Effect of Testing Method and Strain Rate on Stress-Strain Behavior of Concrete
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Volume 25, Issue 11
Abstract
The flexural behavior of concrete is often different from its behavior under direct tension. This paper presents an experimental program aimed at the testing method and strain rate effects on the tensile behavior of concrete. Concrete specimens were tested with different testing methods (direct tension and four-point loading) and four strain rates (, , , and ). The results show that the peak stresses increase with an increase in the strain rate; the strain rate dependence of the peak stress is stronger for direct tensile specimens than for four-point loading specimens. The dynamic increase factor is expressed as a function of the strain rate and highly stressed volume method. The continuous damage model is also used to predict the strain rate effects on the ascending stress-strain behavior of concrete. Using the model parameters for the stress-strain curve of concrete at a static strain rate, the stress-strain curves of concrete for dynamic strain rates in four-point loading and direct tension are satisfactorily predicted.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50979032 and No. 51178162) for the financial support.
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Volume 25 • Issue 11 • November 2013
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