Effect of the loading rate on the fracture behavior of high-strength concrete

G. Ruiz; X.X. Zhang; R.C. Yu; J.R. del Viso; R. Porras; E. Poveda

Digital Repository, ICF12, Ottawa 2009

G. Ruiz, X.X. Zhang, R.C. Yu, J.R. del Viso, R. Porras, E. Poveda

Last modified: 2013-05-03

Abstract

This paper presents very recent results of an experimental programaimed at disclosing the loading rate effect on the fracture behavior of a highstrength concrete. Twenty notched beams were tested using a hydraulic servocontrolledtesting machine at five loading rates spanning six orders of magnitudein the loading point displacement rate (loading rate), from 1.74

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