TENSILE AND TENSILE FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE; EXPERIMENTS, MODELLING AND ANALYSES

A model based on nonlinear fracture mechanics is presented for the fatigue behavior of plain concrete. The tensile behavior of concrete for a monotonic increasing deformation is described. The softening relation is described and the way the fracture mechanics parameters are influenced by several variables is shown. The behavior of a softening material subjected to a uniaxial tensile test is explained. Based on experimental results, a constitutive model for the crack cyclic behavior of concrete is proposed. The adequacy of the model is shown by numerical simulation of notched beams under 4-point bending. It is shown by experiments, that localization and non-uniform crack opening occurs in tensile fatigue tests just as in monotonic loaded tensile tests.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Delft University of Technology

  Faculty of Civil Engineering, Stevin Laboratory, P.O. Box 5048
  2600 GA Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Hordijk, D A
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 79 p.
• Serial:
  • Heron
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Delft University of Technology
  • ISSN: 0046-7316
  • Serial URL: https://heronjournal.nl/index.html
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Cracking; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Fracture mechanics; Mathematical models; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Tension tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Structural behavior
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials; I32: Concrete;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00624289
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 2001 12:00AM