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- Title
Fracture analysis of a high-strength concrete and a high-strength steel-fiber-reinforced concrete.
- Authors
Ferreira, L.
- Abstract
This paper addresses the use of R-curves to study the fracture behavior of high-strength concrete and steel-fiber-reinforced concrete subjected to crack ing in a three-point bending configuration. The R-curves are modeled through an effective approach based on the equations of linear-elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM), which relates the applied load to the fundamental displacements of notched-through beams loaded monotonically. It is initially shown that, for quasi-brittle materials, the R-curves responses can be evaluated in a quasi-analytical way, using the load-crack mouth opening, the load-load line displacement, or exclusively the displacement responses obtained experimentally. Afterward, the methodology is used to obtain the fracture responses of high-strength and fiber-reinforced concretes, up to the final stages of rupture.
- Subjects
R-curves; FRACTURE mechanics; METAL fractures; STRENGTH of materials; MATERIAL fatigue; REINFORCED concrete; CONSTRUCTION materials
- Publication
Mechanics of Composite Materials, 2007, Vol 43, Issue 5, p479
- ISSN
0191-5665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11029-007-0045-8