Title: Bidirectional Multiple Cracking Tests on High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composite Plates

Author(s): Benny Suryanto, Kohei Nagai, and Koichi Maekawa

Publication: Materials Journal

Volume: 107

Issue: 5

Appears on pages(s): 450-460

Keywords: initial damage; multiple cracks; opening-sliding; strength degradation

DOI: 10.14359/51663964

Date: 9/1/2010

Abstract:
An experimental program was conducted to investigate the effects of simultaneous opening-sliding of multiple cracks on the behavior of high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (HPFRCCs). For this purpose, 12 HPFRCC plates were tested in bending and under two constitutive principal stress directions. To facilitate reorientation of the stress fields, the plates were precracked and then sawn with certain orientations. Finally, the plates were retested in bending to failure. The results showed that the change in principal stress direction had a substantial effect on macroscopic plate behavior, as marked by reductions in strength and initial stiffness. The effect of stress field reorientation on the cracking pattern was, however, minimal. Regardless of the orientation of the new principal stress direction to that of precracking, a somewhat orthogonal crack pattern always appeared. To characterize the mechanisms involved, the stressstrain relationship within the constant moment span of each plate is presented and discussed.