of cracks than ordinary plain concrete, and one can clearly understand the resistance ability of fibers for the fracture behavior of concrete.
10.14359/2928
SP118-09
Jin-Ken Kim, Seok-Hong Eo, and Hong-Kee Park
In most of the structural members with initial cracks, the strength tends to decrease as the member size increases. This phenomenon is known as size effect. Among the structural materials of glass, metal, or concrete, etc., concrete represents the size effect even without initial crack. According to the previous size effect law, the concrete member of very large size can resist little stress. Actually, however, even the large-size member can resist some stress if there is no initial crack. In this study, the empirical models for uniaxial compressive strength that are derived based on nonlinear fracture mechanics are proposed by the regression analysis with the existing test data of large-size specimens.
10.14359/2962
SP118-08
Zdenek P. Bazant, Siddik Sener, and Pere C. Prat
This symposium contribution gives a preliminary report on tests of the size effect in torsional failure of plain and longitudinally reinforced beams of reduced scale, made of microconcrete. The results confirm that there is a significant size effect, such that the nominal stress at failure decreases as the beam size increases. This is found for both plain and longitudinally reinforced beams. The results are consistent with the recently proposed Bazants size effect law. However, the scatter of the results and the scope and range limitations prevent it from concluding that the applicability of this law has been proven in general.
10.14359/2955
SP118-02
R. J. Ward, K. Yamanobe, V. C. Li, and S. Backer
Results of notched beam, direct tension, splitting tension, compression, shear beam, and flexural tests on plain mortar and on mortar reinforced with different volume fractions of short acrylic fibers are reported. An indirect J-integral technique is employed to determine the tension-softening curve and thus the tensile strength, the fracture energy, and the critical crack opening from the notched beam test results. As the volume fraction of fibers is increased, the strength in shear and flexure, the fracture energy, and the critical crack opening all increase, the tensile strength remains essentially constant, and the compressive strength shows some reduction. The characteristic length lch is used as a material property to characterize the post-peak tensile behavior. The shear and flexural strengths are related to the normalized dimension d/lch, and good agreement between the experimental results and theoretical predictions of decreasing strength with increasing d/lch is found.
10.14359/2878
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