Direct Tensile Tests on Concretelike Materials: Structural and Constitutive Behaviors
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 127, Issue 4
Abstract
The complete stress-strain and stress-crack opening response of a concretelike material loaded in tension is examined starting from a series of displacement-controlled tests on notched cylinders, whose end sections were prevented from rotating (fixed platens). The test results refer to two very high-strength cementitious composites (tensile strength fc ≈ 160–165 MPa) and one “reference” high-strength concrete (fc ≈ 90 MPa). Their behavior (pseudoelastic up to first cracking and cohesive after crack localization) is analyzed to identify the nonlinear stress-strain and stress-crack opening response and to distinguish it from the structural behavior of the specimens. The ascending branch is modeled by studying the stresses at the notch tip by means of Neuber's approach based on stress concentration factors. As for concrete softening (falling branch), an appropriate cohesive law is introduced. Finally, the structural response associated with progressive cracking is systematically analyzed, and once more, it is shown that the load-displacement relationship obtained in a test is hardly a material property.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 127 • Issue 4 • April 2001
Pages: 364 - 371
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Received: Jan 19, 2000
Published online: Apr 1, 2001
Published in print: Apr 2001
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