VARIOUS SIZE EFFECTS IN FRACTURE OF CONCRETE

The paper reports the results of a series of three-point bend tests on pre-cracked cement mortar and concrete beams. The tests are performed with a view to studying the influence of pre-crack, aggregate and specimen sizes on the fracture of concrete. A simple formula based on the experimental data is proposed to account for all the three size dependent effects. Other parameters having a significant influence on the fracture of concrete are also pointed out. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Nallathambi, D
  • Karihaloo, B L
  • HEATON, B S
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 117-126
• Serial:
  • Cement and Concrete Research
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0008-8846
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00088846

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Beams; Bending; Cement; Cement mortars; Concrete; Cracking; Failure; Mortar; Samples; Size; Testing; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete beams; Concrete cracking
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 3472: Beam; 4758: Cement; 4755: Concrete; 5211: Cracking; 9014: Dimension; 5520: Failure; 4769: Mortar; 6251: Sample (mater); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Planning and Forecasting; I32: Concrete; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396952
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2004 2:39AM