Splitting tension tests to determine concrete fracture parameters by peak-load method

✍ Scribed by Sungchul Yang; Tianxi Tang; Dan G. Zollinger; Ashok Gurjar

• Book ID: 104375425
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 806 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1065-7355
• DOI: 10.1016/s1065-7355(97)90011-0

✦ Synopsis

An experimental program confirms that the peak-load method can be successfully applied to splitting tension tests to determine fracture parameters KSc and CTOD c of the two-parameter fracture model from the measured peak loads. The peak-load method requires distinct specimens. It is found that a hole drilled at the axis of splitting tension cylinder can largely expand the specimen distinction. Combination of tests on splitting tension cylinders with and without a hole raises the reliability of the KS and CTOD c values determined by the peak-load method.