Fluid-Pressured Test to Measure Tensile Strength of Concrete
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 26, Issue 4
Abstract
A fluid-pressured test has been developed as an alternative to measure tensile strength of concrete. This test method covers the determination of the tensile strength of cylindrical concrete specimens with a centered internal hole where a radial internal fluid pressure is applied until failure occurs. This loading condition induces tangential stresses on the specimen; the maximum fluid pressure sustained by the specimen is affected by appropriate geometric factors to obtain a measurement of the tensile strength. Preliminary experimental data suggests that the tensile strength measured with the proposed method is about 17% greater than the tensile strength obtained from splitting tensile tests. Additionally, results of the tensile pressure strength were on average 11% of the compressive strength.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to Colciencias for having supported this research through Contract 2012-16586.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 26 • Issue 4 • April 2014
Pages: 776 - 780
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 5, 2012
Accepted: May 7, 2013
Published online: May 8, 2013
Published ahead of production: May 9, 2013
Discussion open until: Oct 8, 2013
Published in print: Apr 1, 2014
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